Saturday and Sunday, September 5 and 6 To honor the 250th anniversary of Mount Independence, the Division for Historic Preservation is hosting its annual “Soldiers Atop the Mount” living history weekend on Saturday, September 5, and Sunday, September 6, 2026. The two-day event in Orwell honors the soldiers who built and garrisoned the site in … Continue reading Living history weekend at Mount Independence
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Soldiers Atop the Mount – August 23 & 24
Living history arrives at the Mount. Fun and entertaining for the whole family The Revolutionary War comes to life at the annual “Soldiers Atop the Mount” living history weekend on Saturday, August 23 and Sunday, August 24, 2025, at the Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell. Meet the reenactors and site interpreters commemorating the soldiers who … Continue reading Soldiers Atop the Mount – August 23 & 24
Author talk: Sunday, July 27
"What I have done here is to construct a character that would show what it was like to be a soldier stationed at Mount Independence and what life would have been like for that soldier." - Paul Andriscin Paul Andriscin has been a site interpreter at Mount Independence State Historic Site for many years, a … Continue reading Author talk: Sunday, July 27
Upcoming Talk: The Black Presence at the Battle of Bennington
Sunday, October 13 at 1:00 pm Come to the Mount Independence State Historic Site in Orwell, Vermont, for an illustrated talk, The Black Presence at the Battle of Bennington, given by teacher and author Phil Holland. The program starts at 1:00 p.m. and is free and open to the public. This is a Vermont Humanities Council Speaker’s … Continue reading Upcoming Talk: The Black Presence at the Battle of Bennington
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