Brigadier General John Stark - Bennington, VT
Posted by: neoc1
N 42° 53.373 W 073° 12.942
18T E 645697 N 4750093
A bronze statue of Brigadier General John Stark is located off the ring road north of the Bennington Battle Monument in Bennington, VT.
Waymark Code: WMM8ZD
Location: Vermont, United States
Date Posted: 08/13/2014
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John Stark had a distinguished military career before his participation in the American Revolution. He was a 2nd Lieutenant in Roger's Rangers, under Major Robert Rogers, during the French and Indian War. He retired with the rank of Captain.
At the outbreak of the American Revolutionary War he travelled from his home in New Hampshire to Boston to participate in the Battle of Bunker Hill. He later followed George Washington to new Jersey to participate in the Battles of Princeton and Trenton.
When British General John Burgoyne sent an expedition under Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum with a force of Indians, Canadians, Loyalist and Hessians to capture American supplies at Bennington, Vermont. General Stark, gathered his militia and, along with Colonel Seth Warner's 350 Green Mountain Boys, successfully defeated the British force at Bennington, VT. It was reported that to rally his troops General Stark uttered the "There they be boys! We beat them today or Molly Stark sleeps a widow tonight!"
A 7' tall bronze statue of Brigadier General John Stark stands on a 4' high boulder. Stark is wearing a period Colonial uniform with a double breasted coat with long coat tails, vest, boots, and a tri-cornered hat. He is holding a sword in his right hand and pointing to the west with his outstretched left arm.
A plaque affixed to the boulder is inscribed:
BRIGADIER GENERAL
JOHN STARK
1728-1822
VICTOR OF THE BATTLE
AT BENNINGTON
1777
"There they be boys!
We beat them today
Or Molly Stark sleeps
a widow tonight!"
Design by John Rogers - 1889
Sculpture by Robert Shure
Gift of John Brooks Threlfall - 1999