Oral History

Moderator Gary Holloway (VT Department of Housing and Community Development) is joined by panelists Jody Fried (Catamount Arts), Robert McBride (Rockingham Arts and Museum Project), Bill Moore (Town of Brandon), and Orly Munzing (Strolling of the Heifers).

The Vermont Community Leadership Summit, produced by the Vermont Council on Rural Development, aims to support, encourage, inspire and train leaders with the skills they need to succeed. Summit findings will contribute to a strategic planning process that works to advance opportunities, training, and partnerships to meet the needs of all kinds of leaders; expand leadership engagement in communities; and advance public policies and programs to support the long-term future of community leadership and all it means to the strength of our democracy and the vitality of our Vermont communities. In a democracy, all citizens are called upon to lead – where leaders step up, towns achieve great things. Local Citizens Make It Happen!

Archeologist, educator, and writer Steve D. Butz presents on the settlement founded in Vermont by Daniel Shays upon his fleeing Massachusetts in 1787. This lost piece of American history was not rediscovered until April 2013.

The ruins of Daniel Shays' fortified settlement reveal the hidden story of the famous rebellion. Shays and the Regulators founded the settlement deep in the Vermont wilderness after fleeing the uprising they led in 1787 in Massachusetts.

Rediscovered in 1997 and under study since 2013, these remnants divulge secrets of Shays life that previously remained unknown, including his connection to Millard Filmore and the Anti-Federalist lawyer John Bay.

As the leader of the site's first formal study, Stephen Butz weaves together the tale of the archaeological investigation, along with Shays' heroic life in the Continental army, his role in the infamous rebellion that bears his name, and his influence on American law.

Bill Keogh and Joey Donovan are joined by Charlie Auer, owner of Charlie's Boathouse, for another episode of Stump The Chumps.

Bill Keogh is joined by two Burlington merchants to answer tough questions on Burlington's days-gone-by, like the name of a local family which ran a grocery store on Church Street. Pete Carney, of Hayes & Carney, was a men's clothier for over 30 years on Church Street. David Hershberg was a fruit and vegetable vendor for a similar length of time servicing grocery stores and restaurants. Stump these Chumps with Burlington trivia!