Collections Manager Katie Grant with a statue of Echo sculpted by Larkin Mead at the new Research and Exhibition Gallery at the Vermont History Center in Barre on Wednesday, September 25. Photo by ...

Vermont history highlights in July include the birth of one of the presidents to come from the state, the only battle fought entirely within the sate during the American Revolution and an honor ...

Help keep local journalism free and independent with a one-time or sustaining gift today. We can’t do it without you. Will you join us? A new roadside historic site marker in Cambridge recognizes the ...

Around the globe, many remember 1816 as the “Year Without a Summer.” When Mount Tambora, a volcano in Indonesia, erupted in April 1815, millions of tons of dust and ash flew around the world. Nearly ...

The “Lost Shul Mural” at the Ohavi Zedek synagogue in Burlington Credit: Courtesy of the Lost Mural Project The Vermont Historical Society and the Lost Mural Project are teaming up to offer funding ...

MONTPELIER — The Vermont Historical Society announced the opening of a new exhibit at the Vermont History Museum in Montpelier: Illustrating History, which will be on display through June 2026.

MID-JANUARY MORNING IN VERMONT. WHAT WOULD WE DO WITHOUT A WARM AND INVITING DINER? OR EVEN BETTER, A TRULY HISTORIC ONE? IT’S GOT A GREAT CLASSIC FEEL. IT’S ALL THE ORIGINAL COUNTERTOPS. SO WHEN YOU ...

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As part of what many people are calling "America's racial reckoning," there is a current debate about how history should be taught in America. In June, the Essex-Westford School District saw competing ...

Five years after the first COVID lockdowns, the Vermont Historical Society will release a new book, "Life Became Very Blurry: An Oral History of COVID-19 in Vermont," edited by Pulitzer Prize finalist ...

State workers celebrated the grand reopening of the Waterbury State Office Complex on this day in history.

Vermont elected a Democratic senator on Tuesday — only the second time in the state's history. Rep. Peter Welch is slated for a promotion to the U.S. Senate after running away with a Tuesday victory ...