Show our tallest battle monument U situated tn in a P picturesquely lovely valley at the foot of the th green mountains in the lie southwestern corner of vermont Is the peaceful pence ful village of bennington settled in 1701 1761 here on august 10 1777 when the british attempted to capture the sup piles hou housed s ed I 1 id 1 I tie the I 1 C continental ont inc nt a stare storehouse wits fought the battle of ben between tha th british army and the now new hampshire militia here stop atop state arms arins hall overlooking scenes of great natural beauty and tit the graves of the heroic dead on august 19 1801 1891 the lie centennial anniversary of the admission of vermont to the union there was dedicated vermontis Ver monts first farst monument tricked tt acted by the states of massuchi me letan jtb new hampshire and vermont and the notion til government at a 6 cost approximating OCO irest bent benl benjamin harrlson lson was dinong those thoe present and addressed the as multitude this simple but lofty granite pile li Is said aid to be the highest battle memorial in the world it Is 37 feet square atthe tt ground and over feet high its walls are 7 feet 0 inches thick new en england gland granite was used lit in its construction its sides aides draw in slight ly as its height tiel glit progresses about two thirds of the way up there aro are a number of openings through which sightseers mey may view the surrounding landscape these openings art an readied reached by a steel and wrought iron iroll stairway built within the monument there are 34 landings and st sapa ps in this his stairway A silent sentinel keeping wn over this peaceful i valley alley this great war memorial stands in mute testimony to generations to come of the struggle for liberty which hero here took place |