History, Natural History & the Arts
If you walk into the Vermont Historical Society’s museum in Montpelier, you’ll a flag hanging from the wall behind the admission desk: the blue and green Green Mountain Boys flag.
It’s a flag that’s been wrapped up with a hefty dose of legend and mythology. [Read more…] about The Green Mountain Boys & The Evolution of Vermont’s State Flag
The Walloomsac Inn in Bennington, Vermont, is a favorite and mysterious local landmark. Since it was built by Elijah Dewey in 1771 it has been host to famous visitors including Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt and Walt Disney. [Read more…] about The History of Bennington’s Walloomsac Inn
The Bennington Historical Society will host “Many Trails of the Stockbridge Munsee Mohicans – The History of the Mohican People of this Region,” a presentation set for Sunday, December 18th, at the Bennington Museum, in Bennington, Vermont. [Read more…] about Many Trails of the Stockbridge Munsee Mohicans
George Lukacs of Poughkeepsie, a historian of early ceramics of the Hudson River Valley, is currently researching the history and archaeology of a previously undocumented 18th century pottery.