The monument commemorates one of the oldest documented homesteads in Vermont and the only of Vermont's oldest documented homesteads, and the only surviving site of a military fortification of the American Revolutionary War. The stone was placed in 1873 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. To attack Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Crown Point on Lake Champlain during the American Revolution in 1777, British General John Burgoyne led a sizable army from Montreal south. He eventually met British forces from New York City and with the intention of splitting the Colonies in half. Early in 1780, Fort Vengeance was constructed to defend the region following a series of such assaults, during which male settlers were captured and their male settlers' fields were pillaged and torched. A garrison of 150 men was deployed under the leadership of Major Ebenezer Allen. The independent Vermont Republic government authorized the construction of Fort Vengeance, a palisaded structure, as part of its northern line of defense, and it was built on Hendee's property in 1780. The fort, which was in service until 1782, had a barracks, a powder magazine, and other amenities. There are some archaeological digs here but much of the fort's property may be under highway US-7. I'm not able to determine if the HMS Vengeance https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Vengeance was named for the fort or it's just reuse of the word. [Review 18484 overall - 83 in Vermont - 2006 of 2022.] read more

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