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Virtual Vacation: St. Albans, VT

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Tonights Virtual Vacation is to St. Albans, Vermont.

As always, I will start by listing some facts and history on Buffalo, NY and then it will be up to YOU to set up our field trip!

Facts
  • The city has a total population of 5,086.
  • St. Albans completely surrounds St. Albans City, which is incorporated separately from the town of St. Albans.
  • St. Albans is on the shore of Lake Champlain.
  • It was the site of the northernmost Confederate action of the American Civil War.
  • Featuring events honoring maple syrup, the Vermont Maple Festival is held in St. Albans each year.
History
  • The community was an early-19th-century smugglers' base, and a refuge for French-Canadian rebels during the 1837 Papineau War.
  • In October 1864, it was the site of a Confederate bank raid constituting the most northerly engagement of the American Civil War.
  • In 1866 St Albans was a gathering point for Irish Fenians before an abortive invasion of Canada.
  • one of only two towns to which Benning Wentworth gave a "saint" name, the other being St. George, and the two were granted on successive days.
  • To this day, there is no Connecticut or Massachusetts place with Saint in its name (Maine has several, including both St. Albans and St. George, but they were named much later than the Vermont towns). Perhaps by Wentworth's time the objections had diminished somewhat.
  • Incorporated as a village in 1859, then as a city in 1902. Because of its importance as a rail terminus and car shop, it has long been known as "Railroad City."
  • The name derives from St. Albans, Hertfordshire, named for Saint Alban, a Roman soldier killed for sheltering a Christian priest.
Places to eat
  • Bayside Pavilion
  • Happy Buffet
  • Kartulas Cafe & Bagel Bakery Inq
  • Kingman Street Tavern Incorporated
  • Kj Diner
  • Red Top Restaurant
  • Ryans Pub J W
  • The Docks
  • The Ice Cream Fair
  • The Old Foundry Restaurant
  • Smileys Pancake House Inc
Things to see
  • Vermont Maple Festival
  • Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail
  • Saint Albans Historical Museum
  • Vermont State Archives
We will be meeting at Buffalo Niagara International Airport and flying into Franklin County State Airport (FSO)Highgate, Vermont

Now it's time for you to do YOU'RE research. Where are we going to eat and what are we going to do or go see?