Collections Manager Katie Grant with a statue of Echo sculpted by Larkin Mead at the new Research and Exhibition Gallery at the Vermont History Center in Barre on Wednesday, September 25. Photo by ...

Help keep local journalism free and independent with a one-time or sustaining gift today. We can’t do it without you. Will you join us? A new roadside historic site marker in Cambridge recognizes the ...

Vermont history highlights in July include the birth of one of the presidents to come from the state, the only battle fought entirely within the sate during the American Revolution and an honor ...

MONTPELIER — The Vermont Historical Society announced the opening of a new exhibit at the Vermont History Museum in Montpelier: Illustrating History, which will be on display through June 2026.

The “Lost Shul Mural” at the Ohavi Zedek synagogue in Burlington Credit: Courtesy of the Lost Mural Project The Vermont Historical Society and the Lost Mural Project are teaming up to offer funding ...

As part of what many people are calling "America's racial reckoning," there is a current debate about how history should be taught in America. In June, the Essex-Westford School District saw competing ...

BARRE -- Both of U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy's grandfathers lived, worked and suffered: They worked in Vermont's stone industry and eventually contracted silicosis, a lung disease caused by inhaling stone ...

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Although Vermont was one of the last New England states to be recognized, it still is home to many historical sites and structures, including its schools, from elementary all the way up to college. In ...

MID-JANUARY MORNING IN VERMONT. WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT A WARM AND INVITING DINER? OR EVEN BETTER, A TRULY HISTORIC ONE? IT’S GOT A GREAT CLASSIC FEEL. IT’S ALL THE ORIGINAL COUNTERTOPS. SO WHEN YOU ...