Ithaca 37
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How could you not vote for Vermont's Gov. Dean for President after you read this?
At one time Vermont was an independent nation!
"The Vermont Republican Army
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In 1777, Vermont declared her independence from Britain, ratified her own Constitution (which was nearly 100 years ahead of the U.S. Constitution in outlawing slavery), and became an independent Republic. Fourteen years later, in 1791, Vermont made what may be the biggest mistake in her history by joining the United States...."
http://www.ci-n.com/vra/
More facts about Vermont!:
"In 1941 the good people of Vermont got so enraged at the Nazis that they declared war on Germany two months before the United States did...."
SUPERLATIVES
Claims only breed of horse produced in the United States.
Leader in marble production.
World granite center.
First in maple syrup production.
First U.S. patent issued.
HISTORIC MOMENTS
During the Civil War, Vermont forces played a key role in the Battle of Gettysburg.
Vermont's Chestier A. Arthur became president of the United States in 188 1.
Montpelier native Admiral George Dewy emerged the hero of the Spanish-American War of 1898.
On the death of President Warren G. Harding, in the flicker of kerosene lamps at Plymouth, Calvin Coolidge on August 3, 1923, took the oath of office as U.S. president, administered by his justice-of-the-peace father.
In the late 1700s, schoolteacher Justin Morgan developed the Morgan horse, the first breed originating in the United States.
In the 18th-century dispute between Vermont and New York, the Green Mountain Boys tore the roof from the home of New York supporter Benjamin Spencer. After he took an oath to support Vermont, the boys restored his roof.
Although ridiculed by some as a do nothing president, Calvin Collage had the support of many Vermonters who agreed the government should interfere as little as possible in the affairs of the people.
At the Haskell opera house at Derby Line the audience sits in the United States and the stage is in Canada. According to one account an American police officer once had to sit in the audience and watch a wanted criminal performing on the stage.
http://www.educatetheusa.com/vermont/history.html
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"The Vermont Republican Army
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In 1777, Vermont declared her independence from Britain, ratified her own Constitution (which was nearly 100 years ahead of the U.S. Constitution in outlawing slavery), and became an independent Republic. Fourteen years later, in 1791, Vermont made what may be the biggest mistake in her history by joining the United States...."
http://www.ci-n.com/vra/
More facts about Vermont!:
"In 1941 the good people of Vermont got so enraged at the Nazis that they declared war on Germany two months before the United States did...."
SUPERLATIVES
Claims only breed of horse produced in the United States.
Leader in marble production.
World granite center.
First in maple syrup production.
First U.S. patent issued.
HISTORIC MOMENTS
During the Civil War, Vermont forces played a key role in the Battle of Gettysburg.
Vermont's Chestier A. Arthur became president of the United States in 188 1.
Montpelier native Admiral George Dewy emerged the hero of the Spanish-American War of 1898.
On the death of President Warren G. Harding, in the flicker of kerosene lamps at Plymouth, Calvin Coolidge on August 3, 1923, took the oath of office as U.S. president, administered by his justice-of-the-peace father.
In the late 1700s, schoolteacher Justin Morgan developed the Morgan horse, the first breed originating in the United States.
In the 18th-century dispute between Vermont and New York, the Green Mountain Boys tore the roof from the home of New York supporter Benjamin Spencer. After he took an oath to support Vermont, the boys restored his roof.
Although ridiculed by some as a do nothing president, Calvin Collage had the support of many Vermonters who agreed the government should interfere as little as possible in the affairs of the people.
At the Haskell opera house at Derby Line the audience sits in the United States and the stage is in Canada. According to one account an American police officer once had to sit in the audience and watch a wanted criminal performing on the stage.
http://www.educatetheusa.com/vermont/history.html
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