A Nation of Immigrants and the Revolution as American
A reader recalls acquiring a 45 star flag from 1896 1907 and plans to display it at a Festival of Nations at MAUHS highlighting that America is built by diverse ethnic groups who fought for independence. The piece argues immigration shaped the nation and the Revolution united varied peoples under American ideals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennington
Mab DuHamel
Utah
Capitol Building
Washington
U.S
J. A. Ogden
Concord
England
New England
Bunker Hill
John Stark
Stark
Colonies
South
Maryland
Pennsylvania
New York
America
Brooklyn
Congress
Manhattan
Haym Salomon
Red
Valley Forge
Baron von Steubens
Polaskis
Lafayettes
Family letter preserves Bennington Battle song for Banner readers
Janet P. Fulmer of Stanwood Washington sends a hand down song about a Green Mountain ancestor who fought at Bennington. She notes relatives who taught the tune and asks if Bennington has descendants named Bacon or Skeens. She recalls visiting the museum and battlefield and offers to bring more antiques. The verse begins On the sixteenth of August at the break of day.
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Banner
Bennington
Iona Bacon Cook
Lillie Derrick
Charles Irle
Green Mountain
Washington Territory
Bacon
Skeens
Bennington Battle song and community thanks segment
The verse recalls the Bennington battle with Skeens and soldiers advancing amid cannon and rails as the Green Mountain Boys rally. A section lists Harold Saunders John Simson Bennington selectmen and Timothy Smith and thanks them for grant efforts for the Bennington Senior Center, noting the grant will not now be realized.
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Harold Saunders
Bennington
John Simson
Bennington County
Bases Returned To Bennington Softball League Mystery
Two weeks ago the Bennington Women's Softball League misplaced a set of bases found on Spinelli field near the high school. John Gygax located them while walking his dog and returned them. the league thanks him for the recovery. The origin of the bases remains unknown.
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Bennington Women’s Softball League
Spinelli
John Gygax
Bennington County group discusses unpaid taxes and pool plans
Bennington County Clearing House Association met with the selectmen and village trustees to tackle unpaid taxes totaling 78,283.50. Local updates include fishing a 22 inch trout on Battenhill River, pool plans for Soldiers Home property, and a $20,000 grant application for labor.
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Bennington County Clearing House Association
Bennington Village
Graded School
William Gaudette
Battenhill
James Edgerton
Soldiers
Old Sam the seven pound lobster dinner tale
A Maine pair enlist a lobsterman who unveils Old Sam a seven pound lobster. After a chaotic boiling attempt, two locals aid in rescuing him. Old Sam endures weeklong feasts from claw to tail, sparking a roadside hamburger idea.
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Bailey Island
Maine
Old Sam
Muhammad Ali
Sam
Bear visits mountain turnout mirrors tourist gaze
The piece notes how people live passively like watching television and contrasts it with crowds of 10,000 camera carrying visitors who accompany a bear’s mountain visit, illustrating modern spectator culture.
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Thom Spargo
Europe
Asia
Janet P. Fulmer
Stanwood, Wash
Bennington Battle
Green Mountain Boys
Mary Seidel
Bennington Senior Center
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Sandra Cookson
Bennington Women's Softball League
Joseph Bacon Sr
Gov. Salmon
Salmon
Leon E. Snow
Park St. Extension
Paul Hermann
Sunderland
William E. Dailey
Fitzgerald Brothers Construction Co
Troy
N.Y
The
State Water Resources Board
Vermont Tissue Co. Inc
Walloomsac
Steven Zimmer
George E. Zimmer
Arlington
Frederick Tone
Leesburg
Fla
United States Air
Reader’s Digest
Detroit Free Press
Catamount National Bank
Catamount
North Bennington
Bennington Plaza
Putnam Square
Brattleboro
Manchester Center
Pownal
West Dover
F.d.1.c
Vermont
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