| 11 | | - | Whereas, the Battles of Lexington and Concord, fought on April 19, 1775, initiated the |
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| 12 | | - | long and deadly conflict between rebellious residents of the American colonies and the |
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| 13 | | - | government of Great Britain, and |
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| 14 | | - | Whereas, as a result of a Committee of War held with the Green Mountain Boys and |
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| 15 | | - | others in Zadock Remington’s tavern in Castleton, their local field commander, Ethan |
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| 16 | | - | Allen, dispatched Samuel Herrick to lead 30 men to lock down Skenesborough (now |
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| 17 | | - | Whitehall, New York) and to seize British Lieutenant Philip Skene’s fleet of boats in |
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| 18 | | - | order to transport the Green Mountain Boys across Lake Champlain, and Ethan Allen |
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| 19 | | - | also directed Gershom Beach to run more than 60 miles to alert men living in towns |
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| 20 | | - | along Otter Creek and beyond of the need to rush to Hand’s Cove in Shoreham on the |
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| 21 | | - | east shore of Lake Champlain, where they would meet Ethan Allen and more Green |
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| 22 | | - | Mountain Boys, and |
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| 23 | | - | Whereas, this plan was finalized at Castleton and the Green Mountain Boys |
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| 24 | | - | successfully seized the British-held forts and liberated 78 cannons at Ticonderoga and |
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| 25 | | - | 111 cannons at Crown Point, and these events were seen as early patriot triumphs in the |
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| 26 | | - | American War of Independence from Great Britain, and |
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| 27 | | - | Whereas, over the next winter, an oxen crew that Bostonian Henry Knox led, moved |
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| 28 | | - | 29 cannons from Crown Point and 30 from Ticonderoga to Boston, where they were |
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| 29 | | - | placed on high ground in order to force the British navy to evacuate Boston Harbor, and |
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| 30 | | - | Whereas, these epic military operations enhanced the reputation of the Green |
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| 31 | | - | Mountain Boys and contributed to the securing of American independence from Great |
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| 32 | | - | Britain and began Vermont’s journey towards admission as the nation’s 14th state, now |
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| 33 | | - | therefore be it |
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| 8 | + | HouseconcurrentresolutioncommemoratingMay9,2025asthe250thanniversaryofEthanAllen’s |
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| 9 | + | arrivalinCastletoninassociationwiththeAmericanWarofIndependence |
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| 10 | + | Whereas,theBattlesofLexingtonandConcord,foughtonApril19,1775,initiatedthelongand |
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| 11 | + | deadlyconflictbetweenrebelliousresidentsoftheAmericancoloniesandthegovernmentofGreat |
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| 12 | + | Britain, and |
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| 13 | + | Whereas,asaresultofaCommitteeofWarheldwiththeGreenMountainBoysandothersinZadock |
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| 14 | + | Remington’staverninCastleton,theirlocalfieldcommander,EthanAllen,dispatchedSamuelHerrick |
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| 15 | + | tolead30mentolockdownSkenesborough(nowWhitehall,NewYork)andtoseizeBritishLieutenant |
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| 16 | + | PhilipSkene’sfleetofboatsinordertotransporttheGreenMountainBoysacrossLakeChamplain,and |
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| 17 | + | EthanAllenalsodirectedGershomBeachtorunmorethan60milestoalertmenlivingintownsalong |
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| 18 | + | OtterCreekandbeyondoftheneedtorushtoHand’sCoveinShorehamontheeastshoreofLake |
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| 19 | + | Champlain,wheretheywouldmeetEthanAllenandmoreGreenMountainBoys, and |
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| 20 | + | Whereas,thisplanwasfinalizedatCastletonandtheGreenMountainBoyssuccessfullyseizedthe |
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| 21 | + | British-heldfortsandliberated78cannonsatTiconderogaand111cannonsatCrownPoint,andthese |
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| 22 | + | eventswereseenasearlypatriottriumphsintheAmericanWarofIndependencefromGreat |
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| 23 | + | Britain, and |
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| 24 | + | Whereas,overthenextwinter,anoxencrewthatBostonianHenryKnoxled,moved29cannonsfrom |
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| 25 | + | CrownPointand30fromTiconderogatoBoston,wheretheywereplacedonhighgroundinorderto |
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| 26 | + | forcetheBritishnavytoevacuateBostonHarbor, and |
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| 27 | + | Whereas,theseepicmilitaryoperationsenhancedthereputationoftheGreenMountainBoysand |
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| 28 | + | contributedtothesecuringofAmericanindependencefromGreatBritainandbeganVermont’sjourney |
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| 29 | + | towardsadmissionasthenation’s14thstate,nowthereforebeit |
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