Grave of Ethan Allen
Colchester Avenue, Burlington, Vermont, 05404, USA
Vermont, USA
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February 12, 1789
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Grave of Ethan Allen.
Ethan Allen’s marked grave survives beneath a prominent monument and marble statue in Greenmount Cemetery in Burlington. The maintained memorial, inscriptions, burial plot, and surrounding landscaped cemetery provide the principal public commemoration of his resting place, accessible under the cemetery’s rules.
About Grave of Ethan Allen
Ethan Allen (January 21, 1738 – February 12, 1789) was an American farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, lay theologian, American Revolutionary War patriot, and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga early in the Revolutionary War. He was the brother of Ira Allen and the father of Frances Allen.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Grave of Ethan Allen
He and the Green Mountain Boys seized the initiative early in the Revolutionary War and captured Fort Ticonderogain May 1775. In September 1775, Allen led a failed attempt on Montreal which resulted in his capture by British authorities. He was imprisoned aboard Royal Navy ships, then paroled in New York City, and finally released in a prisoner exchange in 1778.
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