Historical Marker

Sheldon, Vermont

Historical marker location:
Sheldon, Vermont
( Marker is on Bridge Street, 0.2 miles east of Sheldon Creek Road (Local Road 4), on the left when traveling east.)
Marker installed: 1991

Site of Civil War Action. October 19, 1864.

Vermont was home to the first American-born saint: Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, who was born in New York City in 1774, spent time living in the town of Emmitsburg, Vermont. She later became the first American-born saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
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