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11 to the I'liion, iiiul at the win. 

 icaled ii monument to commemorate tin- victory 

 ;ii I'lennington, Alii;. HI. 17;;. under (Jen. John 

 Stark. 'I'll-- shaft stands mi State Arms Hill, the, 

 Center of the old town <if I'.enninglon. near i 

 of tin 1 <>lil military Mmv-limi-.-, \\ hich was tin- \>- 

 jective pi lint <>l tin 1 expedition M-MI by <ien. Hur- 

 goyne uinlrr Lieut. -Col. I'mmn to sei/.e military 

 9 ami provisions gathered by tin- Ameri- 

 cans. The battle-field is about four miles weet, 

 and the main street of old Bctinington cxtcmls 

 eastward from the font of the monument. Not 

 far away, on this street, was the old Catamount 

 Tavern, deriving its name from its sign, a stuffed 

 catamount: it was destroyed by tire in 

 Here the Council of Safety held its meeting m 

 im -Revolutionary days, during the troub.. 

 New York. 



The exercises attending the <- ( lebration began 

 on Friday, the 14th. when the National (Juard 

 of the Stale went into eani|> in the meadow 

 south of the Soldiers' Home, at Bennington. 

 The exercises on Wednesday, the I'.lth. \\ 

 tended In -'((.(MX) to 80,000 people. The pn.ccs. 

 sioii marched from the parade-ground. three 

 miles distant. The monument was formally 

 ited by ex-(iov. lienjainin F. 1're-cott. of 

 New Hampshire. I'rrsident of the l.ennington 

 Jiattle .Monument Association, and accepted by 

 dov. Page in the name of the State of Vermont. 

 The addresses of the day were made by Hon. 

 Edward .1. Phelps and President Harrison. At 

 four o'clock a !iani|iiet was held at the camp 

 grounds for 2.400 persons. A gold medal bear- 

 ing a representation of the monument was giv- 

 en to President Harrison as a souvenir. 

 Wednesday evening the WcM Point cadets in 

 attendance i:ave ,-i dress parade, and a display of 

 lire-works n called in many of the pieces incidents 

 of the historic fight. Thursday was devoted to 

 an exhibition drill and a sham fight 



The centennial celebrations of the Revolution 

 included one at liennington. Aug. 10, 1877. and 

 at that time the old scheme for a monument was 

 revived, and an association was formed which 

 carried the plan to a successful issue. The 

 corner-stone of the monument was laid in is*7. 

 The shaft is of gray-blue dolomite, nx-k-finish. 

 which from its peculiar chromatic <|<ialit:< 

 out varying tints under varying conditions. The 

 architectural feature that gives the monument 

 distinction is the employment of the vertical 

 curve in its construction, giving grace to its out- 

 line. Tin- curve is continuous from Iwise to 

 apex. At the height of 2IM feet a baud of 

 ""hammered stone marks the locality of the ob- 

 servation hall a room 22 feet square and 1(5 

 feet high. Above this i- a second band of 

 hammered stone, and from this |M.int to the aper 

 the vertical curve becomes pronounced. An 

 iron stairway leads to the observation chamber. 

 The monument is :>7 feet square at the b ; , 

 height to apex of capstone i- :>1 f. 

 indies. A gilt star surmounts the whole, at an 

 elevation from the ground of :t07 feet !} inches. 



VIRGINIA, a S)iithern St;r ' tin- 



original thirteen, ratified the Constitution Jane 

 J.'i. ITS*: M-CH. I'J.r.o s|iiare miles. The popu- 

 lation, according to each decennial ceiiMW, WM 

 747U10 in 17!>: ^i'.->on , ' 

 1810; l,OUri,HUin 1S2U; 1.211. "; 1.- 



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i ii-u .Mnr)-c; S-*.. nd Au- 

 ditor, Frank i. Ki.ihn ; Trt-nv..' llr- 

 mon; Alton, i-y-(ien. nl. 1; 

 erintendent <-f 1'ubin- In^iri d K. 

 Comun->-i.iier of Agrii-ultun-. Thottiat 



miMtoner, Jan 

 Hill; President of the Siii.iemi 



A . Ijicev, RoU 

 unUoii, l>rury A. Hint.n. 



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