Contemporary newspaper articles chronicle the construction’s progress from 1887 to 1889 when the two ton capstone was put in place. U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes attended the laying of the monument’s cornerstone in 1887.\u00a0President Benjamin Harrison attended the monument’s dedication in 1891.
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Fifty historic photographs, sketches and print include portraits of Presidents Hayes and Harrison; sketches of rejected designs; and a bird’s-eye view of the town of Bennington in 1887. Six modern images illustrate the photographer’s climb to the top to answer his question, “How do they change the\u00a0light bulb up there?\u201d
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Tyler Resch holds a B.A. from Amherst and an M.S.J. from Northwestern. He was managing editor of the Bennington Banner in 1963-5 and 1968-1978, and was communications director of Bennington College 1978-1984. Retired, he lives in Bennington.<\/p>\n
Resch is the author or editor of several other books of regional history including The Shires of Bennington<\/em>; Glastenbury: A History of a Vermont Ghost Town<\/em>; Bennington College: In the Beginning<\/em>; and A Continued Clap of Thunder: Essays to Celebrate the 250th Anniversary of the America Revolution<\/em>.<\/p>\n ISBN 978-1-884592-00-3 The story of the concept, fund raising, design and construction of the 306′ dolomite obelisk in Bennington, Vermont that commemorates the August 16, 1777 Revolutionary War victory that made possible British Major General John Burgoyne’s defeat at Saratoga on October 8, 1777. <\/p>\n The Bennington Battle Monument, the tallest man-made building in the State of Vermont, is the second tallest unreinforced masonry building in the United States; the first is the Washington Monument, which is the tallest unreinforced masonry building in the world.\u00a0Bennington Battle Day is a Vermont state holiday.<\/p>\n <\/span>Ordering Information:<\/h5>\n
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