When you’re driving on Vermont’s roads and highways, every once in a while you’ll come across a green and gold sign. These historic site markers tell the stories of the notable people and events that define our region.

Sussing out which stories to tell — and in only a short paragraph’s worth of words, no less — is a trickier process than the drive-by history nerd might realize. Vermont's historic preservation officer Laura Trieschmann explains the process and tells us more about the state's 15 newest site markers .

New historic markers:

Revolutionary War hero Col. Seth Warner in Bennington

Lt. Col. Udney Hay of Underhill, Revolutionary War hero and State Legislator

Grand Army of the Republic in Cambridge, recognizing the 1937 designation of VT Route 15 to honor those who fought

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