A report on Green Mountain Boys, Vermont and Battle of Bennington

The Flag of the Green Mountain Boys, predating the Vermont Republic, is still used by the Vermont National Guard

A 1780 map depicting the troop positions at the start of the battle

Replica of the 1777 flag from the Battle of Bennington.

The Old Constitution House at Windsor, where the Constitution of Vermont was adopted on July 8, 1777

An early 20th-century map depicting the battlefield

A circa 1775 flag used by the Green Mountain Boys

The gold leaf dome of the neoclassical Vermont State House (Capitol) in Montpelier

The Bennington flag was long incorrectly believed to have flown during the battle.

1791 Act of Congress admitting Vermont into the Union

The Bennington Battle Monument in Bennington, Vermont

Vermont in 1827. The county boundaries have since changed.

150th anniversary of Battle of Bennington commemorative stamp

Map of Vermont showing cities, roads, and rivers

Historic Marker marking the Bennington Battlefield Park

Western face of Camel's Hump Mountain (elevation 4079 ft).

Köppen climate types of Vermont, using 1991–2020 climate normals.

Silurian and Devonian stratigraphy of Vermont

The hermit thrush, the state bird of Vermont

A proportional representation of Vermont exports, 2020

Fall foliage seen from Hogback Mountain, Wilmington

The Lyndon Institute, a high school in Lyndon, Vermont

The University of Vermont
Old Mill, the oldest building of the university

Vermont welcome sign in Addison on Route 17 just over the New York border over the Champlain Bridge

The Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, in Vernon

The Vermont Supreme Court's building in Montpelier

Vermont towns hold a March town meeting for voters to approve the town's budget and decide other matters. Marlboro voters meet in this building.

Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy and Representative Peter Welch greet supporters in 2017.

Vermontasaurus sculpture in Post Mills, in 2010

The Green Mountain Boys were a militia organization first established in 1770 in the territory between the British provinces of New York and New Hampshire, known as the New Hampshire Grants and later in 1777 as the Vermont Republic (which later became the state of Vermont).

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A rebel force of 2,000 men, primarily New Hampshire and Massachusetts militiamen, led by General John Stark, and reinforced by Vermont militiamen led by Colonel Seth Warner and members of the Green Mountain Boys, decisively defeated a detachment of General John Burgoyne's army led by Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum, and supported by additional men under Lieutenant Colonel Heinrich von Breymann.

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Under Warner the regiment fought at the battles of Hubbardton and Bennington in 1777.

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The Green Mountain Boys militia protected the interests of the established New Hampshire land grant settlers against the newly arrived settlers with land titles granted by New York.

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The battles of Bennington and Saratoga together are recognized as the turning point in the Revolutionary War because they were the first major defeat of a British army.

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Battle of Bennington Heights, August 16, 1777

The sign for historic Bennington, Vermont

First Congregational Church in Bennington

Sacred Heart Saint Francis de Sales Church in Bennington

First Congregational Church of Bennington, 1804

The Blue Benn, a historic diner in Bennington

Bennington is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, in the United States.

The town is known in particular for the Battle of Bennington, which took place during the Revolutionary War.

German reinforcements under the command of Lt. Col. Heinrich von Breymann looked set to reverse the outcome, but were prevented by the arrival of Seth Warner's Green Mountain Boys, the Vermont militia founded by Ethan Allen.