| Show ss O su ss t Nearby and Y Yonder onder Dy Br 0 T. T T T T. T MAXEY V y V r rf f S O us Pervice Our Tallest Tailed Battle QUEty situated shunted in n a lovely valley nt at the foot of th tho Green mount In the southwestern corner comer of ot Vermont Is the peaceful 1 vii Inge Ingo of ot Bennington settled In la 1701 1761 Here on AU nest lIlt 16 10 1777 1717 when th the British attempted Po 0 o capture the supplies supplies sup sup- plies piles housed In the continental storehouse storehouse store store- house was fought the battle of ot Den Ben between e n the British army am and the New Hampshire n hero Here atop Stale Arms State hall overlooking overlooking over over- looking scenes seems of great natural beauty and the graves gran of ot the heroic dead o on August 19 10 1801 the 1891 the centennial anniversary anni- anni versa ry of the admission of ot Vermont Vermon to the Union Union there there re was dedicated Vermont's first hf historical monument erected by the states of ot of Massachusetts l New e Hampshire and nod Vermont Vermon and the national government go at a acost cost CORt approximating PresIdent President dent Benjamin Harrison was those present and n addressed the as assembled multitude This simple lofty granite pile I Isaid I Isaid said to he ho the highest battle btttle memo memo the worl world 1 It Is 37 feet square nt lit the ground and nd over oer 00 oo feet teet hl high higl h i Its walls wn lire are 7 feet 0 6 Inches New England granite was used In It It construction Its sides draw In slight 1 I ly as Its height progresses nut About thirds two of or the way up there nr are am u II number of openings nn ll s through h which sightseers naty ll v kw V the surrounding These e openings or are ra reached hed by hy a 11 steel 1111 and wrought Iron built hullt within the monumentA monument A silent sentinel keeping watch over ove I this l JI peaceful t n valley 11 I this great war wu memorial stands In mute testimony to generations to tome ouie of ot the struggle for tor liberty III which here took place p HIT lUT western Newspaper Union |
