colchester town meeting: Vermont's Town Meeting Day
- 03/03/09 05:41 AM
Most of the rest of the country probably isn't even aware of Vermont's Town Meeting Day vacation and traditions. Today is Town Meeting Day in Vermont. Schools are closed and it gives the kids an extra 2 days of vacation tacked on to their week of mid-winter vacation at the end of February. For over 200 years town meetings have been where the business of the towns has been conducted. The tradition is democracy in its truest sense. Everyone meets at the town hall - or as was done in Essex Junction last night at the school - to hash over … (0 comments)
Most of the rest of the country probably isn't even aware of Vermont's Town Meeting Day vacation and traditions. Today is Town Meeting Day in Vermont. Schools are closed and it gives the kids an extra 2 days of vacation tacked on to their week of mid-winter vacation at the end of February. For over 200 years town meetings have been where the business of the towns has been conducted. The tradition is democracy in its truest sense. Everyone meets at the town hall - or as was done in Essex Junction last night at the school - to hash over … (0 comments)
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