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Vermont: flag The Vermont state seal features a central pine tree with 14 branches, a cow, sheaves of wheat, and a cluster of trees, surrounded by a gold border. The words Vermont and Freedom and Unity are prominently displayed in the lower half. The hermit thrush is the state bird of Vermont. Red clover is the state flower of Vermont. Political map of Vermont showing state boundaries, county divisions, and major cities and towns. The map highlights Montpelier as the state capital, county seats, and other cities, with Vermont bordered by Quebec, Canada to the north, New York to the west, New Hampshire to the east, and Massachusetts to the south. An inset locator map shows Vermont's position in the northeastern United States. Physical map of Vermont showing major mountains, rivers, lakes, and dams. The Green Mountains run north to south through the state, with peaks such as Mount Mansfield, Killington Peak, and Jay Peak labeled with elevations. Lake Champlain borders the west, and the Connecticut River forms much of the eastern boundary. The map also includes state and international boundaries, and a small locator map of Vermont within the United States. Map of the New England region in the northeastern United States, showing state boundaries, major cities, state capitals marked with stars, and physical features such as lakes, rivers, islands, and mountain ranges. States included are Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut, bordered by Canada to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south. Rolling green hills and fields with scattered trees in autumn colors, set against the backdrop of the Green Mountains near East Bethel, Vermont. Cross-country skier Mount Mansfield
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Vermont

state, United States
Also known as: Green Mountain State
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Charles Thomas Morrissey
Director, Oral History and Archives Project, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas. Editor, Vermont History, 1966–71 and 1973–76, and Vermont Life, 1982–83. Author of Vermont: A Bicentennial...
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Vermont, constituent state of the United States of America. One of the six New England states lying in the northeastern corner of the country, it was admitted to the union on March 4, 1791, as the 14th state. It is sparsely populated, and its capital, Montpelier, is one of the least-populous U.S. state capitals. Vermont is bordered to the north by Quebec, Canada, to the east by New Hampshire, to the south by Massachusetts, and...

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