27-05-2025
‘Bag Balm' included among 15 new roadside historic site markers
MONTPELIER, Vt. (ABC22/FOX44) – About 15 new Roadside Historic Site Markers are being installed for 2025, according to Vermont's Division for Historic Preservation.
In a release, staff wrote that the new markers are 'recognizing Vermont's contributions to rebellions and wars, outdoors recreation, economic identity, and education.'
Among these new Roadside Historic Site Markers is one for Bag Balm, a company that was founded in Vermont in the 1800s. Their balm was originally meant for dairy cows, but is now used by people as moisturizer and still made in Lyndonville.
Other examples of new historic markers include ones for author Ralph Waldo Ellison, who penned The Invisible Man in Fayston, and Lt. Col. Udney Hay, a State Legislator who fought in the Revolutionary War.
Additional information on all the new markers can be found on this Historic Preservation webpage.
These gold and green markers 'are sharing history that has often been overlooked or forgotten, stories important to our understanding and respect of the past, ' State Historic Preservation Officer Laura V. Trieschmann said.
The Site Marker Program was first established in 1947, and there are over 300 markers today.
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