Moments in Time – October 6, 2021

Oct 6th, 2021 Comments Off on Moments in Time – October 6, 2021
#Middlebury On Oct. 19, 1796, a writer, mysteriously named “Phocion,” slyly attacks presidential candidate Thomas Jefferson in an essay published in the Gazette of the United States. ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – Feb. 26, 2020

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#Middlebury On March 15, 1820, Maine is admitted into the Union as the 23rd state. Administered as a province of Massachusetts since 1647, the entrance of Maine as a free state was ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – Nov. 13, 2019

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#Middlebury On Nov. 28, 1520, after sailing for weeks through the dangerous straits below South America that now bear his name, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan enters the Pacific ... Continue Reading →

Moments in Time – Jan. 9, 2019

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#Middlebury On Jan. 24, 1848, a millwright named James Marshall discovers gold along the banks of Sutter’s Creek in California, forever changing the course of history in the ... Continue Reading →

Moments In Time – July 18, 2018

Jul 18th, 2018 Comments Off on Moments In Time – July 18, 2018
#Middlebury On Aug. 1, 1498, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sets foot on the South American mainland for the first time, at the Paria Peninsula in present-day Venezuela. Thinking ... Continue Reading →
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