Red Scare in the Green Mtns: VT in the Mccarthy Era

Past event
May 21, 2024, 7 to 8 PM

What happened in Vermont when the anti-Communist fear known as the "Red Scare" swept the country? Quite a bit, as it turns out. Rick Winston, author of the recently published "Red Scare in the Green Mountains: Vermont in the McCarty Era," explores some forgotten history as we see how a small, rural "rock-ribbed Republican" state with a historically libertarian streak handled the hysteria of the time.

This event is free and ADA accessible.

Vermont Reads events are sponsored by Vermont Humanities supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, Athenaeum Hall 2nd floor, 1171 Main St., St. Johnsbury, VT

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