An important battle of the Revolutionary War was fought in Bennington in 1777 and this monument commemorates it.
Yes, it was a gray day.
The door of the monument is 823 feet above sea level according to the USGS.
Read about what happened there.
John Stark, General of the American Militia that defeated the British force.
No, I don't know what he is pointing at, but the monument is just behind him so its not that.
Becky Koopmann on the monument grounds.
Vermont is pretty even when overcast - a view from the monument grounds.
Near the monument is an old church.
In the graveyard of that church are lots of graves from the 1700s to the present - these are recent ones.
The closest slab to the camera in the picture above belongs to Robert Frost and his family.
Becky in front of the Bennington Museum, just on the other side of the graveyard from the old church.
Their main exhibit is of art by Grandma Moses who lived in Bennington. Oddly enough, Norman Rockwell lived
in Arlington, not far north up the road. He even decorated her birthday cake once.
Some of her paintings. Note the large one on the left shows an "active" view of Bennington. Its so active that
two trains are coming towards each other on the same track.
Read about Grandma Moses.
Other museum exhibits showed life in Bennington for the last couple of centuries. Here's part of the glass exhibit.
There was a war exhibit too. Here's a Revolutionary War Redcoat uniform. This is why they were called Redcoats. Get it?
Another case had War of 1812 things.
A 1925 Wasp, manufactured in Bennington.
After the museum we met up with Jim Teresco for lunch. We had excellent diner food and came across this Cider Mill tourist place.
Jim and Becky in the parking lot of the Cider Mill.
