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Vermont’s Secret Revolutionary War Role | Burlington News
Before Vermont became a state, it stood alone as its own republic during the Revolutionary War—and today, you can walk the battlefields and climb the tallest monument in the state to feel its pulse. The Bennington Battle Monument, soaring 306 feet, honors a pivotal 1777 clash that foreshadowed Saratoga’s victory. At Hubbardton, the only Revolutionary battle fought entirely on future Vermont soil, a brutal early-morning fight became a strategic American triumph. And at Mount Independence, where British troops turned back in 1776, no bullets flew—but the fort’s ghost still stands, guarding the…
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