Bennington 1891 Centennial Celebration Report Analysis
Henry Leonard Stillson's 1892 official report on Bennington's August 1891 centennial celebration and dedication of the Bennington Battle Monument is summarized. It details 88 military and civic groups, 12 bands, 108 carriages, 4,484 participants, and 511 horses, with President Benjamin Harrison attending. It notes Brig. Gen. William L. Greenleaf's procession account and Edward J. Phelps's oration praising Stark and Vermont's early history.
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Henry Leonard Stillson
Bennington
Vermont
Bennington Battle Monument
Stillson
of the
United States
Benjamin Harrison
William L. Greenleaf
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Hampshire Grants
Congress
John Stark
Stark
Phelps
Warner
Chittenden
Symonds
Allens
Fays
Robinsons
Halloween parade joyfully revived by town donors
Looking Back recalls a South Shaftsbury Halloween parade saved by local citizens. Messages found at Old First Church reference Civil War era dates and Lincoln’s death, with signatures of Willard Hodgkins and Hudson Smith. Also listed are the largest trees in Bennington County and various community notes.
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South Shaftsbury
Willard Hodgkins
Hudson Smith
A. Lincoln
U. States
Bennington County
Marion
John Mudgett
Rupert
Oe Bentley
Arlington
Clement Couae
Shaftsbury
Frances Lillie
Bennington
Col. Fairfax Ayres
George Levine
Kendall Rich
North Bennington
Woodford School
Woodford
Jonathan Fineman
Sophia Beebe
Manchester
Nina Kellogg
Old Bennington
Robert Parmelee
Max Grout
Robert Allen
C.M. Flory
Monument Circle
Raymond Sanders
Whipstock Road
Parent Teachers Association of
Baloney in the Campaign Echoes of Baloney and Faith
A rambling, satirical voter confessional weighs presidential options Carter Ford and Reagan, using a chorus of unnamed advisers and public figures to lampoon political rhetoric. The respondent shifts between support and skepticism, concluding with a civic duty to vote amid chaotic arguments.
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Ford
America
Baloney
Grand Rapids
Capitol Hill
Burning Tree Golf Club
Kelley
Carter
Jimmy Carter
Hugh Hefner
Norman Mailer
Europe
Congress
White House
Jack Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
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John J. Baker
Dewey Avenue
West Main Street
Harrison
Monument Grounds
Wheelock G. Veazey
Edward J. Phelps
Burlington
Burgoyne
New York
Stephen Faye
Putnam Square
Walter Schoenknecht
Mammoth Mount Snow
Somerset
New England Power Co
Green Mountain National Forest
U.S
Ernest Gibson
Interstate Commerce Commission
St. Johnsbury
Commission
Sen
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
Washington County
Palestine
Arthur Balfour
Israel
Pittsburgh
KDKA
John F. Kennedy
Cuba
Defense
James Schlesinger
CIA
William Colby
Henry Kissinger
Washington
Russell Long
Senate Finance Committee
President Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
Ronald Reagan
Pentagon
Moscow
Reagan
Clarence Kelley
FBI
Stella Hackel
H. James Wallace
Jim Wallace
Chanukah
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