VTLEG#379802v.1
StateofVermont
SenateChamber
Montpelier,Vermont
SenateConcurrentResolution
OfferedbySenatorsHarrisonandHashim,
OfferedbyRepresentativesBurkeofBrattleboro,GoodnowofBrattleboro,andKornheiserof
Brattleboro
S.C.R.1.SenateconcurrentresolutioncongratulatingBrattleboroMemorialHospitalonits
120thanniversary.
Whereas,theunusualoriginoftheBrattleboroMemorialHospitalcanbetracedtothe1843
marriageofThomasThompson,awealthyBostonian,toElizabethRowel,adomesticservant;
theirconsiderablefinanciallegacy;thedearthofsewingwomenin1900Brattleboroastheir
primaryintendedbeneficiaries;andtheassociatedtrust’sprovisionthatsurplusfundsbe
“appliedtokindredcharitablepurposesintown(Brattleboro)”thatresultedinaMassachusetts
probatecourt’sholdingthat$100,000.00ofthesefundscouldbeusedfortheestablishmentofa
localhospital,and
Whereas,in1904,thetrusteepurchasedtheGeorgeHallestate,knownastheHemlocks,and
inthatsameyear,theGeneralAssemblyadopted1904ActsandResolvesNo.277,AnActto
incorporatetheHemlocksHospitalofBrattleboro,whichthenopenedintheestate’sbuildingsas
theBrattleboroMemorialHospital,featuringbotha37-bedhospitalandatrainingprogramfor
nurses,and
Whereas,inresponsetothegrowingneedsofthecommunity,majorcampusimprovements
wereamedicalofficebuilding(1970),theGannettBuildingforpatientcare(1993),theRichards
Buildingforoutpatientservices(2008),andtheRonaldReadPavilionforsurgicalservices
(2022),andthesecomponentsnowcompriseasuperbcommunityhealthcarefacility,licensed
for61beds,employingover600staff,thattheLownInstitutehasrecognizedasthetopVermont
hospitalfor“SocialResponsibility,HealthEquity,andCommunityBenefit,”and
Whereas,onOctober25,2024,thefriends,staff,andleadershipofBrattleboroMemorial
Hospitaljoyouslycelebratedthisspecialhealthcaremilestone,nowtherefore be it
ResolvedbytheSenateandHouseofRepresentatives:
ThattheGeneralAssemblycongratulatesBrattleboroMemorialHospitalonits120th
anniversary,andbeitfurther
Resolved:ThattheSecretaryofStatebedirectedtosendacopyofthisresolutionto
BrattleboroMemorialHospital.