The Red Scare in Vermont
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What happened in Vermont when the anti-Communist fear known as the “Red Scare” swept the country? Quite a bit, as it turns out. Rick Winston, author of the recently published...
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The Middle East
FeaturedThe term “Middle East” is a changing geopolitical concept. Throughout recent history, this term referred to a political, cultural, and geographical region with no clear boundaries. Moreover, this concept serves...
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Vermont Reads Discussion: Last Night at the Telegraph Club by Malinda Lo
FeaturedLast Night at the Telegraph Club is the book selection for Vermont Reads 2023. Whiting Library is grateful to Vermont Humanities for making this program possible. Last Night at The Telegraph Club explores...
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Vermont Women and the Civil War
Chester Town Hall 556 Elm St, Chester, VT, United StatesPlease join us at Chester Town Hall on Saturday, April 11th from 2-3:30 PM for a presentation by Vermonter Howard Coffin on the exceptional women of Vermont who kept the state going during the Civil War. “Vermont women enlisted for the duration.” So said a Vermont historian assessing the war years 1861-1865. Vermont’s remarkable Civil...
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The Light Pirate: A Facilitated Book Discussion
Whiting Library 117 Main St., CHESTER, VT, United StatesPlease join us at Whiting Library on May 7th from 6 - 7 PM for a fascinating discussion on the Vermont Reads 2025 book The Light Pirate by Lily Brooks-Dalton, led by facilitator Eric Bye. The Light Pirate follows Wanda, born into a rapidly changing world of rising sea levels and devastating weather. As she...
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Thirty-Eight: The Hurricane That Transformed New England
Chester Town Hall 556 Elm St, Chester, VT, United StatesPlease join us at Chester Town Hall on Thursday, May 28th from 7-8:30 PM as we welcome presenter Stephen Long. His talk will focus on the historic hurricane of 1938...