Hammond Covered Bridge

Historical marker location:

Pittsford, Vermont

( Marker is on Kendall Hill Road, 0.7 miles west of Franklin Street (U.S. 7), on the right when traveling west.)

Marker installed: 1991

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.