Bennington Battle Day is a state

holiday A holiday is a day set aside by custom or by law on which normal activities, especially business or work including school, are suspended or reduced. Generally, holidays are intended to allow individuals to celebrate or commemorate an event or tra ...

unique to

Vermont Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...

, commemorating the victory of American and Vermont forces over British forces at the

Battle of Bennington The Battle of Bennington was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, part of the Saratoga campaign, that took place on August 16, 1777, on a farm owned by John Green in Walloomsac, New York, about from its namesake, Bennington, Vermont. A r ...

during the

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in 1777. The holiday's date is fixed, occurring on August 16 every year. In Bennington, there is a battle re-enactment put on by the local history foundation. The Battle of Bennington took place in New York, but is so named because the British were headed for a cache of weapons and munitions stored where the

Bennington Battle Monument The Bennington Battle Monument is a stone obelisk located at 15 Monument Circle, in Bennington, Vermont, United States. The monument commemorates the Battle of Bennington during the American Revolutionary War. In that battle, on 16 August 1777, ...

now stands in present-day

Old Bennington, Vermont Old Bennington is a village in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is located entirely within the town of Bennington. As of the 2020 census, the village had a population of 156. The village and its surrounding area were added to the N ...

References

External links

Bennington's Official Website

* ttps://web.archive.org/web/20110706083127/http://www.nysparks.state.ny.us/sites/info.asp?siteID=3 Official Battlefield page
The Riflemen's Song at Bennington
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