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"Benedict Arnold Commanding the First Naval BAttle on Lake Chaplain"
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Photo (detail): Jimmy Emerson, DVM
 
"Benedict Arnold Commanding the First Naval BAttle on Lake Chaplain"
1937
Mural, oil on canvas
8'6" w x 11' h
Stephen J. Belaski , painter
Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts
Location: lobby
This mural depicts Benedict Arnold's engagement in the 1st Revolutionary War naval battle, Oct 11, 1776, in Lake Champlain.
"Early History of Vermont"
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Photo:  Jimmy Emerson, DVM
 
"Early History of Vermont"
1937
Mural, oil on canvas
Stephen J. Belaski , painter
Program: Unknown
Location: Lobby
This mural series shows (L to R): "Ethan Allen and His Green Mountain Boys" (4' x 11'), "The Call to Unite" (6'4" x 5'), and "The Beech Seal" (4' x 11'). This last one depicts a New Yorker seeking to claim land in VT about to be beaten with the famed "beech sea" by a VT land owner.
"Early History of Vermont--Green Mountain Boys"
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Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved.
Photo (detail): Jimmy Emerson, DVM
 
"Early History of Vermont--Green Mountain Boys"
1937
Mural, oil on canvas
Stephen J. Belaski , painter
Program: Unknown
Location: lobby
This mural depicts the Green Mountain Boys defending the James Breckinridge farm from the Albany sheriff in 1869
"Freeing the First Slave in the State of Vermont"
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Used with permission of the United States Postal Service©. All rights reserved.
Photo (detail): Jimmy Emerson, DVM
 
"Freeing the First Slave in the State of Vermont"
1937
Mural, oil on canvas
8'6" w x 11' high
Stephen J. Belaski , painter
Program: Treasury Section of Fine Arts
Location: lobby
This mural depicts the freeing of the first slave in VT by Capt. Ebeneezer Allen of Bennington on Nov 28, 1777.