Front:
VermontINGTON
1991
05201
76
29
1791
VT
Back:
VERMONT STATEHOOD
First Day of Issue: March 1, 1991
First Issue Location: Bennington, Vermont
A budding young journalist once asked a powerful man:
“Senator, how did you get your start in life?" To this the
eminent statesman replied: “I was born on a hillside farm
in Vermont and at an early age I rolled down." This is
Vermont, a land of ups and downs. Over four hundred
named peaks rise inside its boundaries and only a tiny
portion of the appropriately named “Green Mountain
State" is arable. But this is not a deterrent to the people of
Vermont, in fact, such apparent hardships grow a hardy
and resilient people. It is a slice of Americana, birthplace
of U.S. Presidents Chester Arthur and Calvin Coolidge
and the first state to outlaw slavery. Blood has been shed
many times on Vermont soil, and especially important is
the Battle of Bennington. Here, the Stars and Stripes were
carried into battle for the very first time in 1777; the Green
Mountain Boys who carried the flag were among the
toughest men of the Revolutionary War. Vermont is what
America is and the Vermont Statehood Maximum Card
commemorates its admission to the Union.
No. 91-9
©1991 The Maximum Card Collection
A division of Unicover Corporation . Cheyenne, WY 82008-0007
® Original artwork for the Maximum Card by David K. Stone
