When you get into Bennington you start noticing a big monument. We did a little side trip and found the Bennington Battle Monument. It is 301 feet high and is made of stone. It commemorates the battle of Bennington during the revolutionary war. In August of 1777 New Hampshire and Vermont soldiers battled the British who were trying capture the food and a store of weapons which were being kept there. We won! About 200 feet up in the obelisk you can see out over the surrounding area. Although the monument is about 10 miles away from the actual battlefield it is very close to where Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain boys planned the attack on Fort Ticonderoga in 1775. So much history!
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