Avery Shepard, 5, climbs the 417 stairs leading to the top of the
Bennington Battle Monument with Jim Dulin, a member of the Friends
of the Monument, on Friday. The stairs, which are typically locked,
will be open to the public today, Saturday, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m. An additional $1 admission charge benefits the non-profit
Friends group, which is being helped with the event by the Mount
Anthony cross country running program.
7/13/2012
Album ID: 1501975
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Marquis de Lafayette
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British actor and playwright Howard Burnham portrays the aging Marquis de Lafayette during a presentation Thursday of “A Hero in Two Worlds.” The program, which took place at the Old First Church barn in Old Bennington, was sponsored by the Friends of the Bennington Battle Monument.
9/23/2011
Album ID: 1327886
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Irene flooding, damage in Bennington, Woodford
12 photos
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8/28/2011
Album ID: 1310784
Photos by Austin Danforth
Manchester's 250th anniversary
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Donald Otis is overcome with emotion Monday as he and his wife, Nancy Otis, are named grand marshals of Manchester’s 250th anniversary celebration during a ceremony at the Bennington County Courthouse. Donald Otis is a former headmaster of Burr and Burton Seminary; Nancy Otis co-authored a history of Manchester. Lyman Foss, dressed as a town crier, read the town charter. Members of Boy Scout Troop 332 joined in singing Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land.”
3/21/2011
Album ID: 1196439
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Dignitaries
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Former governors Howard Dean, Madeline Kunin, Thomas Salmon and F. Ray Keyser Jr. were joined by Lola Aiken, widow of legendary governor and senator George Aiken, at the inauguration of Gov. Peter Shumlin.
1/7/2011
Album ID: 1147932
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Colonial Fair
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Participants in the Ethan Allen Colonial Fair reenact a Revolutionary War battle at Colgate Park in Bennington.
10/11/2010
Album ID: 1094687
Solemn ceremony
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Re-enactors place a wreath at the Bennington Battlefield in Hoosick, N.Y., on Monday, the 233rd anniversary of a decisive engagement in the Revolutionary War. They also read contemporary accounts of the battle by an American general and German surgeon. The ceremony was co-sponsored by the American Legion.
8/16/2010
Album ID: 1059002
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Bennington Battle Day
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Thousands came to Bennington to celebrate the 233th anniversary of Bennington Battle Day, where Revolutionary War soldiers fought off General John Burgoyne and the British.
8/16/2010
Album ID: 1058950
Photos by Paul Guillotte
Catamount Tavern
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A wreath decorates the statue makring the site of the historic Catamount Tavern in Old Bennington. The tavern served as a meeting place for the Green Mountain Boys.
12/8/2009
Album ID: 904962
Photos by Peter Crabtree
Iron man
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Victor Rolando, an industrial archeologist, holds examples of iron ore and slag outside the Shaftsbury Historical Society Museum on Route 7A. Rolando will speak about a local iron works when the society holds its annual meeting Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. The public is invited.
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