Show I J A M I I i 1 4 i PRIDE OF vERMONT BKNNINGTON AND ITS TWO I FINE MONUMENTS Whore Gen Stark and His Brave RevolutionAry Rev-olutionary Soldleis Repulsed Col Damns Force of Marauding Maraud-ing Hessians Hcnnliigton Is the most peculiarly Interesting In-teresting of nil Vermont towns on iccount of Its historical lusoclatlmn us well as HH pictorial beauty ayj a writer In tho Four Track Now It I I Is situated In tho extreme Hoiith western west-ern portion of the beautiful state whore name derived from two worda HlgnlllCH nreeii ant mountain It WBH here that tho prideswollen HI HII I I I i I 11ATTLU MONUMENT Uurgoynu cast n covetous eyo on the supplies and stores gathered from thu ii fertile fields and to secure which for his hungry mercenaries ho sont nut nn army early In August 1777 under Col Bourn composed chiefly of Germans with a scattering of British i Walking up tho steep mile Incline to Bonnlngton Center you can sue tho site of tho Catamount tavern headquarters 1gI head-quarters for tholCounclI of Safety which I constituted the organized government gov-ernment of Vermont now marked Iy a powerful statue whore Gon John II Stark sulked over his disappointment at not receiving the deserved brlga dlershlp In the continental army tJlll3A from which ho In wrath resigned his colonelcy to assume command of the Now Hampshire mllltla Though a breach of discipline It was lucky for the Americana that Gen Stark had not conformed to Lincolns ontcrH to r r Join tho main army against Burgoyno J for ho was through this fortuitous chance on tno very spot wnoro no was needed to repulse tho detachment under c un-der Col Bauin and It was In this very tavern named so tradition has It from tho daring animals who prowled fearlessly In Its vicinity and t r1 ii 1 i ii 3 d CATAMOUNT MONUMENT stole from Its larders that tho plans for tho defense of Bcnnlngton were 1 drawn up r t Cannot your fancy paint for you that sweltering inldAugimt day when i tho arrogant Germans resplendent In d their gay uniforms marched with welltrained military precision up t toward the eminence whoro tho Vermont Ver-mont troops wero quartered and where the battle monument now stands to bo iepulud twice during tho day and have their own guns seized and turned against tliein until un-til 1000 fell and GOO German and d A British were captured by n small brigade bri-gade of raw mllltla untlnscled and untutored but empowered to deeds of heroic magnitude by the mighty love of country Tho monument commemorating tho stirring conflict Is the highest battle monument In the world measuring 308 feet It is an artistic monolith built of magneslan limestone and was erected between 1SS7 and 1S91 I From thn top reached by a winding staircase of seemingly Interminable length it commands a magnificent I view of the surrounding country and mountains I |