The Courier is published by The Mount Independence Coalition to explore the history of Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell, Vermont. We are just transitioning to this online version from our printed edition.
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The Artifacts of Mount Independence and the Stories They Tell
Note: This story is about artifacts recovered through official archaeological research. Unauthorized digging for artifacts is looting, and is illegal. The Mount Independence State Historic Site has produced a series of sixteen short videos that focus on artifacts found during archaeological investigations at the site over the years and what they tell us about the…
Mount Independence Collections Stewardship Grant Project
by Paul Andriscin, Michael Blakeslee, and Tobrina Calvin (the project team) In the summer of 2022, the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation was awarded a grant from the American Battlefield Protective Program (ABPP), National Park Service, for the “Mount Independence Collections Stewardship Project” to develop and implement an integrated system for collections stewardship. This includes…
Review: The British are Coming
A review by Stephen Zeoli Rick Atkinson is a history writer best known for his Liberation Trilogy, three books about World War II focusing on action in Africa and Europe. Recently he turned his vaunted narrative talents to the American Revolutionary War. The first book in this Revolution Trilogy is called The British are Coming.…
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