In 1890, Vermont's Commissioner of Agricultural and Manufacturing Interests, Alonzo B. Valentine, launched a program to repopulate Vermont's 'abandoned' farms with farmers recruited from Scandinavia.
Join us for the Second Saturday Gallery Talk: Paul Searls & Major Valentine's Swedes on November 9, 2013 at the Vermont History Center, 60 Washington Street, Barre.
Lyndon State professor Paul Searls will explore the strange and ironic story of Vermont's Swedish colonists and what we can learn about twentieth-century Vermont as we face a similar diminishing population problem today. Talks are free with gallery admission: $5 adults. Questions? Call (802) 479-8500
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