Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1877-07-02

at the head OF the llst. IL also chose q |
secretary, treasurer and an executive
committee of FIVE members.
1t will be observed that two distinct
and separate events are to be commend.
rated during the week of the 10th of
August next, one being an important
battle-the other the birth of a State
the connection between the two being
simply fortuitious and not necessary
one. Recognizing this fact, the Asso-
citation has set apart the 10Th of Au-
gust as Vermont's day, day in which
the events of the first convention at
Westminster, the second and third at
Windsor, all occurring in the year 1777,
will receive prominent notice; and to
this celebration the Association has in
vited, through His Excellency the Gov
ernor, President of the Association, the
President and Vice-President of the
United States, the members of the cabi-
net and the governors of the several
States. As this is the first celebration
of the government-the centennial of
the birth of State never yet having been
COMMONWEALTH Commission are ex-
tremely solicitous that the occasion shall
in every respect be worthy Of the great
event the celebration is intended to sig
nalize.
The people of Vermont take an hon
est pride in the Green Mountain State
and though reasons multiply why they
do SO, they simply say,
"They love their land because it is their own
And scorn to give aught other Why
While, however, they would not claim
for it perfection, except the perfection
of beauty of landscape, they consider it,
and rightly, too, the model State of the
Union, the best exempliication of free
government to be found on the face of
the earth. Born of civil contest that
taxed the resources of a political man.
agement of the highest order; held at a
distance by the general government for
nearly score of years; the land claim
ants of neighboring states making her
territory their fighting ground, and Eng
land during the revolution trying
through Canada to cajole, wheedle and
bride her, Vermont held her steadfast
course, turning neither to the right hand
nor to the left, as firm as her hills, de-
veloping those principles of lf.goyern-
meut which have stood her in good stead
for full century which have gwen
her place in the galaxy of States more
than commensurate with her population
aud wealth which have enabled hei
citizens widely scattered over the world
to impress her influence and her laws OIL
new communities and new States, anc
which, through a long line of her sons
eminent in character, skillful in legisla
ton, and wise in craftsmanship, hav,
constantly maintained for her prouC
= position in the councils of the nation.
On the 10th of August, 1877, tn
centennial anniversary of the battle o
Bennington will occur. For ninety an
!, nine years the town of Bennington ha
observed the annual recurrence Of thi
= day. Gen. Stark in sending some trC
phies of the battle to the state of Mass
achusetts, speaks of it as ga gloriou
victory" which "ought to be kept i
, memory and handed down to futurit
as lasting and laudable example fc
the sons and daughters of the yictors.
This injunction has been faithful
obeyed in Bennington, the scene of tt
= hero's greatest achievements. Thrift,
nine years after the battle, Benningtc
committee wrote letter to Stark i
. forming him that every year since b
victory his name had been remembert
q by public celebration in that towr
= and every year since some public mott
:. has been made of the day there al
:, now Vermont herself has sent greetil
:, to New Hampshire and Massachusett
proposing to crown the century by
celebration that shall worthily hon
not only the memory of the hero who
= thoughtfully enjoined it, but also t
- States and the people which shall p;
- ticipate in it.
= Particularly must Vermont be carei
= that the State takes no detrime
e through any negligence on her part
g make ample preparation for this grt
event. On this occasion she acts |
=. host; all others are her guests. M
- sachusetts has already, through
- Governor and her legislature, accept
her invitation as such and New Han
=. shire, whose leadership in the eve
- which shaped the battle, and in
- battle itself are matters of history, v
"a when her Legislature convenes, dou
less not be behind her sister State.
guests which have been invited to
:. celebration of Vermont's Centenr
have also been invited to the Cent
49, NAL of the Battle of Bennington. NJ
PA tary organization in very great numb
in all parts of the country are anxi
to participate in the festivities of
~ occasion. The Soldiers Reunion of