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The First:
- State admitted to the Union after the ratification of the Constitution was Vermont on March 4, 1791.
- Constitution to outlaw slavery was Vermont's in 1777.
- Constitution to abolish the requirement that voters must be property owners was Vermont's in 1777.
- Postage stamp used in America was made in Brattleboro in 1846.
- American medal in Olympic nordic skiing event was won by Bill Koch of Guilford in 1976.
- Revolutionary soldier to shed British blood at the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775 was Solomon Brown of New Haven, who thus fired the first effective shot in the Revolutionary War.
- State to offer troops in the Civil War was Vermont.
- Electric railway, printing press, piano, and motor were built by Thomas Davenport of Brandon. He was also the editor of the first electrical journal.
- Head Start Program, used to prepare disadvantaged preschool children for elementary school, was started in East Fairfield with 12 children.
- Marble quarry was started at East Dorset in 1785 by Issac Underhill.
- Chairlift was used on Mt. Mansfield in 1940.
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