A Reverent Celebration of Peace in Bennington 1877 Centennial
Vermont paid 2000 toward the 1877 centennial marking the Battle of Bennington and Westminster Convention. The five day fest drew thousands of Civil War veterans with parades and banquets in Centennial Field near Bennington, praised for its scenic military encampments and expansive tents.
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Vermont
Bennington
Burlington
Charles S. Forbes
United States
Westminster
New Hampshire Grants
Bennington Battle Monument
Horace Fairbanks
George Hooker
Windham County
Brattleboro
Forum
Mount Anthony
Centennial Field
Queen City Band
Veterans
Bennington 1877 Centennial parade and Battle Day events
Festivities during Bennington 1877 centennial featured a 3 mile Wednesday parade with 40,000 participants and 25,000 spectators. Judge Daniel Roberts delivered the main oration about Civil War dead. President Hayes attended a reception at Walloomsac House and led a grand Battle Day parade with 5,000 marchers. Dartmouth President Bartlett framed the peace theme as national wounds heal.
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Daniel Roberts
Burlington
Centennial Field
President Hayes
Gov. Fairbanks
Bennington
Dartmouth
S.C. Bartlett
May 5 1937 Vermont Highlights On Mountain Visit And Dorset
Forty years ago Gov George D Aiken encountered three locals on Searsburg Mountain while they added chains to a car that declined help. The Barrows House in Dorset opened its 1937 season with Woodland Theatre concerts and humorous plays drawing summer social events.
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Ansel Buss
Clarence Cross
William Delong
Searsburg Mountain
Wilmington Road
George D. Aiken
Barrows House
Dorset
Woodland Theatre
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Shaftsbury
Dewey and
Elm Streets
Mr. Forbes
National Guard
Sumter
Charles Devens
George McCrary
David Key
Walloomsac House
Concord
Bunker Hill
Antietam
Gettysburg
Wilderness
Stark
England
Queen Victoria
Mr. Bartlett
Hayes
Lord Dufferin
Canada
William Everts
George the Third
Washington
Lincoln
Grant
Ethan Allen
Sheridan
Sherman
William Cullen Bryant
John P. Griffin
County Street
Forbes
Bennington Museum
B.W
GBCC
Evans’ News
Charlestown Mill Store
Shultz Jewelers
the Pharmacy
Dragon’s Shoes
Country Casuals
Bennington Bookshop
Sherwin Williams
Greenberg’s
Atkins and Gould Haynes and Kane Tuttle’s
Dunham’s Furniture Business World
Adams Clothes
Bird’s
Gladstone’s Shoes
Little House Country Shop
Shaffe’s
Walker’s Market
Babcock Electric Fashion Fair
Home Furniture
Rite Aid
Quinlan’s
Patchin’ Place
Vogue and Vanity
Woolworth’s
Green Mtn
Camping
Bellemare’s
Griffin Electric
Grand Union
Lafayette Electronics
Adams Hardware
Bennington Thre Western Auto
Burt Brothers Fienberg’s
Nichol’s Trendsetter
Vermont ‘Country Sports
Fishman’s
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Greater Bennington Chamber OF Commerce
Dan Lorange
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
Dean W. Houghton
William Houghton
East Arlington
Poultney High and
Debbie Taylor
Mau
New Hampshire
Supermark
London
Benn
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