Lake Champlain Ter-Centenary Celebration

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Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Aug 4, 1909

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 36, No. 30.

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Lake Champlain Ter-Centenary Celebration

The Ter-Centenary of the discovery of Lake Champlain and adjacent territory was celebrated this month at Burlington, Vt. President Taft and Ambassador Bryce both delivered addresses. A tablet to the memory of the soldiers who served in the war of 1812 was unveiled. It was placed on the main building of the University of Vermont, which was used as a barracks for troops in the second war against England. The Society of the Daughters of 1812 erected the tablet. Major-General O. O. Howard, United States army, retired, delivered the chief address.