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June 23, 1775: Green Mountain Boys Get Legit

June 23, 1775: Green Mountain Boys Get Legit

250 and Counting

June 23, 20252m 4s

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Cover art for June 23, 1775: Statue of Seth Warner outside the Bennington Battle Monument. Photo by Hunter Kahn for the French edition of Wikipedia.

While the Green Mountain Boys were very successful so far in their military exploits, they were still just some unaffiliated militia group. At best they were considered Patriot-sympathetic, but not much else.

After the capture of Fort Ticonderoga and Fort Crown Point, two of their leaders decided that it was time to get official recognition. So they headed down to Philadelphia to bring their case to the Continental Congress.

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