(Of course, prior to the South's brief movement, and long before the current crop of pretenders to the Secession throne, Vermont was also involved in a previous attempt by New England to secede from the Union, albeit in an unofficial capacity.)
History's constant turning of ironies continues to be an endless source of amusement.
Comments:
#2 Brian 04-Apr-2007
Roger,
Many thanks for the concise history! I'm always amused by the Vermont secessionists when they make the news--and by my count, that happens roughly once a year, lately.
Of course, I recognize that this "movement" is nothing more than a bunch of bored professors from Bennington, and it has *zero* support amongst the political elite in that State. It's still amusing, as a Virginian, to see a group of people trying to go down the secession road again, considering what Vermont did to us the last time *we* tried it.
;)
Regards,
Brian
Many thanks for the concise history! I'm always amused by the Vermont secessionists when they make the news--and by my count, that happens roughly once a year, lately.
Of course, I recognize that this "movement" is nothing more than a bunch of bored professors from Bennington, and it has *zero* support amongst the political elite in that State. It's still amusing, as a Virginian, to see a group of people trying to go down the secession road again, considering what Vermont did to us the last time *we* tried it.
;)
Regards,
Brian
For the record, Rhode Island also decided to go it alone after the American Revolution, and had to be dragged kicking and screaming into the Union after someone (sensibly) pointed out that it would be highly impractical to be such a tiny country surrounded completely by the newly United States. Rhode Island demanded, and received, certain additions to the bill of rights before signing on to become the thirteenth, and last, colony to make up the new nation.