The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1911-08-03
ruE BENNINGTON PAGEANT.



Historical snrsas "a tentuTg sIsi
Half "a te Reproduced.
Bennington 10 S. tarlg days hao
the most stirring history % any Yei
mont town and many " tArHe scene
ara 10 BE- reproduced IN bistoricA.
pageant 10 be given BY the people 81
bennington August ~, ~. rs a 10
ia celebration Of the isQth auniYer
sary 81 the settlement d The town
Ia addition 10 the arencs depictint
ths early history there sill he seFel
a. indicative Of The progress ane
changes brought BY succeeding yeam
down "a the present day
fhe historical pageant has Iona
been extremely popular 10 Great Bri
Ain and continental Europe Intro
auced from there 10 this country y
has beeu developed aud extended 10
III scope until II provides one Of ih,
most delightful entertainment fea
lures ever produced Along With th,
amusement and scenic spectacle ana
bplendoF Il gives an opportunity t.
see almost perfect reproductions Of
dramatic events Of history and f.
that way gives knowledge Of his
tory aud teaches patriotism as thei
can never be learned from The DRY
pages OF printed books
Bennington history is such that II
offers wonderful field FOR histor
ltai pageant In fact the great pro
blem that oonfronts the pageant
committee Il the wealth 81 materia.
available aud all Of il so strikint
and interesting that Il Is found nee
essary to lengthen the program ~
order TO cover the chief events Of
the history OF the town. which, 10
mahy respects, Is the history OF the
state 81 Vermont. for Bennington
vas the parent town Of the statt
aud Bennington men led ia the &C
tivity and force that produced her
from the New Hampshire Grants al
independent commonwealth, after
wards admitted to the sistefho0d OF
states.
Bennington was the first organize
town ia what is nov Vermont ant
the first 10 achieve al Individual
force strong enough TO take th'
apiaud Il did Ia the days when Fcf
mont was IN the making The frs
settlers Of the town we're young me
from Massachusetts aud Connecticut
They we're an active, earnest. liher
" loving. daredevil and tufbulen.
crowd who knew their rights AM
could not be bluffed not even b.
the orders OF the king aud much lea
by the minions Of royal authority OF
this side Of the ocean That thci
leaders were men Of ability is pros
90 by the outcome Of their efforts
Il was the mon OF Bennington wht
organized the opposition to tho rici
aud powerful colony o. New Yori
and who took the leading part y
carrying this opposition through tc
success. from the day when "a,
sturdy pioneers raised stuffed
eatamount on pole 20 grin DEF
auee ~ New York authority TO tha
other day. ~ years later. when Yer
mont became the first state added
10 the original thirteen. II was
Bennington at Landlord Fay's gaver
that the beech seal" was devise,
aud first applied TO the bare bacl
~ a York justice Nv this conucc
ton Il is well to remember even al
this late day that during the con
troYefsy with New York the New
York people sympathized with II
people u Vermont The fight
the settlers FOR their Sands was not
with their nelghbor settlers along
the Hudson but with the land specu
laturs. and politicians who faY'ae,
around Albany
II was the men Of Bennington who
organized the council of safety |
which ai,erwafd made Vermont az
Independent republic ard maintain
81 that Independence for fourteen
years II WIS under Bennington
leadership shat she towns wh.eA e
bclled against the new free stat,
were hulidoged into submission Il
vas the Bennington mob tina;
later stepped IN and stopped al at
tempt to divide Vermont bctweet
New York aud Kew Hr1ppshire i
WAS Bennington ,ha, furnished fonr
fitths Of the company of resoiute
men Who rescued Remember Baker
alinos, from under the guns q
bAny.
~ Nah 10 bennington ~ ttt& tAAi
the first declaration Of independents,
pcnncd IL America was drawn aud
signed. and signed chiefly By Rea
ning,on men II was Al Remington
The home Of seth Warner ihat The
regiment u Green Mountain Boys
had 10 beginning aud Bennington
which furnished more recruits thar
ans other town. II VAS from Bon
nlnF,ou ihat Ethan Alicia started o.
that glorioas fip resulting IL ,ht
capture 81 Ticopdegoea and crowa
Point /
1hsfe ts nsare NatNFfh lH this sneiion
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