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Green Mountain Boys
Early on May 10, 1775, Ethan Allen and a small force of Green Mountain Boys stole silently into the British-held Fort Ticonderoga and demanded its surrender. The captured cannon and mortars were taken that winter across the rugged New England Mountains. Their installation of the heights above Boston enabled Washington to force the British to leave that seaport. "The Green Mountain Boys" carried this flag at the Battle of Bennington.
Collected and written by Fred W. Kimball, Troop 7 Scoutmaster from 1987 to 2003, who kept the troop's website for many years. Brought here with his blessing, in his words.