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Wednesday February 16 6:30pm - 8:00pm EST

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What's New About Jane Stickle?

What’s New About Jane Stickle?with Pam WeeksIn 2013, the 150th anniversary year of the making of the Jane Stickle quilt, Pam Weeks came to Bennington Museum to examine and do further research on the iconic Civil War quilt. In this live, virtual presentation, Pam will re......More

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Sunday February 20 2:00pm - 3:00pm EST

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The Capture of Remember Baker

The Capture of Remember BakerA Bennington Historical Society Presentation250 years ago, in March of 1772, tensions between Yorkers and the Green Mountain Boys escalated. In the middle of the night, Yorkers broke into Remember Baker’s home, attacked him and his wife Desi......More

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1800 and Froze to Death: The Cold Year of 1816

1800 and Froze to Death: The Cold Year of 1816A Bennington Historical Society Presentation1816 has long been known as the year without summer. Vermonters still call it “1800 and Froze to Death,” a year of frosts every month, dark skies, and mysterious lights that caused a widespread belief that a higher power was displeased. This talk includes scores of anecdotes about the dark year of failed crops, scarce food, and religious revival. The horrible weather also came in the aftermath of the War of 1812, which produced shortages and an economic crisis. Vermonters coped with the cold year with neighbor helping neighbor. But some greedy merchants sought to exploit shortages by charging higher and higher prices. The cold year seems to have hit Vermont harder than any other state. But the effects of the disaster were very much worldwide. In Europe, visitors to the continent mistook bands of beggars along the roadways for invading armies. And out of it came literary accomplishments, including a grand poem by Lord Byron and a dark novel by Mary Shelley. About the Presenter A seventh-generation Vermonter, Howard Coffin is the author of four books on the Civil War: Something Abides: Discovering the Civil War in Today’s Vermont Full Duty: Vermonters in the Civil War Nine Months to Gettysburg and The Battered Stars, as well as Guns Over the Champlain Valley, a book on military sites along the Champlain Corridor. Bennington Museum requires the use of a face mask that covers both the mouth and the nose at all times while inside the building. Thank you for helping to keep all of our visitors and staff healthy. 1800 and Froze to Death: The Cold Year of 1816 is a Vermont Humanities Council program hosted by the Bennington Historical Society of Bennington Museum. (Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the NEH or VHC.) The Bennington Historical Society is a volunteer-run program of Bennington Museum. The BHS offers its programs at no charge. Please consider supporting the efforts of the BHS to share the history of our region by making a donation. Support the BHS

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