Before Lexington. Before Concord. Before independence was even imaginable, blood was already shed over who had the right to govern. In March 1775, a boundary dispute became a killing—and set Vermont on an unexpected path. How did unclear lines, clashing authorities, and one fatal night push a frontier community toward independence? Read this week’s Carosa Commentary, “William French and the Westminster Massacre,” to see how unclear lines, clashing authorities, and one fatal night helped give birth to a new republic.
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