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2010

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January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December




JANUARY

Sunday Monday
Tuesday
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Saturday
Vermont History & Independence Month




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5:30 Board Mtg PSB Conf Rm
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 1777 - VT Indepedence Day
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FEBRUARY

Sunday Monday
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5:30 Board Mtg PSB Conf Rm
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MARCH

Sunday Monday
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MHS Membership Drive this month
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Montgomery Chartered By VT Legislature 1780
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5:30 Board Mtg PSB Conf Rm
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APRIL

Sunday Monday
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Board Mtg PPND
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5:30 Board Mtg Town Office Conf Rm
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MAY



Sunday Monday
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5:30 Board Mtg Pratt Hall

1802 - First Post Office. Weekly service from Lowell via HN Road.
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10:00  Annual Mem. Day Commemoration.
Upper Center Cemetery








JUNE

Sunday Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Annual Meeting this month


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1777 Named changed from New Connecticut to Vermont
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5:30
Board Mtg, Pratt Hall
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6:00
Annaul Mtg, Pratt Hall
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History Expo - Tunbri
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History Expo - Tunbridge
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JULY

Sunday Monday
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1872 Calvin Coolidge born.
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1777 - Battle Of Hubbardton only battle entirely w/in VT
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1777 - First VT constitution adopted.
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5:30 Board Mtg Pratt Hall
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8:00
CBTC 1: Constitutional Brass Quintet from VT
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8:00
CBTC 2:  Classic Jazz



AUGUST

Sunday Monday
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1802 - First Town Officers Elected.  Sam Barnard Town Clerk.
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8:00p.m.
CBTC 3:  Harp Trio from Hartt School of Music in Hartford, CT

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1777 - Battle Of Bennington
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5:30 Board Mtg Pratt Hall
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Art Show &Sale Reception
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Art Show &Sale

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SEPTEMBER

Sunday Monday
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5:30 Board Mtg Pratt Hall
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OCTOBER

Sunday Monday
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1829  Cester Arthur born.
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Montgomery Charter Approved By Gov Chittenden  1789
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5:30 Board Mtg Pratt Hall
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1827  Plans begun for building an Episcopal Church in Montgomery
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NOVEMBER

Sunday Monday
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5:30 Board Mtg PSB Conf Rm
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DECEMBER

Sunday Monday
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5:30 Board Mtg
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2011

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January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December




JANUARY


Sunday Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Vermont History & Independence Month





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1777 Vt Independence day.  "New Conn.
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5:30 Board Meeting
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1835 Pratt Hall consecrated as Union Church
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FEBRUARY

Sunday Monday
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1751 Joshua Clapp born Sudbury, MA
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5:30 Board Meeting PSB Conf. Room
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MARCH

Sunday Monday
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MHS Membership Drive this month

1897 Union Church renamed St. Bartholomew's

1859 Recieved parts of Lowell and Avery's Gore.
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1778 First Vt Assembly convenes at Windsor.  House and Gaov/Council elected
1802 Montgomery organized as a Town. Officers elected.
1808  Embargo Act prevents commerce w/CA
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1780 Montgomery Granted By VT Legislature
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5:30 Board Meeting PSB Conference Room
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1820 Mont. Baptist parish organized.
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APRIL

Sunday Monday
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1793 Spring Joshua & Naby Clapp arrive in Montgomery




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1775 Start of Rev War
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5:30 Board Meeting PSB Conf. Room
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MAY

Sunday Monday
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1775 E Allen captures Ft Ti

1803 First Mont cemetery est.
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1819 Organization of First Episcopal  Church completed by elections.
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5:30  Board Meeting Pratt Hall
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1802 - First Post Office. Weekly service from Lowell via HN Road.
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1886 Charles Hail GAR Post 95 (Mont) formed.
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JUNE

Sunday Monday
Tuesday
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Annual Meeting this month





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1777 Named changed from New Connecticut to Vermont
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1816 Frost & Snow part of "Cold or Famine Year"
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5:30 Board Mtg Pratt Hall
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JULY

Sunday Monday
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1777 Vt Constituion presented at Windsor Convention
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1872  Calvin Coolidge's Birthday

1881 Mont. Catholic Parish est.
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1817 Mont Congregational Society formed.
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1777 - Battle Of Hubbardton only battle entirely w/in VT
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1777 - First VT constitution adopted.
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5:30 Board Mtg Pratt Hall
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1802 Petition submitted to form first Mont. govt.
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AUGUST

Sunday Monday
Tuesday
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Saturday
Art Show and Sale This Month
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2  - 1923 Calvin Coolidge becomes president on death of Pres. Harding
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1802 - First Town Officers Elected.  Sam Barnard Town Clerk.
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1881 St Isidore's Church consecrated.
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1777 - Battle Of Bennington
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5:30 Board Meeting Pratt Hall
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1771 Naby (Barnard) wife of Joshua Clapp born Deerfield, MA.
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SEPTEMBER

Sunday Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday

LLHS Award Nominations Due This Month


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1802 First Mont elections for State Officers
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1793
Joel Clapp's birthday (first native born Montgomerian)
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President Chester Arthur inaugurated after the assassination of James Garfield.
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5:30 Board Meeting Pratt Hall
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OCTOBER

Sunday Monday
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1820 Committee appointed by Vt leg. to layout a Farm Market Rd  btwn Wells River & Berkshire using the Notch Rd.





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1874  Union Church re-consecrated after major construction
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1829 Chester Arthur's birthday.
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Montgomery Charter Approved By Gov Chittenden  1789
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St Albans Raid 1864

5:30 Board Mtg Pratt Hall
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1820 Gen Geo Stannard born in Georga, VT.  Pucetts Charge hero
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1988 Pratt Hall placed on National Reg. Of Historic Places
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1827  Plans begun for building an Episcopal Church in Montgomery
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1784 Republic of VT approves Free Trade Act with CA
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NOVEMBER

Sunday Monday
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1792
Franklin County established
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1812 Vt leg. raises two brigades for war.  Border w/ CA sealed.

1941 Mont. Grange # 548 est.
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5:30 Board Mtg PSB Conf Rm
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1794 John Jay Treay of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation.
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1974 Montgomery Historical Society birthday.
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DECEMBER

Sunday Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Candles and Carols this month



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1738 Gen Richard Montgomery born Dublin Co. Ireland
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1811 First Mont. school tax approved.  Can pay in grain or produce.
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1792 Joshua Clapp & Naby (nee Barnard) married.
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5:30 Board Mtg
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1898 Mont. GAR post 95 dissolved.
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