Calvin Coolidge, touring Vermont a year after the flood of 1927 and
moved by the recovery efforts at work in the state, told a crowd in
Bennington the following:
"I love Vermont because of her hills and valleys, her scenery and
invigorating climate, but most of all because of her indomitable people.
They are a race of pioneers who have almost beggared themselves to
serve others. If the spirit of liberty should vanish in other parts of
the union and support of our institutions should languish, it could be
all replenished from the generous store held by the people of this brave
little state of Vermont."
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