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Vermont (/vərˈmɒnt/ ^ⓘ vər-MONT) is a landlocked state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to the north. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the state had a population of 643,503, ranking it the second least populated U.S. state ahead of Wyoming. It is the nation's sixth smallest state in area. The state's capital of Montpelier is the least populous U.S. state capital. No other U.S. state has a most populous city with fewer residents than Burlington. Vermont is also well known for being the largest producer of true maple syrup in the United States for over 200 years.

Native Americans have inhabited the area for about 12,000 years. The competitive tribes of the Algonquian-speaking Abenaki and Iroquoian-speaking Mohawk were active in the area at the time of European encounter. During the 17th century, French colonists claimed the territory as part of the Kingdom of France's colony of New France. After the Kingdom of Great Britain began to settle colonies to the south along the Atlantic coast, the two nations competed in North America in addition to Europe. After being defeated in 1763 in the Seven Years' War, France ceded its territory east of the Mississippi River to Great Britain.

Thereafter, the nearby British Thirteen Colonies, especially the provinces of New Hampshire and New York, disputed the extent of the area called the New Hampshire Grants to the west of the Connecticut River, encompassing present-day Vermont. The provincial government of New York sold land grants to settlers in the region, which conflicted with earlier grants from the government of New Hampshire. The Green Mountain Boys militia protected the interests of the established New Hampshire land grant settlers against the newly arrived settlers with land titles granted by New York. Ultimately, a group of settlers with New Hampshire land grant titles established the Vermont Republic in 1777 as an independent state during the American Revolutionary War. The Vermont Republic abolished slavery before any other U.S. state. It was admitted to the Union in 1791 as the 14th state. (Full article...)

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An engraving depicting Ethan Allen demanding the surrender of Fort Ticonderoga

Ethan Allen (January 21, 1738 [O.S. January 10, 1737] – February 12, 1789) was an American farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, lay theologian, American Revolutionary War patriot, and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga early in the Revolutionary War. He was the brother of Ira Allen and the father of Frances Allen.

Allen was born in rural Connecticut and had a frontier upbringing, but he also received an education that included some philosophical teachings. In the late 1760s, he became interested in the New Hampshire Grants, buying land there and becoming embroiled in the legal disputes surrounding the territory. Legal setbacks led to the formation of the Green Mountain Boys, whom Allen led in a campaign of intimidation and property destruction to drive New York settlers from the Grants. He and the Green Mountain Boys seized the initiative early in the Revolutionary War and captured Fort Ticonderoga in May 1775. In September 1775, Allen led a failed attempt on Montreal which resulted in his capture by British authorities. He was imprisoned aboard Royal Navy ships, then paroled in New York City, and finally released in a prisoner exchange in 1778. (Full article...)

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Nico Asher Muhly (/ˈniːkoʊ ˈmjuːli/; born August 26, 1981) is an American contemporary classical music composer and arranger who has worked and recorded with both classical and pop musicians. A prolific composer, he has composed for many notable symphony orchestras and chamber ensembles and has had two operas commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera. Since 2006, he has released nine studio albums, many of which are collaborative, including 2017's Planetarium with Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner & James McAlister. He is a member of the Icelandic music collective and record label Bedroom Community. (Full article...)

