Fenian Raids

Historical marker location:

Sheldon Junction, Vermont

( Marker is on Vermont Route 105, 0.1 miles west of Sheldon Creek Road, on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1991

Attempted Canadian Invasion North of Here. 1866 and 1870.

Vermont was home to the first African American college graduate: In 1823, Alexander Twilight became the first African American college graduate in the United States. He earned his degree from Middlebury College in Vermont.