. The New England magazine . indows, marksthe observatory hall and breaks the mo-notony of the exterior aspect of the struct-ure. Above this is a second wider band ofhammered stone, and from this point thecurve becomes more pronounced until itsweeps to the apex. Heavy sunk panelled bronze doors guardthe entrance and above them will be alintel, which is to be carved in bas-relief,though the design is not yet decidedupon. Within the echoing interior onemay ascend by an iron stairway to thelofty observation hall, twenty-two feetsquare and sixteen feet in height, wherea magnificent panorama is spr
. The New England magazine . indows, marksthe observatory hall and breaks the mo-notony of the exterior aspect of the struct-ure. Above this is a second wider band ofhammered stone, and from this point thecurve becomes more pronounced until itsweeps to the apex. Heavy sunk panelled bronze doors guardthe entrance and above them will be alintel, which is to be carved in bas-relief,though the design is not yet decidedupon. Within the echoing interior onemay ascend by an iron stairway to thelofty observation hall, twenty-two feetsquare and sixteen feet in height, wherea magnificent panorama is spread beforethe eye. The monument stands on StateArms hill, the centre of the old town ofBennington, near the site of the old mili-tary storehouse which lured Baum to hisdoom. Every foot of this ground is con-secrated by patriotic memories. Fourmiles to the westward lies the batdefieldof Bennington. Eastward from the footof the monument extends a broad coun-try street, the main street of old Ben- 7G2 BENNINGTON AND ITS Firepace in the Coun nington. On the left side of the street, alittle way down, on ground now occupiedby a handsome modern residence, stoodthe old Catamount Tavern, where theCouncil of Safety met; where bluff oldEthan Allen drank his New England rum ;where Chittenden, Fay, Warner, Stark,Robinson, Safford and others counselledtogether of affairs of weighty importto the destinies of the nation then in the
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