Moments in Time – June 22, 2022

#Middlebury On July 9, 1777, New York elects Brigadier Gen. George Clinton as the first governor of the independent state of New York. Clinton would go on to become New York’s ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – April 17, 2019

#Middlebury On May 5, 1821, Napoleon Bonaparte, the French military leader who once ruled an empire that stretched across Europe, dies as a British prisoner on the remote island of ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – July 11, 2018

#Middlebury On July 29, 1588, off the coast of France, Spain’s “Invincible Armada” is defeated by an English naval force under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – June 20, 2018

#Middlebury On July 7, 1797, for the first time in U.S. history, the House of Representatives votes to impeach a federal officer. Sen. William Blount of Tennessee is charged with “a ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – March 29, 2018

#Middlebury #MomentsInTime On April 15, 1783, the Continental Congress of the United States officially ratifies a preliminary peace treaty with Great Britain. Five months later, the ... Continue Reading →