{"product_id":"farmers-fathers-and-green-mountain-boys-manchester-in-the-revolution","title":"Farmers, Fathers, and Green Mountain Boys: Manchester in the Revolution - 1 Jul 2026","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003eThis program is free and open to all - or pay what you wish and support local history at a level that feels right to you.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003eOn this 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, we look at the early families who settled in Manchester. In the early to mid-1770s, these settlers were often less concerned with the Sons of Liberty in Boston than with converting a wilderness into cultivated farms and protecting their grants from New York claimants. For families like the Roberts\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003e, Marsh, French, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003eand the Ormsbys, the Revolution was not a radical choice but a necessary defense of the homes they had worked so hard to establish. This talk explores their struggles, participation in battles that turned the tide, and traces Manchester’s journey from a frontier outpost to a premier tourist destination over the following century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGuest Speaker:\u003cbr\u003eShawn Harrington\u003c\/strong\u003e serves as Curator of the Manchester Historical Society and is a lifelong resident of Bennington County. Over the years, he has been digitizing the thousands of pieces in the MHS collection to use for outreach and education at local schools, as well as in print and social media. He has worked in the financial services industry with a tenure as a member of the New York Stock Exchange and resides in Manchester Center.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in; color: #222222; background-color: #ffffff; line-height: 18.4px; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Aptos, sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: 'Avenir Next LT Pro', sans-serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"gmail_default\" style=\"font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;\"\u003eThis program is offered in partnership with the Manchester Historical Society and the Southern Vermont Arts Center. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"event-calendar-app","offers":[{"title":"Pay What You Wish - FREE","offer_id":45177053315263,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Pay What You Wish - $5","offer_id":45177055346879,"sku":null,"price":5.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Pay What You Wish - $10","offer_id":45177058132159,"sku":null,"price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Pay What You Wish - $20","offer_id":45177060655295,"sku":null,"price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4723\/6799\/files\/unnamed_133378a7-85af-4143-b766-a4967d453c95.jpg?v=1771438573","url":"https:\/\/greenmtnacademy.org\/products\/farmers-fathers-and-green-mountain-boys-manchester-in-the-revolution","provider":"Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning","version":"1.0","type":"link"}