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Thursday August 16, 2007
In this episode:
The Battle of Bennington scored a moral victory for New
England�s rag-tag volunteer army, and possibly turned the tide in the
American Revolution. Two Hundred thirty years later, we take a fresh
look at the battle and its renegade hero, General John Stark of New
Hampshire.
The prestigious Breadloaf Writers Conference is underway in Ripton.
We talk with Breadloaf historian David H. Bain about hisotry of the
annual gathering and the notable writers who got their starts there.
Listen in as poet Robert Frost says his poem "Birches." Frost was
was one of Breadloaf's founders, and this recording was made at the
conference on July 5, 1954.
Links mentioned in the program:
Battle of Bennington events calendar
Breadloaf Writers' Conference
Links mentioned in the program:
Battle of Bennington events calendar
Breadloaf Writers' Conference
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