Reenactors honor the 1776-1777 history of Mount Independence during this living history weekend. Saturday’s popular interactive Baldwin Trail Walkabout features experts at trail stations bringing the site’s history to life. Follow soldiers on a woods skirmish, annual reading of Declaration of Independence on Sunday, camp life and skill demonstrations, and activities for all ages. Illustrated talks both days. Call (802) 948-2000 for details.
Cost: $6.00
Reenactors honor the 1776-1777 history of Mount Independence during this living history weekend. Saturday’s popular interactive Baldwin Trail Walkabout features experts at trail stations bringing the site’s history to life. Follow soldiers on a woods skirmish, annual reading of Declaration of Independence on Sunday, camp life and skill demonstrations, and activities for all ages. Illustrated talks both days. Call (802) 948-2000 for details.
Cost: $6.00
Children, ages 6 to 10, are invited to come, with a responsible adult, to an hour of story time, with books, hands-on activities, simple crafts relating to the Revolutionary War time-period and history of Mount Independence, and some outdoor time if weather permits. Bring snacks if you like or a picnic to enjoy afterwards. Call (802) 948-2000 for details. Suggested donation of $5.00 per family. With the Orwell Free Library.
On this guided tour, walk in the footsteps of Revolutionary War soldiers. Mount Independence Coalition president Stephen Zeoli is your guide. Wear walking shoes and dress for the weather. Co-sponsored by Mount Independence Coalition.
Modern day historian Paul Andriscin turns back the time machine to interview two men who cared for the well-being of the soldiers at Mount Independence. Meet Dr. Jonathan Potts, physician-surgeon for the Continental Army in this region, and Reverend Thomas Allen, Army chaplain here in the fall of 1776 and June 1777.
Children, ages 6 to 10, are invited to come, with a responsible adult, to an hour of story time, with books, hands-on activities, simple crafts relating to the Revolutionary War time-period and history of Mount Independence, and some outdoor time if weather permits. Bring snacks if you like or a picnic to enjoy afterwards. Call (802) 948-2000 for details. Suggested donation of $5.00 per family. With the Orwell Free Library.
Members of the Green Mountain Boys Project will talk about their work the past three years on researching the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont, and their recent focus on Shoreham, looking for their tombstones, cemetery clearing, and their new project in Orwell. With the Shoreham Historical Society.
Children will enjoy Revolutionary times learning about Mount Independence, archaeology, and more, with walks and new hands-on-activities. Attendees will make special items to bring home. Ages 6 to 11. Limited space.
Pre-registration required. Information on sibling discounts and scholarships. Call 802-948-2000 to register.
Christopher Wren, retired New York Times reporter and editor, and now visiting professor at Dartmouth College, will speak on the Revolutionary War’s Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys, the subject of his book, Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom. Is it a myth that Allen was a hero in the war? Annual J. Robert Maguire Lecture. Co-sponsored by Mount Independence Coalition and Orwell Free Library.
The Orwell Free Library offers a group book discussion of Christopher Wren’s latest book, Those Turbulent Sons of Freedom: Ethan Allen’s Green Mountain Boys and the American Revolution. Bring your book and a picnic lunch.
Call the library at (802) 948-2041 for more information. Co-sponsored by Mount Independence Coalition.
