Bennington, VT Monuments and Robert Frost’s grave

When we were in Bennington, Vermont in May, I had read on Trip Advisor about the Bennington Battle Monument which commemorates the Battle of Bennington during the American Revolutionary War in 1777.  The monument is 306 feet 4 and 1/2 inches tall and was completed and dedicated in 1891. During certain times the monument is open and an elevator takes you up to a viewing area. There is a monument to Seth Warner, commander of the Green Mountain Boys who helped defeat the British forces in the Second Engagement of the Battle. Also a large granite boulder with a bronze tablet which was placed in honor of General John Stark and the 1400 New Hampshire men who were involved in the Battle with a statue of General John Stark on top.

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There’s also a time capsule, and a fiberglass painted moose that  was painted for Moosefest.

                                       

The Old First Church organized in 1762 is beside a graveyard that contains the graves of about 75 revolutionary war patriots as well as British and Hessian Soldiers killed in the Battle of Bennington. The grave of American Poet, Robert Frost, is also in the cemetery.

                                                     

The Bennington Museum outside (we didn’t go inside)