Sunday, September 28 at 1:00 pm

On Sunday, September 28, 2025, at 1:00 PM, two characters from the Revolutionary War, a Vermonter and representative of the British Crown, come to the Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell, Vermont, for a time-traveling interview. 

In this “Inquiry into the Revolutionary Mind, What Were You Thinking Frederick Haldimand and Ira Allen?,” a modern-day historian calls up personages from the past for a panel discussion with major players in the early 1780s Haldimand Negotiations. Should Vermont rejoin the British, and if so, why? The story involves Frederick Haldimand, Ira and Ethan Allen, Thomas Chittenden, and Justus Sherwood, and treachery and intrigue and drama at all levels.

These first-person programs are always engaging and visitor favorites. Site interpreters Steve Whalen will channel Ira Allen and Michael Blakeslee Frederick Haldimand. Questions from the audience are welcome at the end.

The event is included in the regular admission fee of $8.00 for adults, $1.00 for ages 6 to 14, and free for Green Mountain Passport holders and children under 6. While there visit the museum and walk any or all the six miles of trails on the over 300-acre site.  Call 802-948-2000 for more information.

The Mount Independence State Historic Site is one of the best-preserved Revolutionary War sites in America.  It is located near the end of Mount Independence Road, six miles west of the intersections of Vermont Routes 22A and 73 near Orwell village; carefully follow the signs.  Regular hours are 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily through to October 19, 2025.