250th Anniversary Celebration Tour
Saturday, May 10, 2025 (8am to 5pm)
Led by: Jim Rowe and Bruce Venter
Departure: Hampton Inn, Bennington, VT
Tour Registration: $175.00
This year America’s History, LLC will kick off our country’s 250th anniversary of the American Revolution by offering a special one-day bus tour following the route of the Green Mountain Boys along with their comrades from Connecticut and Massachusetts under the leadership of Ethan Allen. This tour will be on the actual date of the capture of Fort Ticonderoga 250 years ago. It will also coincide with some special anniversary activities planned by Fort Ticonderoga.
Our tour will start in Bennington, Vermont, the proverbial headquarters of the “Bennington Mob” otherwise known as the Green Mountain Boys. We’ll discuss the major characters we’ll meet on today’s tour, plus provide background on the Hampshire Grants dispute between New England settlers led by Ethan Allen and New York officials. At Bennington we’ll set the stage for what happened on May 10, 1775. In Bennington, we’ll see several landmark sites associated with Ethan Allen like the Catamount Tavern, as the plot to capture Fort Ticonderoga unfolds
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