Then Again: Vermont’s first town meetings

Artist Ralph Earl painted a view of Bennington in 1798. By that time, the townspeople had been holding town meetings for almost four decades. Wikimedia CommonsEditor’s note: Mark Bushnell is a Vermont journalist and historian. He is the author of “Hidden History of Vermont” and “It Happened in Vermont.”1762 was a year of firsts. Six-year-old musical prodigy Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart played for the first time at royal courts in Vienna and Munich. Catherine the Great be