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Vermont's history of independent political thought has led to movements for the establishment of the Second Vermont Republic and other plans advocating secession. Vermont is the only state in the United States that requires voters to be sworn in, having established the voter's oath or affirmation in 1777. [287]
Vermont: Vermonter Woodchuck [58] Virgin Islands: Virgin Islander Virginia: Virginian Washington: Washingtonian West Virginia: West Virginian Mountaineer Wisconsin: Wisconsinite Badger, [59] Cheesehead, [60] [61] Sconnie, [62] Wisconsonian, Wisconsese Wyoming: Wyomingite Wyomese, [63] Wyomingian
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
The Vermont Republic officially known at the time as the State of Vermont, was an independent state in New England that existed from January 15, 1777, to March 4, 1791. [1] The state was founded in January 1777, when delegates from 28 towns met and declared independence from the jurisdictions and land claims of the British colonies of Quebec ...
Although Vermont is known as the Green Mountain State, the Northeast Kingdom lies outside that geological formation and is based on a set of long-ago volcanic islands, compressed during collision with the Taconic orogeny. Views and vistas differ sharply from those of the state's central mountain spine.
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Vermont flooding: Vermont ski town 'waiting with open arms' for winter season after severe flooding Young quoted Mad River Glen Founder Roland Palmedo, who said the ski area was, "A place focused ...
The July 9-11 floods mark Vermont’s fourth federal declaration this year and the sixth within the last 15 months, the most recent taking the form of an emergency declaration in preparation for ...