As tempting as it may be to hibernate through these short days and long nights, I can tell you from experience that if you ...

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 ...

This month the Vermont Commission on Native American Affairs announced an American Abenaki curriculum. The commission leaders ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

STOWE — Vermont Ski and Snowboard Museum will honor Stowe skier Noah Dines as its 2025 First Tracks Award recipient, Jan. 16, ...

BARRE -- Both of U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy's grandfathers lived, worked and suffered: They worked in Vermont's stone industry and eventually contracted silicosis, a lung disease caused by inhaling stone ...

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.