Final Battle of Bennington fete in Bennington and Walloomsac
Communities in Bennington and Hoosick Falls mark the 20th anniversary of the Battle of Bennington with a series of events in Bennington Walloomsac and Old Bennington. The program includes a DAR church service a stone marker dedication by Governor Meldrim Thomson two commemorative services and a veterans wreath laying with regional and state officials from Vermont New York and New Hampshire.
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Hoosick Falls
Bennington
Hoosick
Walloomsac
Rensselaer County
Old First Church
Old Bennington
Louis C. Savelas
Stark
Bennington Battle Monument
Monument Avenue
Meldrim Thomson
New Hampshire
J. Duane Squires
Bennington Battlefield Park
Route
Hoosick Township
William M. Murphy
New York State
Reginald Cram
Vermont
Gov. Thomson
Robert V. Elliott
Massachusetts National Guard
Gov. Dukakis
New York
Massachusetts
Roger Tubby
Adirondacks
Hugh Carey
General to shed rank after Bennington reenactment
Samuel Hall of Plymouth NH, who posed as Gen John Stark in the Bicentennial reenactment, will relinquish his mock general rank after Thursday’s victory scene. About 10 000 spectators watched 1800s style troops in a Bennington meadow battle that ended with Stark Expedition leaders stepping back to the modern era.
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Bennington, Vt
Samuel Hall
Plymouth
N.H
Hall
Continental Army
Canada
John Stark
New Hampshire
Bennington
Stark
Bunker Hill
Boston
Cops and Robbers
Samuel Hail of
Mechanicville School Board to Meet Wednesday Evening
The Mechanicville School Board will meet Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the middle school band room. Public invited. Agenda includes approving Aug 3 minutes appointing a secondary math teacher a secondary English teacher and discussing the railroad finances.
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Mechanicville
Anthony L. Cocozzo
Rensselaer man shot on Dunn Memorial Bridge
A 24 year old Rensselaer man Lawrence Ward was wounded in the groin and right arm after a confrontation with police on the Dunn Memorial Bridge Sunday evening. He was in fair condition at Albany Medical Center Hospital. Police released no details, while witnesses described a man with a hunting knife and a tense exchange with officers.
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Rensselaer
Albany Medical Center
Lawrence Ward
Columbia Turnpike
Dunn Memorial Bridge
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Mt. Anthony Country Club
James S. Holden
U.S
Patrick J. Leahy
Buckley
Richard Snelling
John Stewart Burgess
Mittee
Christina Stevens
Town of Bennington
Louis Bellemare
Myron Hertel
Buskirk
Frank Callougally
Durham, N.H
New England
North Atlantic
Boston and Maine Railroad
Hansel
Gretel
Bremen
Library Board
Broadway
Third Avenue
Angeline Matera
Pep
Feista
G. M. Dzaman