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We'll listen back to an interview with Vermont journalist and author Garret Graff about his book, released earlier this year, offering a fresh perspective on the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard Nixon.
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The small town of Pownal is known for its horse racing track — even though it's been almost 50 years since the last thoroughbred crossed the finish line there. And even after years of watching it fall into ruin, some locals believe the property still has potential.
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The Anne Frank Foundation paid tribute to Pick-Goslar, who is mentioned in Anne's world-famous diary, for helping to keep Anne's memory alive with stories about their youth.
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The Vermont Historical Society in Barre has more than 170 dolls. This hour, we hear the stories behind the spookiest dolls in their collection.
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A fly fishing guide in Bennington County found a rare fossil while teaching a client.
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Brave Little StateWhen the federal government banned alcohol in 1920, Vermonters took matters into their own hands. Brave Little State heads to the Northeast Kingdom to explore the history.
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Williston photographer Stephen Mease has published a book with black-and-white photos from 100 years of the Champlain Valley Fair in Essex Junction.
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This hour, host Connor Cyrus explores the history of the Battle of Bennington through a conversation with an historian, and through the battle march written to commemorate the conflict's 150th anniversary.
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Elizabeth Dow spends her days straddling the past, present and future. She worked as a professor of archive science before retiring to Hardwick, where she is now president of the town historical society. And in the inaugural feature in our Summer School series, she recently gave VPR’s Anna Van Dine a lesson in how to keep a history.
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Vermont’s largest city might not be a place you’d expect to find historic barns. But they’re everywhere – some are hidden in backyards, others are hiding in plain sight. And in a changing city in the midst of a housing crisis, the role these barns play may be shifting.