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Photographer: Howard C. Ohlhous
Taken: February 4, 2009
Caption:
Bennington Battlefield Marker - Inside the Captain Frank L. Stevens Memorial Shelter | Additional Description:
Frank L. Stevens (1864 - 1941)
Mr. Stevens was an excellent story teller and with his interest in history he became very active in history groups. He was a member of the Rensselaer County Historical Society and President of the Hoosick Falls Historical Society. He was an authority on the early history of Rensselaer County and the Revolutionary War, especially the Burgoyne campaign. He owned many pieces of memorabilia of this whole era. In the 1920s, he started a campaign to gain State recognition for the Bennington Battlefield in Walloomsac, New York. Through his long and arduous campaign, the Bennington Battlefield was built and recognized by the State. The Battlefield was dedicated on August 16, 1927 with Alfred E. Smith the Governor of New York State the Principal Speaker. Captain Stevens was appointed President of the Bennington Battlefield Park Commission. The Bennington Battlefield is there because of Captain Frank Stevens.
Submitted: October 20, 2010, by Howard C. Ohlhous of Duanesburg, New York.
Database Locator Identification Number: p133096
File Size: 1.053 Megabytes
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