A news tidbit in our channel 1 TV's teletext. I'll take as an excuse for posting it here the fact that it has a touch of "
Rangers" about it (and the other excuse should probably become obvious 😁 ).
Now this may all be old hat to
@1stvermont , but it certainly qualifies as trivia east of the Atlantic.
The US state of Vermont today celebrates the anniversary of the Battle of Bennington in 1777 during the war for independence against Britain.
Ethan Allen's "Green Mountain Boys" defeated British troops in that battle.
The article goes on to note that Allen's troop took its name from a French term for the region that was to become the US state (not one of the original 13!)
verts monts.