Chester A. Arthur

Historical marker location:

Fairfield, Vermont

( Marker is on Chester Arthur Road, ½ mile east of Duffy Hill Road, on the right when traveling east.)

Marker installed: 2002

21st President of the United States.

Vermont was once an independent republic: In 1777, Vermont declared itself an independent republic, separate from both the United States and Great Britain. The republic lasted for 14 years until it was admitted as the 14th state in the Union in 1791.