Signatures of Declaration of Independence on display at Bennington Museum
The Bennington Museum will showcase 11 of the 56 signers signatures from the Declaration of Independence. Notes recount when signatures were added August 2 1776 and detail fates of signers including death in prison and property losses. The exhibit highlights John Hancock and peers such as Oliver Wolcott Philip Livingston and Robert Morris among others.
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Bennington Museum
Continental Congress
Elbridge Gerry
Thomas McKean
Matthew Thornton
Thornton
Oliver Wolcott
Philip Livingston
Richard Stockton
John Hancock
Carter Braxton
Thomas Heyward Jr
James Smith
Edward Rutledge
Lewis Morris
Robert Morris
Charleston
S.C
U.S. Treasury
New York State
Livingston
Albany
N.Y
Robert Livingston
Roxburghshire
Scotland
Yale
Congress
Braxton
Virginia
College of William and Mary
Morris
Morrisania
The
Bronx
Gouveneur Morris
Looking Back Ordeal of a Vermont Bear Sighted Near Bennington
A 1951 column recalls Harold Campbell in Pownal spotting a female bear with two cubs near Broad Brook reservation of the North Adams Water Dept. Midsummer drives wide bear activity. motorists often see bears crossing highways in Vermont. The Elm Street road project near two thirds done, weather permitting will finish in a fortnight. 12 men on site. At Putnam Memorial Hospital meeting James C. Colgate presents a parchment testimonial to Henry W. Putnam. Palladium window to be restored in honor of the Putnam family. 25 years ago notes list 4-H camp open in Sunderland with Bennington participants, a Green Pastures judging school, six Bennington county youths enlisting in the Air Force, and Lions Club summer carnival preparations for a pool fund. Cyprus cease-fire mentioned for 1974.
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Harold Campbell
Pownal
Broad Brook
North Adams
William A. Braisted
Putnam Memorial Hospital
James C. Colgate
Henry W. Putnam
Bennington
Levant
Putnam
First Church of
Wisdom of Money: Politicians Call for Funds to Fix Problems
A reflective column argues leaders across government and industry frame problems as solvable only by big spending. It cites Ford Reagan Carter and others, noting extensive subsidies and taxation pressure, while critics claim money-throwing fails to address core issues. The piece satirically traces money as pivot for subway repairs electricity costs and housing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Washington
Gov. Reagan
Gov. Carter
Potato War Time Digging Legend From Maine
A wartime reminiscence recalls home farmers facing potato glut with primitive tools in Aroostook County Maine. The narrator details digging with a four-tined hoe handle, drying and hauling in wooden crates, and a 40 barrel potato truck offering 80 cents a hundred, ending with a pause in planting since then.
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Aroostook
Maine
Exiling Dissidents Shows Soviet Policy in Action
The piece notes Soviet authorities exile writers and intellectuals like Solzhenitsyn Medvedev Rostropovich and Amalrik, aiming to silence dissent. It argues such moves fail to quell questioning voices as Bukovsky’s imprisonment underscores ongoing repression yet fuels future demands for freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Zhores Medvedev
Mstislav Rostropovich
Andrei Amalrik
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Amalrik
Russia
Vladimir Bukovsky
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John Hancocks
By Tim Powers
Princeton
N.J
College of New Jersey
Princeton University
New Jersey
England
Thomas Heyward
Heyward
South Carolina
Rutledge
Middle Temple
London
America
Livingston, Braxton
Ian
New York
Board of Regents
University of the State of New York
Liverpool
Philadelphia
U.S
Pennsylvania
West
Debtor’s Prison
Ireland
Londonderry
N.H
New Hamp Shire
South Windsor
Conn
Wolcott
Litchfield
Alexander Hamilton
Hancock
Braintree
Mass
Harvard
Britain
Liberty
Massachusetts General Court
Samuel Adams
Thomas Gage
Lexington
Concord
Massachusetts
Tore Newel
Sunderland
Francis
Virginia Lillie
Billy
Carl Dunican
Ruth Smith
Joan Durant
Mahlou Johnson
Richard Hagelberg
Arlington
Rutland
Windham
Windsor
Bennington County
Air Force
James Francis Gardner
Charles Raymond Houran
Norman Bruce Levin
David Ray Ames
Stanley Richard Russell
David Joseph Hart
Arlington Lions Club
Paul Laskey
Dudley Griffis
Wayne King
John Whalen
Edward Doyle
Janice Cipperly
Hoosick Falls
Rensselaer County
Marguerite Hoffman
Lillian Teta
WTEN
Town and Country Living
Miss Cipperly
Manfred Ehrich
Cyprus
Greece
Turkey
White House
Moola, Moola
Radarange
Amana
Openthurs
Hartshorn
Durtame. Furniture Inc
Elm ST. Bennington
Clever Crafts Monument Plaza
Ennington
Friendship, Maine
John Gould
Green Mountain
Christian Science Publishing Society
Christian Science Monitor
Catamount National Bank
North Bennington
Putnam Square
Brattleboro
Manchester Center
Dover
Vermont
F.D.J.C
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