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Image 1Mount Mansfield, at 4,393 feet (1,339 m), is the highest-elevation point in Vermont. Other high points are Killington Peak, Mount Ellen, Mount Abraham, and Camel's Hump. The lowest point in the state is Lake Champlain at 95 feet (29 m). The state's average elevation is 1,000 feet (300 m). (from History of Vermont)
Image 2Population density of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 3The Vermont Supreme Court's building in Montpelier (from Vermont)
Image 4The Old Constitution House at Windsor, where the Constitution of Vermont was adopted on July 8, 1777 (from Vermont)
Image 5Edward F. Knapp State Airport in Berlin (from Vermont)
Image 6MVRTD's "The Bus" in Rutland (from Vermont)
Image 7The Vermont Supreme Court's building in Montpelier (from Vermont)
Image 8The hermit thrush, the state bird of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 9The University of Vermont's Old Mill, the oldest building on campus (from Vermont)
Image 10Fall foliage at Lake Willoughby (from Vermont)
Image 11Köppen climate types of Vermont, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Vermont)
Image 12Vermont towns hold a March town meeting for voters to approve the town's budget and decide other matters. Marlboro voters meet in this building. (from Vermont)
Image 13A c.1775 flag used by the Green Mountain Boys (from Vermont)
Image 14Mount Mansfield (from Vermont)
Image 15The Ethan Allen Express alongside the Island Line Trail in Burlington (from Vermont)
Image 16Map of Vermont showing cities, roads, and rivers (from Vermont)
Image 17Autumn in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 18The former Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, in Vernon (from Vermont)
Image 19The gold leaf dome of the Vermont State House in Montpelier is visible for many miles around the city. This is the third State House on the site, and like the second, was built in the Greek Revival architectural style. It was completed in 1857. Montpelier became the state capital in 1805. (from History of Vermont)
Image 20Stowe Resort Village (from Vermont)
Image 211791 Act of Congress admitting Vermont into the Union (from Vermont)
Image 22The West Dummerston Bridge, the longest covered bridge in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 23Vellum manuscript of the Constitution of Vermont, 1777. This constitution was amended in 1786, and again in 1793, two years after Vermont's admission to the federal union in 1791. See Constitution of Vermont (1777) and Constitution of Vermont. (from History of Vermont)
Image 24Western face of Camel's Hump Mountain (elevation 4,079 feet (1,243 m)) (from Vermont)
Image 25Watercolor of Abenaki couple, 1700s (from Vermont)
Image 26The Old Constitution House at Windsor, where the Constitution of Vermont was adopted on July 8, 1777 (from Vermont)
Image 271791 Act of Congress admitting Vermont into the Union (from Vermont)
Image 28The University of Vermont's Old Mill, the oldest building on campus (from Vermont)
Image 29Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy and Representative Peter Welch greet supporters in 2017.
Image 30The gold leaf dome of the neoclassical Vermont State House (Capitol) in Montpelier (from Vermont)
Image 31Fall foliage seen from Hogback Mountain, Wilmington (from Vermont)
Image 32Mount Mansfield (from Vermont)
Image 33The hermit thrush, the state bird of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 34Vermont in 1827. The county boundaries have since changed. (from Vermont)
Image 35Silurian and Devonian stratigraphy of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 36The Cumberland ice-breaking ferry headed toward Grand Isle in winter (from Vermont)
Image 37The gold leaf dome of the neoclassical Vermont State House (Capitol) in Montpelier (from Vermont)
Image 38The Cumberland ice-breaking ferry headed toward Grand Isle in winter (from Vermont)
Image 39Senators Bernie Sanders and Patrick Leahy and Representative Peter Welch greet supporters in 2017.
Image 40The Lyndon Institute, a high school in Lyndon, Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 41Lake Champlain (from Vermont)
Image 42Vermont towns hold a March town meeting for voters to approve the town's budget and decide other matters. Marlboro voters meet in this building. (from Vermont)
Image 43Vermont Route 17 in Addison with Snake Mountain at right (from Vermont)
Image 44Vermont in 1827. The county boundaries have since changed. (from Vermont)
Image 45Vermontasaurus sculpture in Post Mills, in 2010 (from Vermont)
Image 46Stowe Resort Village (from Vermont)
Image 47MVRTD's "The Bus" in Rutland (from Vermont)
Image 48The Lyndon Institute, a high school in Lyndon, Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 49Vermont Route 17 in Addison with Snake Mountain at right (from Vermont)
Image 50The flag of the Green Mountain Boys (from History of Vermont)
Image 51Map of Vermont showing cities, roads, and rivers (from Vermont)
Image 52Watercolor of Abenaki couple, 1700s (from Vermont)
Image 53Silurian and Devonian stratigraphy of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 54Edward F. Knapp State Airport in Berlin (from Vermont)
Image 55Lake Champlain (from Vermont)
Image 56Köppen climate types of Vermont, using 1991–2020 climate normals (from Vermont)
Image 57Fall foliage seen from Hogback Mountain, Wilmington (from Vermont)
Image 58Population density of Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 59A c.1775 flag used by the Green Mountain Boys (from Vermont)
Image 60Western face of Camel's Hump Mountain (elevation 4,079 feet (1,243 m)) (from Vermont)
Image 61Autumn in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 62Fall foliage at Lake Willoughby (from Vermont)
Image 63The West Dummerston Bridge, the longest covered bridge in Vermont (from Vermont)
Image 64The former Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, in Vernon (from Vermont)
Image 65Vermontasaurus sculpture in Post Mills, in 2010 (from Vermont)
Image 66The Ethan Allen Express alongside the Island Line Trail in Burlington (from Vermont)

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... that an apparently jobless man wearing a cardboard box who taped himself to a lamppost was actually a new DJ for a Vermont radio station?
... that Burlington Union Station is home to winged monkeys?
... that Vermont folk musician Pete Sutherland hosted concerts at his house for $10—or $9 if you brought your own chair?
... that Alison H. Clarkson, the majority leader of the Vermont Senate, worked as a theatrical producer and on New York Theatre Workshop's board?
... that before John McClaughry was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives, he traveled about 5,000 miles (8,000 km) in boxcars as a hobo?
... that Amtrak called the Vermont Rail System the worst host railroad in the country in 2010 due to delays on the Ethan Allen Express?

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Vermont has nine incorporated cities.

City populations (2010 Census)
City	Population
Burlington	42,417
South Burlington	17,904
Rutland	16,495
Barre	9,052
Montpelier	7,855
Winooski	7,267
St. Albans	6,918
Newport	5,005
Vergennes	2,741

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