Cultural Heritage: Recent Headlineshttp://www.understandingvt.org/cultural-heritage-recent-headl/en-US2008-12-03T06:57:48ZSquarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)Historical Society gets new Civil War lettershttp://www.understandingvt.org/cultural-heritage-recent-headl/2008/10/16/historical-society-gets-new-civil-war-letters.htmlVCF Staff2008-10-16T13:13:00ZVermont Public Radio reports that the Vermont Historical Society has added a set of 53 Civil War letters to its collections. "The letters were written by James Wilson, a Vermont soldier from East Warren" and "describe daily life with Company B of the 13^th Vermont regiment in 1862 and 1863." Notably, the 13th Vermont regiment "gained fame from its service at the Battle of Gettsyburg." According to Historical Society librarian Paul Carnahan, "The letters are particularly poignant because Wilson's fiancé died a few months after he did." The letters also "add to the understanding of the Vermont troops' service" and "shed light on life in a small village like East Warren in the middle of the 19^th century."

]]>Head of Native American commission resignshttp://www.understandingvt.org/cultural-heritage-recent-headl/2008/9/3/head-of-native-american-commission-resigns.htmlVCF Staff2008-09-03T15:13:00ZVermont Public Radio reports that Mark Mitchell, the chairman of Vermont's Commission on Native American Affairs is "resigning, and blaming the Legislature for failing to set up a mechanism by which groups can become recognized as tribes." Mitchell said " his role as chairman of the commission has become too frustrating" because the Vermont "House failed to take action this year on a bill that would have clarified the process for state tribal recognition." According to "Jason Gibbs, the spokesman for Gov. Jim Douglas, the governor is disappointed to see Mitchell go, but agrees with his frustration about the inaction in the Vermont House"

]]>Native American site being excavated in Colchesterhttp://www.understandingvt.org/cultural-heritage-recent-headl/2008/9/2/native-american-site-being-excavated-in-colchester.htmlVCF Staff2008-09-02T17:01:00ZVermont Public Radio reports that "volunteers from the Vermont Archaeological Society are helping study a Colchester site that is believed to have been used by Native Americans thousands of years ago." According to University of Vermont Archaeologist Charles Knight, "Evidence from the current study suggests a temporary hunting camp from the early woodlands period, about 2,000 years ago." Notably, "the site is being studied as part of Vermont's Act 250 land use permit process, which requires an archaeological review be a site can be developed." Link to article]]>