The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-03-13
Of
HISTORIC SPOTS
Second in Series of Articles
by Brattleboro Chap
ter, d. A. r.
PLACING OF TABLETS
AN IMPORTANT WORK
Paper Tells Of Markers Placed by Lo-
cal Chapter and of Others Seen on
Automobile Trip Through Territory
Travelled by Washington.

Second in the series of historical pen
sketches furnished by Brattleboro
chapter, Daughters of the American
Revolution, is one entitled Preserva-
ton of Historic Spots, written by Mrs.
Lyman E. Holden, regent of Brattle-
boro chapter, and read by her at a
meeting of the chapter Dec. ?, 1919. 1t
is given in full herewith:
The program for this afternoon has
been placed in the hands of Mrs. Dive,
our chapter chairman of the Old Trails
me to speak, as chairman for Yer
mont of the National Old Trails Road
committee. The work which this com
mttee is expected to do cannot be
over-estimated. 1t does not mean
simply the placing of bronze tablet
TO mark the site of some old building.
historic spot or trail or road used by
our forefathers, it means vast
amount of research work to collect
facts of sufficient interest to insure the
placing of the tablets
Doubtless every person present has
been on Newfane hill and visited the
yarious spots where markers are placed
o designate the site of the buildings
# that early settlement. While stand
NC there one can picture to himself
he activity of that little town of long
ago, and how interesting it is to the
visitor to gather all these facts that
have been so well mapped out BY
thoughtful people
On Meeting House hill we find NOR,
markers which tell similar story OF
little village of by gone days.
Following the river in the direction
| IF Vernon we come to the site of Fl
| Drummer and farther south Fl Bridge
man. both of which are suitably
marked. Can we fail to appreciate tn
value of this being done?
In travelling about the country is i
not great education to us as well a
| a pleasure to be able to pause AM
ed with interesting places we are priv
| LEGGED to visit9
I would like to speak briefly of som
of the historic spots I visited Will
on my summer 5 vacation. and let m
|
let's that | saw | experienced a fee
ing of pride that the Daughters of til
American Revolution stood for jus
| this kind of work which meant so niue
to the present and future generations
Our first stop was on Mt. Beacon
Here l was told the Daughters ha
| placed marker where the beacon fire
burned during the Revolution, for d
rectly across the river was Newbur
where the old Hasbrouck House i. l.
| Gated, which was Washington S heat
/ quarters from April 4, 1882, to Au
| Is, 1888, which was a longer time tina
he spent at any other of his headqua
ters. Here also is the museum whel
can be seen letters from George Wasl
ington in his own handwriting, IL
order book of General Burgoyne, Ma
tina Washington's watch and the mo
/ wonderful collection of dolls datir
back over 100 years. How happy v
| should be that there are people WI
take pleasure and pride in the prese
walton of relics of this kind,
|, We next visited Gettysburg, a ba
tlefeld with which we are all famili
and which many of US have visite
| How much more interesting day spe
here becomes when we read the maj
tablets placed on markers and on mo
ments to tell of the bravery of t
men who fought in that three day
struggle The traveller when visit
the different spots mentioned in h
tory designated by these markers C
| picture to himself most wildly VIII
actually took place.
II At Hagerstown, Md, we came up
the National Old Trails road in viii
our organization is so interested a
which we hope will soon reach fro
ocean to ocean, as will the Lincc
i highway. This road follows the {