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From the Office of Senator Bernie Sanders:

Sanders to Discuss Trump Administration’s Harm to Vermonters, Outline Next Steps After Passage of ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’.

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) will hold a press conference on Monday to speak directly to Vermonters about the Trump administration’s escalating authoritarianism and the devastating impacts of the recently signed Republican reconciliation bill, which will slash funding for health care, schools and nutrition programs that tens of thousands of Vermonters rely on.

In addition to the passage of Trump’s budget bill last week, the Senate took action this week to cancel $9 billion in funding previously authorized by Congress, including $1.1 billion for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which supports Vermont Public.

For more information visit: https://www.sanders.senate.gov

Wow, what a conference!

Places Visited:

Vermont: 00:00:00

Burlington, Montpelier, Richmond, Waterbury, South Burlington, Irasburg, Westmore, Stowe, Brattleboro

Massachusetts: 00:15:50

Cambridge, Boston, Canton, Dedham, Stoneham, Salem, Peabody, Charlestown, Plymouth, Bourne, Falmouth, West Brookfield, Ware, Cummington

Quebec, Canada: 01:34:58

Brossard, Montreal

New Hampshire: 01:47:10

Lebanon, Bow, Hooksett, Manchester, Keene

From Lafeyette 200:

After meeting with old soldiers and the public downtown at City Hall Park, Lafayette travelled up to UVM to lay the cornerstone for the new Old Mill building, which was destroyed by fire a year earlier. He was met by students and the new UVM president, Willard Preston. Lafayette had laid the cornerstone for the massive Bunker Hill Monument in Boston just a week earlier. He and many Burlington dignitaries were members of the Masonic Fraternity. One of the well-known public ceremonies that Freemasons perform is the consecration of a cornerstone as it is being laid during the construction of a new building. The Grand Lodge of Vermont will be performing this ceremony to commemorate Lafayette’s action 200 years ago, at what is now the historic Old Mill building on the UVM campus at 26 University Place. Local musician/singer Matt Van Wagner will open the ceremony with a rendition of La Marseillaise to recognize the importance of the French legacy Lafayette left for America. The public is welcome to attend!

For more information visit: https://lafayette200.org/

From Lafeyette 200:

The Williston Historical Society is excited to host Julien Icher of the Lafayette Trail, Inc. (a leading expert on the topic) and a General Lafayette actor (of Lafayette 200 in Vermont) to celebrate the unveiling of the Lafayette trail marker on the Williston Village Green (7773 Williston Rd, Williston, VT 05495) in honor of Lafayette’s reception in Williston on the same day in 1825. The event will last approximately 30 minutes and include remarks from the various stakeholders involved in the preparation of this historic occasion.

In conformity with the spirit of republican education championed by Lafayette in his time to promote a greater understanding by Americans of the ideals of freedom and democratic equality upon which their nation was founded, the event will be free of charge and open to the general public.

We find comfort in knowing that once installed and dedicated, this monument will tell the story of Lafayette’s connection to Williston and Vermont and educate younger Americans about its meaning, thereby fulfilling Lafayette’s political goal of institutionalizing freedom across generations in the United States.

For more information visit: https://lafayette200.org/