Bennington Battle Monument

Bennington Battle Monument is a Vermont historical marker in Bennington, Bennington County.

On the Old Bennington Village Green, Bennington

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On August 16, 1777, British forces sent by General Burgoyne to seize supplies at Bennington were turned back by New Englanders under General John Stark and Vermonts Col. Seth Warner. This 306 ft. commemorative shaft, planned 100 years later, was dedicated in 1891. In 1953 it was taken over, restored and an elevator installed by the VT Historic Sites Commission which now administers it for the State.

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TodayHistorical map

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Historical maps covering this location

1776 · New England. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1781 · An Accurate map of New Hampshire in New England, from a late survey (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1795 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1797 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1804 · Vermont. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

New England, 1776, covering the location of Bennington Battle Monument, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — New England, 1776, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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Marker data: Vermont Division for Historic Preservation

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