Vermont Soldiers Boys, 1764-1814-1864

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Excerpt from Vermont Soldiers Boys, 1764-1814-1864: An Address Delivered Memorial Day, 1914The Green Mountain Boys came thus to be revered at home and feared abroad. They had the rude sense of justice, the rude courage of the hills, and they meant to show that the gods of the hills were different from the gods of the valleys, and they did so.But in thus singling out Ethan Allen and his fellow heroes I would not mean to disparage any not mentioned by name. On the east side of the mountains in the Connecticut valley the gathering storm of indignation at the King and his minions found voice in resistance to royal tyranny at West minster courthouse, which brought about the death of Wil liam French This has been called the First gun of the Revolution. (the battle of Lexington was not till April 19th, more than a month thereafter.)About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.