Vermont ‘bows to nothing’

The Old Constitution House at Windsor, where the Constitution of Vermont was adopted on July 8, 1777

“Vermonters are really something quite special and unique….This state bows to nothing: the first legislative measure it ever passed was ‘to adopt the laws of God … until there is time to frame better.’’

— John Gunther in Inside USA (1947)

Vermonters 'ethnics in their own land'

Town meeting in Huntington, Vt.

“Vermonters, it seems to me, are like ethnics in their own land. They are exceedingly conscious of their difference from other Americans, and they talk a great deal about outsiders, newcomers, and people from the south.’’

— Jan Morris, famed British travel writer