Westminster Courthouse Massacre Site

The site of the Cumberland County courthouse in Westminster, Vermont, where the March 13, 1775 confrontation between settlers and the county sheriff's posse resulted in the deaths of William French and Daniel Houghton. Often called the first bloodshed of the American Revolution outside New England, the event preceded Lexington and Concord by five weeks. A historical marker at the site commemorates the event and the graves of the victims in the nearby cemetery.