“Ethan Allen, Benedict Arnold and the Verdict of Memory”

By: Cody Kober

Ethan Allen

• Leader of the Green Mountain Boys out of Connecticut and Vermont (assisted by the New Hampshire Grants.)

• One of Vermont’s Founding Fathers.

• Arrogant, self-glorifying leader.

• Born in Connecticut (1738)

• Served in a militia during the French and Indian War.

Benedict Arnold• Born in Connecticut (1741)

• Fought as a Colonel on behalf of the Massachusetts Committee of Safety to the Continental Army during the American Revolution.

• Traitor, surrendered West Point to the British.

• Quick to attack, capable leader, recognized by his peers as a “great military man.”

The Boot

Clash of the Titans

Visions of the Past

1854

Visions of the Past

1858

Visions of the Past

1875

Victor Mays: Ticonderoga, The Story of a Fort

Near Perfection

Works Cited• www.archies.gov• www.virtualvermonter.com• www.flickr.com• www.ushistory.org• www.democraticunderground.com• reference.findtarger.com• www.nypl.org