A special Memorial Day edition focusing upon the Brattleboro servicemen honored during the Vietnam Remembrance Ceremony at BUHS on May 27. Each recording centers upon two young men who fought and died in Vietnam.

In this program we remember Stanley Baker & Paul Dartt.

A special Memorial Day edition focusing upon the Brattleboro servicemen honored during the Vietnam Remembrance Ceremony at BUHS on May 27.

In this program we remember Bill Bassignani & John Blake.

This week Joe Rivers and his intrepid band of young historian-cum-pioneering podcasters, traveled to the beautiful campus of Burlington's Champlain College, where they spoke to a packed house of educators at the Dynamic Landscapes conference about this here podcast, and the joys of bringing local history to the radio airwaves of Brattleboro and to the shiny fibers of the world wide web.

This edition of This Week in Brattleboro History features a Burlington bend (in honor of our hosts) and was recorded live in front of the audience attending our talk at the Dynamic Landscapes conference at Champlain College.

This week's episode features the story of former Brattleboro doctor, H. Nelson Jackson, who, in 1903, was the first person to drive across the United States in an automobile. Here's his story...

Written and Directed by Joe Rivers and his students at Brattleboro Area Middle School

Produced by Reggie Martell

In 1927 famous jazz musician and composer Fats Waller recorded the first organ jazz records using a modified Estey Pipe Organ from Brattleboro. This is the story of Fats Waller, the Estey Organ and Brattleboro...

It was 103 years ago this week that the largest headline in the Brattleboro Daily Reformer asked, “What Is A School For?” In 1913, the Vermont Legislature created a Commission to examine the state of public education in the Green Mountains. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching evaluated the Vermont school system and gave recommendations intended to improve education. Today’s BAMS students read a summary of the ancient report and reacted. Here’s the story.

It was 97 years ago this week that Brattleboro celebrated the return of her World War I soldiers, sailors and nurses with a parade up and down Main Street. An estimated 8,000 spectators watched 50 local organizations join together to honor the 470 men and women who served during the “War to end all Wars”. Here's the story...

It was 150 years ago this week that Brattleboro’s Overseer of the Poor signed an Indentured Service contract with a farmer in Dover for the services of a ten year old boy named Robert Drake. That’s right! In 1866, one year after the Civil War ended, and 4 months after the United States Congress abolished slavery, a ten year old boy from Brattleboro was made an indentured servant until he reached his 21st birthday. Here's the story...

Donald Trump is currently complaining about how Republican delegates and presidential candidates are selected during Republican State and National Conventions. He says it's a rigged system!

It wasn't until 100 years ago that Vermont held its first primary and allowed citizens to choose their candidates. 112 years ago this week 560 Republican insiders met in Burlington and chose Theodore Roosevelt as their candidate. Here's the story...

It was 103 years ago this week that the Vermont Phoenix reported that the local chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution was locating and marking the graves of Revolutionary War soldiers in Brattleboro and nearby towns. You may not be aware that Brattleboro is virtually surrounded by the history of the American Revolution.

It was 86 years ago this week that the writer HP Lovecraft was home in Providence, Rhode Island creating his story, “The Whisperer in Darkness”. Lovecraft was a self-described writer of “weird tales” which often blended fantasy, horror and science fiction. “The Whisperer in Darkness” is one of those weird tales set in a fictionalized Vermont in an area much like our own Brattleboro.