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NORTH BENNINGTON â In 1771, six years before the Battle of Bennington, the Green Mountain Boys made some history here, and the entity that later became Vermont was born in Bennington.
On Sunday, July 18, the 250th anniversary of the historic Breakenridge Stand-off will be publicly celebrated in and around the Henry Bridge and McWaters Park in North Bennington.
On hand will be local and regional volunteers offering history tours and presentations. There will be re-enactors and a grand ceremony.
The colonial era standoff was years in the making, said organizers of the anniversary celebration. Spokesman Tom Hughes said the decisive moment of the confrontation occurred on July 19, 1771, at James Breakenridgeâs farm in North Bennington, when a New York sheriffâs posse, which included the mayor of Albany, lawyers, magistrates, and militia, were confronted by the emerging Green Mountain Boys militia at Henry Bridge, wh