Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell, Vermont is set to hold their annual Soldiers Atop the Mount living history weekend on September 8th and 9th, 2018.
Reenactors and those interested in history gather to engage the public with a full scale event that honors the massive Revolutionary War fortification built and occupied first by the Americans and then British and Germans during the 1776-77 Northern Campaign of the American Revolution. [Read more…] about Revolutionary War Weekend At Mt. Independence
On Sunday, August 12, 2018, at 2 pm, the Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell, Vermont, is set to host a talk on “Ethnic and Cultural Diversity at Mount Independence” by historian and site interpreter Paul Andriscin.
A workshop aimed at teaching youth ages 11 to 15 how to make a 3-minute video has been set for Thursday, July 19, 2018 at the Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site in Hubbardton, Vermont. The program runs from 10:30 am to 4 pm, with a fee of $15.
History enthusiasts are set to gather again at the Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site in Hubbardton, Vermont, to commemorate the July 7, 1777 Revolutionary War battle fought there, on July 7 and 8, 2018. The event runs on Saturday from 9:30 to 5:00, and on Sunday from 7:45 to 3:00, with the site closing at 5:00.
A new exhibit on Automobile Racing in Vermont is set to open April 28th, 2018 at the Vermont History Center in Barre.
August 16 is a Vermont State Holiday commemorating Bennington Battle Day and the victory over the British on August 16, 1777.
A new book by Susan M. Ouelette An Extraordinary Ordinary Woman: The Journal of Phebe Orvis, 1820-1830 (SUNY Press, 2017) takes a look at Phebe Orvis, a young woman adapting to life on the New York and Vermont frontier.
