The Once and Future Republic of Vermont – washingtonpost.com

Lots of interesting facts in this editorial that non-Vermonters might not know, but I don’t think you’ll see the state secede any time soon. Now, if they were lobbying to get Vermont to join Canada, that might be another story…. 😉

The Once and Future Republic of Vermont – washingtonpost.com:

Vermont seceded from the British Empire in 1777 and stood free for 14 years, until 1791. Its constitution — which preceded the U.S. Constitution by more than a decade — was the first to prohibit slavery in the New World and to guarantee universal manhood suffrage. Vermont issued its own currency, ran its own postal service, developed its own foreign relations, grew its own food, made its own roads and paid for its own militia. No other state, not even Texas, governed itself more thoroughly or longer before giving up its nationhood and joining the Union.