This Week on Dispatches: Michael Barbieri and the Case for the Champlain Corridor
byThank you to all of those who listened to the inaugural episode of our podcast, Dispatches. On this week’s show, host Brady Crytzer interviews…
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Arthur St. Clair’s Decision to Abandon Fort Ticonderoga and Mount Independence
byOn the night of July 5-6, 1777, an American army under the command of Maj. Gen. Arthur St. Clair abruptly withdrew from the twin…
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Mount Independence: “The most intact Revolutionary War site in America”
byEverybody has heard of Fort Ticonderoga on Lake Champlain. On the other hand, mention Mount Independence and one usually encounters the puzzled lowering of…
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Winter Soldiering in the Lake Champlain Valley
byFrom the beginning, the American army knew south-facing Fort Ticonderoga did little to protect against an attack coming up Lake Champlain from British-controlled Canada.[1]…
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Seth Warner or Ethan Allen: Who Led the Green Mountain Boys?
byThe legendary stories of Ethan Allen and Vermont’s Green Mountain Boys have long been part of American folklore. Their heroically described exploits are fabled…
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Valcour Island Redux
byLying between Vermont and New York, astride the border between the United States and Canada, accessible via canals from the St. Lawrence and Hudson…
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Ethan Allen: Patriot, Land Promoter or Turncoat?
byThe Controversy In the region we call Vermont today land claims were vociferously contested between settlers from New York and from New Hampshire during…
Hearth Cooking at the Ethan Allen Homestead
byThese articles have, to this point, focused on reproducing the meals of our Revolutionary-era forefathers with all of the conveniences of the modern kitchen. …
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Bennington Fatally Delays Burgoyne
byA bit of time in the summer of 1777 nearly turned the conception of a United States into a stillborn notion. It is commonly…