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    The Battle of Bennington was a battle of the American Revolutionary War, part of the Saratoga campaign, that took place on August 16, 1777, on a farm in...
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  • Bennington Battle Day is a state holiday unique to Vermont, commemorating the victory of American and Vermont forces over British forces at the Battle...
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    The Bennington Battle Monument is a 306-foot-high (93 m) stone obelisk located at 15 Monument Circle, in Bennington, Vermont, United States. The monument...
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    Bennington is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is one of two shire towns (county seats) of the county, the other being Manchester...
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    The Bennington flag is a version of the American flag associated with the American Revolution Battle of Bennington, from which it derives its name. Its...
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    Chester Charles Bennington (March 20, 1976 – July 20, 2017) was an American singer and songwriter who was the lead vocalist of the rock band Linkin Park...
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  • Wayback Machine "Battle of Bennington". www.britishbattles.com. "Bennington Battle Monument". Vermont State Historic Sites. Vermont Department of Housing and...
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  • Friedrich Baum (category Brunswick military personnel of the American Revolutionary War)
    the campaign ended at the Battle of Bennington, on August 16, 1777. Arriving in Canada with the Brunswick army in the winter of 1776, Burgoyne detailed...
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    John Stark (category American people of Scotch-Irish descent)
    Revolutionary War. He became known as the "Hero of Bennington" for his exemplary service at the Battle of Bennington in 1777. John Stark was born in Londonderry...
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    Green Mountain Boys (category Pre-statehood history of Vermont)
    lieutenant colonel. Under Warner the regiment fought at the battles of Hubbardton and Bennington in 1777. The regiment was disbanded in 1779.: 143–145 : 220 ...
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    to 1970. She was sold for scrap in 1994. USS Bennington was named for a battle in 1777 near Bennington, Vermont, during the American Revolutionary War...
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  • within the town of Bennington Bennington County, Vermont Bennington (surname) Battle of Bennington, near Bennington, Vermont Bennington College, located...
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    Stark was at the Battle of Bennington and likely flew this flag, the battle has become more commonly associated with the Bennington flag, which is believed...
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    failed when nearly 1,000 men were killed or captured at the August 16 Battle of Bennington. Furthermore, news reached Burgoyne on August 28 that St. Leger's...
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  • Heinrich von Breymann (category Year of birth missing)
    Burgoyne, von Breymann fought in the Battle of Bennington and the Battles of Saratoga. On 7 October 1777 during the battles of Saratoga, von Breymann's unit...
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  • of the township are unincorporated areas. It was named for Bennington, Vermont, the site of a battle in the American Revolutionary War (the Battle of...
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  • Trumbull, Connecticut, celebrated the end of major fighting in the American Revolutionary War. Bennington Battle Day is a state holiday unique to Vermont...
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    Hessian (soldier) (category Hessian military personnel of the American Revolutionary War)
    as garrison and patrol troops. Hessians fought at the Battle of Bennington, the turning point of the Saratoga campaign. At Saratoga, approximately 1,000...
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  • Two ships of the United States Navy have been named Bennington, after the town of Bennington, Vermont. The Battle of Bennington occurred on 16 August...
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    anniversary reunion of the Battle of Bennington. Instead, he sent his toast by letter: Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils. By the time Stark wrote...
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    surrendered the remainder of the 6,000-man force at Saratoga, New York, on October 17 of that year. The battles of Bennington and Saratoga together are...
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    Seth Warner (category People from Bennington, Vermont)
    Fort Crown Point, the Battle of Longueuil, the siege of Quebec, the retreat from Canada, and the battles of Hubbardton and Bennington. Before the war, Warner...
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    13-star version (1792) *other "Hopkinson" version (1777-1795) *other Battle of Bennington version (1777) *other 1795–1818 (the "Star-Spangled Banner", 15 stars...
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    withdrawal from Fort Ticonderoga. It was the only battle in Vermont during the revolution. (The Battle of Bennington was fought in what is now Walloomsac, New...
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    prisioners of Both Sexes Escaped without it.: 66  Many years before he became a hero of the American Revolution at the Battle of Bennington, John Stark...
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    European great powers. Battles such as the Battle of Bennington, the Battles of Saratoga, and even defeats such as the Battle of Germantown, proved decisive...
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    honor of the town of Bennington, Vermont, site of the Battle of Bennington in the American Revolutionary War. The contract to build Bennington was awarded...
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    parts of Deering, Francestown, Greenfield and Hancock. It was named to commemorate the 1777 Battle of Bennington, an American Revolutionary War battle fought...
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    Sesquicentennial half dollar, sometimes called the Bennington–Vermont half dollar or the Battle of Bennington Sesquicentennial half dollar, is a commemorative...
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  • The Battle of Bennington is a 1953 oil painting by the American outsider painter Grandma Moses, produced at age 93 and signed "Moses". It has been in the...
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