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Lola Aiken
A tribute to Lola Aiken
Lola Aiken, Vermont's 'State Treasure,' Honored at Annual Legislative Reception in Montpelier
About 70 people attended the legislative reception which honored Montpelier native Lola P. Aiken. The reception was held on January 29 in the Snelling Room of the Vermont Historical Society Museum in Montpelier. Lola Aiken and her husband, the late Senator George D. Aiken, worked with Vermont and American leaders through four decades, from the 1930s through the 1970s, representing the very best of Vermont’s traditions of public service and commitment to our state. As a token of appreciation for her lifelong work on behalf of Vermont, the Vermont Historical Society presented Mrs. Aiken with a book of memories written by many of the state and community leaders who have worked with her through the years.The Vermont Historical Society takes great pride in presenting some of the testimonials:
Supplying an Army
By Paul Zeller, a VHS volunteer
Did you ever move, feed and clothe an army? No? Well Perley P. Pitkin of Montpelier did during the Civil War. Within the collections at the Vermont History Center are over a hundred of Pitkin’s military papers and they tell quite a tale. Pitkin was commissioned a first lieutenant and quartermaster of the 2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment on June 6, 1861, and was
with the regiment at the first battle at First Bull Run. By February 1862, his talents as a logistician were recognized by his superior officers and he was promoted to captain and made assistant quartermaster of the Army of the Potomac. In the spring of 1863, after the disastrous Chancellorsville Campaign, the Army of the Potomac was at Fredericksburg in a stand off with Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern of Virginia. The Federal supply base was at Belle Plain, a few miles north of Fredericksburg and Captain Pitkin was in charge.
A Flood of Memories (1927 Flood)
by Paul Carnahan, VHS Librarian
The Times Argus, November 14, 2007
Eighty years ago this week Vermonters were cleaning up from one of the most devastating natural disasters to hit the area: the 1927 flood. Vermonters are usually on the lookout for flooding in the spring when melting snow swells the state’s rivers and streams, but this flood hit in the fall.
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