The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1912-11-02
THE THOMPSON MEMORIAL
Commission Has Made Its Report tc
LEGISLATURE.

Legislature.
Montpelier, Nov. 1.-The commits
sion known as the Daniel p Thomp-
son commission consisting of Horace
w. Bailey, w. j. Van Patten and
Marshall J. Hapgood has made its re-
port to the Legislature in regard to
the erection of a memorial for the
author of 'The Green Mountain
Boys" The joint resolution of 1910
read:
THE Governor is hereby authorized
TO appoint commission of three per-
sons who shall act without remunera-
ton and report 10 the next General
Assembly plans for the erection of a
suitable memorial for Daniel p.
Thompson, author of The Green
Mountain Boys
The report says:
Daniel p. Thompson was born near
Bunker Hill, Oct. l, 1895. He came
to Berlin, VT, in childhood, where his
parents settled on farm. Graduated
from Middlebury 1920 and soon af-
ter began the practice of law in Mont
pelier where the remainder of his
life was spent and where he died
June 6, 1868. His mortal remains lie
buried in Green Mount Cemetery, his
grave is unmarked
His grandson, Charles NJ. Thomp-
son, of Boston, editor of the Youths
Companion, in letter under date of
October 10, 1912, addressed to a mem
Der OF the commission, replying TO the
proposition to erect memorial at the
grave says:
"One thing more: While | appre-
cate most highly the generous feel
ing of the State and shall be most
could not toleiat, any publ inter
ference with his grave. The lot in
Green Mountain Cemetery in which
he is buried belongs to me-.
Mr.. Thompson held many posi-
lions of public trust. He was clerk
of the House of Representatives, Sec
rotary of State, Clerk of County and
Supreme Court and Judge of Probate.
He was the author of the history of
Montpelier, a compiler of Vermont
laws and a writer of historical nov
els His fame as a friter rests on
the greatest of all Vermont stories,
The Green Mountain Boys
Judge Thompson did more to hand
down and perpetuate the early patri-
otto history of Vermont than any 9TH
er person living or dead In the
Green Mountain Boys and other of
his writings he has woven into en-
chanting story the great drama of the
first so years of our existence. He
stands at the head of Vermont histor-
ical writer's. Indeed we know OF no
other excelling in this line of work.
His portrait in oil hangs on the
walls of the large reception room in
this building. We recommend that
suitable bronze tablet be placed be-
meath the portrait with inscription
and emblem fitting one of Vermonts
most distinguished citizens and au-
thors, containing list of his books,
giving special prominence TO his mas
terpiece, The Green Mountain Boys.
I'VE recommend that the Sergeant
alarms and the librarian of the His
torical Society be made a committee
TO procure and establish the bronze
tablet. We recommend that the Gen.
eral Assembly invite the Vermont His
torical Society to dedicate with APP
propriate historical exercises the
Thompson tablet at its annual meet
ing in 1914. We recommend that
sum of money not to exceed $500 be
appropriated for the purchase of this
tablet and that no part be expended
for payment of services of any person
in the procurement or dedication of
the same"