This was the first time I had ever seen a birthplace monument. What’s interesting about it is that General George Jerrison Stannard’s actual house was just south of this location on Route 7 in Georgia, Vermont. Want to know what happened to his house? Surprisingly, it did not burn down nor was it demolished. ItContinue reading “General George Stannard Birthplace Monument”
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Brevet Major General George Jerrison Stannard
The featured image is in the public domain and downloaded from Wikipedia. “In June 1861, Stannard was elected lieutenant colonel of the 2nd Vermont Volunteer Infantry. Some local residents claimed that he was the first Vermonter to volunteer for duty in the Civil War, based on his immediate reply by telegram to the governor’s first call for troops.Continue reading “Brevet Major General George Jerrison Stannard”