Last year, state officials went to the Legislature with a problem: The 306-foot Bennington Battle Monument — an obelisk commemorating the 1777 Battle of Bennington — was saturated with 66,000 gallons ...

Other Americans surged up the hill to the Hessian breastworks, and for two hours the battle raged. Hessian commander was ...

Vermont is celebrating Bennington Battle Day this weekend, with all state offices closed on Friday to observe the holiday. Bennington Battle Day is the longest continuously celebrated battle from the ...

The American Revolution was far more than the Declaration of Independence, of course. In 1777, in southwestern Vermont, my little, rural postage stamp of a home, shots not exactly heard round the ...

Next week, Benningtonians might catch a glimpse of people suspended in midair, rappelling from the state’s tallest structure, as a crew works to clear away crumbling stone from the Bennington Battle ...

The monument is waterlogged with thousands of gallons of water and over 6,000 visible cracks.

Vermont officials are addressing the future of a monument commemorating the 1777 Battle of Bennington which is saturated with 66,000 gallons of water FILE - Children at the bottom of the Bennington ...

Vermont Seeks Feedback From Residents on Possible Restoration of the Bennington Battle Monument Last year, state officials went to the Legislature with a problem: The 306-foot Bennington Battle ...

Last year, Vermong officials went to the Legislature with a problem: The 306-foot Bennington Battle Monument — an obelisk commemorating the 1777 Battle of Bennington — was saturated with 66,000 ...