Bitter Cry of the Children

Child Labor laws passed by US Government limiting work week of children to 58 hours.

However, photographs of children at woolen mills in Winooski and Bennington helped show children working beyond exhaustion and augment the need for these laws.

For more

• The Bitter Cry of the Children, Vermont History Explorer courtesy of the Vermont Historical Society.

Women get the vote

Four hundred women gather in rainy Montpelier, in support of the 19th amendment granting women the right to vote.

For more

• Oral History Transcriptions, Vermont Historical Society.

Airmail in Vermont

Captain Henry E. Stickney delivers Vermont's first airmail, using the Summit House (a hotel perched atop Mount Mansfield) as his landing pad.

For more

• Captain Stickney, Rockingham Free Public Library

• The Summit House, Green Mountain Club Vermont

A Woman in the House

Edna Beard of Orange, VT becomes Vermont's first woman to serve as legislator, holding seat 146 in the House of Representatives. As reported by the Rutland Herald, "She chose seat no. 146, and for a long time no man had the courage to select seat no. 145, which adjoined hers."

For more

• Representative Edna Beard, Digital Vermont.

Early Days of Radio

Vermont joins the airwaves with WLAK, the first radio station in the state. Six hours a day, the warm voice of Charles Doe, its announcer, brought the community weather, farming tips, and piano or gramophone music.

For more

• Early Days of Radio in Vermont, Vermont Historical Society

President Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge, then-Vice President of the United States, was "awakened in the night" at his Plymouth family home, and vested as the country's 30th President of the United States, following the death of President Warren G. Harding. Coolidge's own father, John Coolidge, a notary public, administered this oath into office.

For more

• President Coolidge, White House

• From Vermont Farm to the White House, Vermont Historical Society

Champlain Valley Fair

Over 50,000 people attend the first season of the Champlain Valley Fair on the grounds of the newly-built Chaplain Valley Exposition and celebrating Vermont's agricultural roots.

For more

• 100 years of Champlain Valley Fair history, Burlington Free Press

• The Champlain Valley Fair is celebrating its 100th anniversary..., Vermont Public

Lindy in Springfield

Colonel Charles Lindbergh becomes the first person to make a solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean, New York to Paris. He also visits Springfield, Vermont's first airfield and flying school, during his eighty-two-city nationwide victory tour in his plane named 'The Spirit of St. Louis' commemorating his journey earlier that year.

For more

• "Famed Aviator Charles Lindbergh's Visit to Vermont Celebrated," NECN

• "Vt. Airport Celebrates 90th Anniversary of Flight," Valley News

The Flood of 1927

Over nine inches of rainfall walloped Vermont over two days, causing the largest flood in the state's history. In years to come, recovery efforts would effect changes to roadways, including the building of more streets for cars, changing the ways Vermonters and visitors would traverse the state.

For more

• "Then Again: Remembering the Terror and Losses of 1927 Flood," VTDigger

• "Rain, Rain, and More Rain," Vermont History Explorer