1st Normal School

Historical marker location:

Concord, Vermont

( Marker is at the intersection of Main Street and Shadow Lake Road on Main Street.)

Marker installed: 1954

Pioneer in Teacher Training.

Vermont was the first state to elect a socialist to Congress: In 1910, Vermont elected its first socialist congressman, named Victor Berger. Berger was a member of the Socialist Party of America and served in Congress for three terms.