{"id":925,"date":"2010-03-04T07:35:09","date_gmt":"2010-03-04T12:35:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=925"},"modified":"2012-03-20T14:40:29","modified_gmt":"2012-03-20T18:40:29","slug":"green-mountain-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eachdayisacelebration.com\/?p=925","title":{"rendered":"Green Mountain State"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"MontpelierJuly4th\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Although I\u2019ve only visited a few times, I am a great admirer of the state of Vermont. Beautiful, sheep-strewn landscape; charming, funky old country towns; progressive politics; independent, interesting, self-employed people\u2014it is both green and cool in all senses of those words.<\/p>\n

Long ago home to Beluga whales when it was an inland sea, then to Algonquin-speaking Native American tribes, it was first spotted by Europeans when Samuel de Champlain sailed its eponymous lake in 1609, leading the way for French exploration and settlement. And for a while it was under French rule. Then British rule. But Vermont declared itself an independent republic in 1777, taking the name from its French heritage, and wrote itself a constitution abolishing slavery, setting up public schools, and granting the vote even to non-landowners. (Male ones, anyway. There are limits even to Vermont\u2019s progressive ideas.)<\/p>\n

Today is the anniversary of the day in 1791 when Vermont finally decided to join the Union as its 14th state, a decision some Vermonters probably regret as they see how the rest of us are lagging behind them.<\/p>\n

For a laugh to start your day, check out this funny rap video parody<\/a> made by the son of a Vermont friend, called \u201c802<\/a>\u201d after the state’s single area code. You have to listen twice to catch some of the lines:<\/p>\n

We like our Cabot cheddar extra sharp
\nOur roofs have leaks so we patch it with a tarp<\/p>\n

Cellphone service questionable
\nFarmers Market is our biggest festival<\/p>\n

Got creamiest milk in the fifty states
\nWe go on picnics and dine off paper plates<\/p>\n

Biggest piles of snow in the USA
\nYeah we made it legal in this state to be gay<\/p>\n

Happy Anniversary, Vermont! Stick with us\u2014we\u2019re coming along.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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