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On the Waterfront: Ethan Allen Homestead Museum 04/16/2025

Host Mariah Riggs interviews Angie Grove, Executive Director of the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum.

Step back in time to the 18th century at the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum! Come see what everyday life was like on the New England frontier during and after the American Revolution. Museum admission includes access to exhibits, a guided tour of the restored 1787 Allen House, a 15-minute film on Revolutionary War veteran & Vermont founder Ethan Allen, a kid’s costume corner, tavern toys & games, and access to our recreated 18th century colonial garden. The Museum also hosts a gift shop featuring Vermont artisan products and historical books and toys.

For more information about Ethan Allen Homestead visit: www.thanallenhomestead.org

Education and Enrichment for Everyone: The Ethan Allen Homestead: Preserving Burlington's History and Community 04/14/2023

Angela Grove discusses the long history surrounding the discovery and preservation of the Ethan Allen Homestead.

For more information visit: eeevermont.org

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: The Founding Fathers of the Homestead Museum - How Ethan Allen's Home was Rediscovered 06/19/2022

From the Ethan Allen Homestead:

On Father's Day, guest lecturer Tom Anderson talks about the founding of the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum.

Tom Anderson was one of a small group of visionaries who worked with Ralph Nading Hill to develop the homestead park and museum as it exists today. Tom shares stories of those early days and how they rediscovered and restored the 1787 home of Vermont founder and Revolutionary War leader Ethan Allen.

For more information: ethanallenhomestead.org

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: Ethan Allen, Frontiersman - Boone, Crockett, and Other Contemporaries 05/15/2022

From the Ethan Allen Homestead:

Ethan Allen was many things to many people. This presentation focuses on his role as a folk hero. Allen’s initial contact with Vermont was as a frontiersman, exploring the land in the late 1760s. As a hunter and trapper, he lived in the wilderness, beyond the bounds of the early settlements. The knowledge of the land and settlers he met along the way paved the way for later land speculation, settlements, and governance.

Don Miller compares the folk heroes from the 15th, 16th, and 17th states, from Daniel Boone to Davy Crocket. What do the contemporaries have in common? How are they different? What role does Allen, our folk hero play in our Vermont story? Allen more than holds his own among his contemporaries.

Don Miller is an active student of history, past President of the Bennington Historical Society, and currently a Board member of the Vermont Historical Society.

For more information: ethanallenhomestead.org

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: The Siege of the Moses Pierson Blockhouse 09/15/2019

In 1778, a skirmish took place between a small force of Colonists and a British raiding party in Shelburne, VT. Known as the Battle of Pierson's blockhouse, the battle caused the death of Barnabus Barnum, one of the original Green Mountain Boys. Join us as Brennan Gauthier shares more about this small engagement and some of the archaeological discoveries found there.

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: Land Surveying During the Early Years in Vermont 08/18/2019

Land Surveyor Brad Holden covers a brief history of how towns in early Vermont were formed and the surveying techniques used.

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: Northwestern Vermont in the War of 1812 07/21/2019

Come and enjoy local historian Jason Barney as he discusses his ongoing research focusing on northwestern Vermont during in the War of 1812. Jason features his research on the War of 1812 barracks located in Swanton during the conflict. Forgotten for over 200 years and only mentioned in a few historical texts, what happened to the barracks? Who were these men who served? Jason shares his most recent information about uncovering the past.

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: The Law of the Hills - A Judicial History of Vermont 05/19/2019

Lawyer and historian Paul Gillies discusses his recently published book "The Law of the Hills: A Judicial History of Vermont." Using old court records, Paul details how the court had to invent itself in the beginning and how it evolved over time into the system we have today.

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: Ethan Allen in His Own Words 06/25/2017

Using excerpts from Ethan’s writings, Jim Hogue makes a case that Ethan’s vision for Vermont was that of a sovereign state where reason and science would find a welcome, and where international trade and cultural exchange would bring peace, prosperity, and understanding.

Ethan Allen Homestead Enrichment Program: A Paddlers Guide to the Champlain Valley 04/17/2016

Authors Cathy Frank and Margy Holden share stories and pictures of their 42 guided adventures along the rivers and through the wetlands and wildlife refuges of this region’s uniquely beautiful natural environment, providing a wealth of information along the way on the ecology, geology, history, plants, & wildlife.

Cathy Frank and Margy Holden's Lake Champlain Paddling Guides

http://www.kayakinglakechamplain.com/KayakGuide/?page_id=2

For more information, contact the Ethan Homestead Museum at (802) 865-4556.

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