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Old Burying Ground

Cemetery

The colonial-era cemetery adjacent to the Old First Church containing graves of Bennington militia soldiers and Revolutionary War-era residents, including those who served at the Battle of Bennington in 1777. The cemetery's stones include both British-style carved markers and simpler slate tablets that reflect the town's mixed English and New England heritage.

Visiting Today

Address

Monument Avenue, Old Bennington, VT 05201

Connected Events

Mar 1777
John Stark Resigns Continental Commission

General John Stark, Elizabeth "Molly" Stark

Jun 1777
Jul 1777
American Supply Depot Established at Bennington

Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum, General John Burgoyne

Aug 1777
Burgoyne Dispatches Baum's Raiding Column

General John Stark, Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum, General John Burgoyne, Elizabeth "Molly" Stark

Aug 1777
Battle of Bennington — Defeat of Baum's Column

General John Stark, Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum, Colonel Samuel Herrick, Elizabeth "Molly" Stark

Aug 1777
Battle of Bennington — Defeat of Breymann's Relief Column

General John Stark, Colonel Seth Warner, Lieutenant Colonel Friedrich Baum, General John Burgoyne, Elizabeth "Molly" Stark, Lieutenant Colonel Heinrich von Breymann

Oct 1777
Congress Promotes Stark to Brigadier General

General John Stark, Elizabeth "Molly" Stark