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When Vermont established a Civil War cavalry regiment in the fall of 1861, Addison Preston couldn’t not sign up. He was, after all, a man whom a notable Vermont historian would describe as “brave to a fault.”

Impetuosity aside, the Danville businessman earned his stripes over the following three years while fighting for the Union Army. By the late spring of 1864, he was a colonel, and colleagues were speculating he would soon be promoted to brigadier general.... Read more

When Rhiannon Hutchinson moved to Vermont from South Dakota three months ago and began helping her employer plan a homeless shelter for adults, she never imagined the project would face stiff opposition. After all, the shelter, which would serve many homeless veterans, is just up the road from the Veterans Administration Medical Center in White River Junction.... Read more

When Henry Neuburger chaperoned a group of St. Albans high school students to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., a few years ago, he was moved, he says, but he wasn’t emotional. “That might change when it comes to St. Albans this week,” says Neuburger, secretary of the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA), Chapter 753, in St. Albans.... Read more

Not all Vermont’s Girl Scouts are out selling Thin Mints. The 11- and 12-year-olds in troops 820 and 125 — in Williston and Essex Junction, respectively — wanted to know what life would be like for someone hurt by a landmine. Troop leaders Jennifer Mignano and Chandelle Trahan came up with a fitting assignment: Have them make fleece blankets for local emergency shelters with one arm strapped to their sides.... Read more

The sounds outside the Acupuncture & Qigong Health Center on Route 15 in Essex Junction on a recent afternoon are enough to grate on anybody’s nerves: trains whistling, traffic rumbling and the occasional door slamming. But inside, the darkened room is unusually peaceful. The serenity is most apparent in Colchester’s Bill Maynard, who has just received five needles in each ear. He closes his eyes and lets his tightly clasped hands relax on his black jeans. Maynard’s head tips back as if he’s sleeping.... Read more

Norwich University in Northfield, Vermont, is the nation's oldest private military college.

Jon Taylor asks Norwich cadets if they plan to join the military after graduation.

In Kathy Stickel’s experience, the problem with the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy isn’t the sex. It’s the paperwork.... Read more

Last month, Arab-Israeli tensions spilled over from the Middle East to the West Bank of Lake Champlain. When a South End Art Hop exhibit depicting the plight of the Palestinians was accompanied by a controversial talk about Zionism and Israel’s future, it unleashed a torrent of accusations and countercharges of intolerance, historical revisionism and Nazi-like bullying tactics — in Vermont.... Read more

NEW YORK, N.Y. — A mock patrol like the one staged in midtown Manhattan last Sunday could result in Vermont antiwar activist Liam Madden’s being slapped with a less-than-honorable discharge from the U.S. Marine Corps.... Read more

» Ed Everts on TV, by Margot Harrison
» Watch a video clip from the "Peace & Justice Review"

Four score and seven years ago, Ed Everts was brought forth on this continent, conceived in Berkeley, California. In the years since, he's become increasingly dedicated to the proposition that war seldom solves anything and must be resisted.... Read more