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Here's one of his paintings that he produced: "The Craftsman," commissioned by Rock of Ages and painted in 1962. It's now in the collection of the Shelburne Museum.

A painting by Norman Rockwell featuring a sculptor working on a block of granite.

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He and his family moved to Arlington, Vermont in 1939, where he lived and worked until 1953. Throughout his time there, he used a number of his neighbors as models for his paintings, and drew on the town and state for inspiration for his work.

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Born in New York City in 1894, Rockwell became one of the best-known American artists of the 20th Century (particularly for the covers he illustrated for The Saturday Evening Post and for paintings such as Rosie the Riveter, and the Four Freedoms series).

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On this day in 1978: artist Norman Rockwell died in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.

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Sunday marks the end of daylight savings time: set your clocks (and watches) back an hour at 2:00AM on Sunday, November 2nd.

Here's a pocket watch from our collection: it was made sometime around 1790 and was owned by Thomas Chittenden, the first Governor of Vermont.

Pocket watch with silver case and white face. The face has numbers written around the edge in black ink with minutes marked in small hashes. The watch has two hands, minute and hours, both currently pointing downward. The top of the watch has a tall post with a loop set into the top. The watch opens with small hinge at the proper right.

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The Vermont Historical Society @vermonthistory.org · 9d

They were often satirical or hyperbolic in nature: a form of protest against some sort of course of action and depicting a worst-case scenario or outcome. These types of parades were common in New England, including in Vermont.

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The Vermont Historical Society @vermonthistory.org · 9d

Happy Halloween! Here's a fun picture from our library collection: a "Horribles" parade that took place on July 4th in St. Albans in 1872. These types of parades often featured people dressing up in comedic, satirical, and grotesque costumes, often in conjunction with Independence Day celebrations.

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If you’re a member of VHS, you should be receiving your copy soon, and members can always access our journals through our website. If you aren’t a member, you can purchase copies from the VHS bookstore in Montpelier or at the Vermont History Center in Barre!
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Vermont History Journal — Vermont Historical Society

Vermont History publishes new research and scholarship on interesting topics of Vermont state and local history twice a year. The journal also includes book reviews.

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The Vermont Historical Society @vermonthistory.org · 10d

🍫 A history of the troubles that the Vermont Milk Chocolate Company of Burlington faced
🚔 A look at the aftermath of a raid in Island Pond in 1984
🧑‍🎓 2 student essays from Vermont History Day
📚 Reviews of recently published books about Vermont’s history

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The Vermont Historical Society @vermonthistory.org · 10d

This is a double volume, and it includes:
🪦 A remembrance of our former director and journal editor, Michael Sherman
💡 A paper about Thomas Davenport, who invented the DC electric motor
🏺 A look at Eastern Vermont pottery
🎃 A paper about the history of Halloween in Vermont

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The Vermont Historical Society @vermonthistory.org · 10d

The latest issue of Vermont History is finally here! This is our scholarly journal, and it showcases the latest scholarship into Vermont’s history.

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We're pleased to announce that applications are open for the Women’s History and and Material Culture Fellowship, which will will work with VHS to explore, identify, and research items from our artifact collection to identify and study objects that tell the story of Vermont's women.

Announcing the Women’s History and and Material Culture Fellowship

The Vermont Historical Society is pleased to announce the launch of its first annual Women’s History and Material Culture Fellowship. This fellowship will work with VHS’s Collections Manager to explor...

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You can read about the award here: vermonthistory.org/vermont-hist...

Announcing the winner of the 2025 Richard O. Hathaway Award

The Vermont Historical Society is pleased to announce the recipient of the 2025 Richard O. Hathaway Award: Burlington filmmaker Travis Van Alstyne, for his animated short film Love of the Land.

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Love of the Land is an animated short film based on the story of Ascutney farmer Romaine Tenney, who committed suicide in the early morning hours of September 12th, 1964 in response to the seizure of his farm by eminent domain to make way for the construction of Interstate 91.

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The Vermont Historical Society @vermonthistory.org · 24d

We are very pleased to announce the recipient of the 2025 Richard O. Hathaway Award: Burlington filmmaker Travis Van Alstyne, for his animated short film Love of the Land.

Love of the Land | The tragic story of Vermont farmer Romaine Tenney

YouTube video by Made Here - from Vermont Public

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The Vermont Historical Society @vermonthistory.org · 24d

We’re thrilled to welcome VHS members to the Vermont History Center in Barre for our 187th Annual Meeting!

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VHS author Mercedes de Guardiola will be speaking at the South Burlington Public Library on November 5th to talk about her book "Vermont for the Vermonters": The History of Eugenics in the Green Mountain State. vermonthistory.org/calendar/ver...

"Vermont for the Vermonters" Talk at the South Burlington Library — Vermont Historical Society

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The Vermont Historical Society @vermonthistory.org · 29d

The Times Argus profiled Winters' Time, by Jeffrey Amestoy: "Amestoy has made an excellent case for keeping Vermont history front of mind. You never know the implications a moment in time will have on the decades to come — or the people who might discover it."

Read the article here:

City Room: The right person to tell a Vermont story

As a young attorney, Jeffrey Amestoy was awaiting his first-ever court appearance. It was at the Windsor County Courthouse in Woodstock, and he was killing time in the “lawyers’ room,”

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The Vermont Historical Society @vermonthistory.org · 29d

You can also read a firsthand account of the battle from Dr. Robert Knox, originally published in Vermont History in 1978: vermonthistory.org/journal/misc...

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The Vermont Historical Society @vermonthistory.org · 29d

You can read more about Lake Champlain's strategic importance on our blog: vermonthistory.org/gateway-to-t...

Gateway to the Revolution: Lake Champlain's strategic significance during the colonial era

At the dawn of the Holocene, the glaciers that covered North America began to retreat, leaving in their wake an inlet that stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to Ottawa to what’s now known as the Champl...

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The Vermont Historical Society @vermonthistory.org · 29d

Here's an item from the battle that we have in our collection: a fragment of wood from the schooner Royal Savage, the flagship of General Benedict Arnold. It was retrieved from the wreckage by a diver in 1886, and it's now on display at the Vermont History Museum in Montpelier.

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With much of the American fleet damaged or destroyed, Arnold retreated down the lake but he was able dissuade Carlton from continuing any further that year. The British would mount another invasion the following year.

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The Vermont Historical Society @vermonthistory.org · 29d

On October 9th, British General Guy Carleton led his fleet of 33 ships into Lake Champlain with the intention of reaching the Hudson Valley, and on the 11th, they were met by the American fleet, led by Benedict Arnold. The two met in a violent battle that inflicted heavy damage on both sides.

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Without roads or infrastructure capable of moving an army through the wilderness, the lake was a strategic highway for anyone wanting to get into the depths of the rebelling colonies.

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The Vermont Historical Society @vermonthistory.org · 29d

Following the disastrous campaign to Quebec in 1775, the Continental Army pulled back to forts along Lake Champlain, and began building ships to bolster the existing fleet.

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