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  • 250th Anniversary Lunchtime Lecture: Rutland County Forts with Joseph Kinney

    The Dorset Historical Society Bley House Museum Corner of Kent Hill Road & Route 30, Dorset, VT

    Join historian and archaeologist Joseph Kinney for a Lunchtime Lecture exploring the Revolutionary War-era forts of Rutland County and how they’ve been remembered, or forgotten, over time. Drawing from his undergraduate thesis and ongoing research, Kinney will introduce attendees to key military sites including Castleton’s Fort Warren, Pittsford’s Fort Vengeance, and Rutland’s Forts Rutland and Ranger.

    Free

  • Author Talk: Tyler Alexander on “If I Can Get Home This Fall: A Story of Love, Loss, and a Cause in the Civil War”

    Northshire Bookstore 4869 Main St, Manchester Center, VT, United States

    On Friday, January 30th at 6pm at Northshire Bookstore, author Tyler Alexander will share the epic story of Dan Mason, a white man who served in the Civil War as a soldier in the Sixth Vermont Infantry and as an officer in the Nineteenth U.S. Colored Troops. It is a story of these two units from very different realities but with a common purpose.

    Free