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Windsor Vermont
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| Vermont Constitution Adopted |
| Less than a year after the signing of the Declaration of Independence, another new Republic
was taking shape. Delegates from the newly independent Republic of Vermont gathered at a tavern in Windsor to adopt
a constitution. The Vermont constitution was far reaching - the first to prohibit slavery, establish universal
voting rights for all males and authorize a public school system. The constitution guided the Republic for 14 years
until 1791, when Vermont was admitted to the Union as the fourteenth state. |
| Note: We would like to thank the Division of Historic Preservation for the captioned information |
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Driving Directions From Woodstock
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