Bennington, town (2020 pop. 15,333),
seat of Bennington co., SW Vt.; chartered 1749, settled 1761. It includes
the villages of North Bennington and Old Bennington. The town manufactures
transportation equipment, paper and plastic products, electronic components,
clothing, and pottery. The surrounding area has dairy farms and several ski
resorts. A 300-ft (91-m) monument commemorates the 1777 Revolutionary War
battle of Bennington (see Saratoga campaign). Also here are the
site of the first schoolhouse in Vermont; Catamount Tavern, where the Green
Mountain Boys met; the site of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison's printing shop; the Old
First Church (1805); the Walloomsac Inn (1763); Bennington College (1925);
and the Bennington Museum.
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