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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FHT_grace-goodhue-coolidge_Burlington-VT.html
On Oct. 4, 1905, at 2:30 p.m. in front of the bay window in the parlor of this house, Grace Goodhue married Calvin Coolidge of Plymouth Notch, VT. Calvin Coolidge became President of the United States and Grace served as First Lady from 1923-1929.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FHN_ethan-allen_Burlington-VT.html
Putting behind him the martial deeds of a hero, Ethan came here in 1787 to till the soil as a peaceful farmer. On Feb. 12, 1789, he died here after a trip across the ice to South Hero. Memorial Tower was built on Indian Rock, traditional Algonquin…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FHM_2nd-vermont-volunteer-infantry-regiment_Burlington-VT.html
On June 24, 1861, the first Vermont soldiers who enlisted for service in the Civil War for three years left Burlington for Washington by rail. Four days earlier, the 866 officers and men from across the state had been mustered into the Union Army …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FHL_battery-park_Burlington-VT.html
Here in June 1813, a Vermonter, Lieut. Churchill, and men built a parapet and set up a battery. On Aug. 3 a British gunboat and 2 sloops, 1½ miles offshore, began a cannonade. This attack was repulsed in 20 minutes by the American Battery and…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FHI_william-wells_Burlington-VT.html
Brevet Major General U.S. Vols.
1837-1892
First Lieut. Co. C 1st Vermont Cavalry Oct. 14 1861
Captain Co. C Nov. 18 1861
Major Dec. 30 1862
Colonel July 2 1864
Brevet Brigadier General U.S. Vols. Feb. 22 1865
Brevet Major General U.S. Vols.
"For g…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FH4_the-battery_Burlington-VT.html
The battery of thirteen guns on this ground repulsed an attack of three British gunboats June 13 1813It was the defense of Burlington and of the United States Army here encamped during the war of 1812This tablet was erected by the Green Mountain C…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FH3_howard-william-plant-memorial_Burlington-VT.html
Dedicated to the memoryofHOWARD WILLIAM PLANTBorn July 25, 1900Enlisted in U.S. Navy June 8, 1916Wireless operatorU.S. Destroyer Jacob JonesTorpedoed at sea December 6, 1917First Burlington boy to diein the World War
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FH2_little-italy_Burlington-VT.html
Beginning in the early 1900s, the area directly to the east housed numerous emigrants. Many moved here from Italy with hopes to build better lives. Some worked in the lumber mills and railroad yards that bordered the lake. In the process, they cre…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FH1_steamer-vermont_Burlington-VT.html
John and James Winans built here the second successful steamboat to operate commercially, only two years after Robert Fulton made his historic trip up the Hudson on the "Clermont". The Champlain Transportation Co. was one of the oldest steamboat c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1FH0_john-dewey_Burlington-VT.html
Born here on Oct. 20, 1859, John Dewey attended local schools and in 1879 graduated from the University of Vermont. Dewey was world-renowned as a philosopher and author of many books. Ideas drawn from his educational doctrines profoundly influence…