From hard hats to holograms: Vermont debates future of Bennington Battle Monument

A Bunch of Bad News for the Bennington Battle Monument — And the State’s Troubled VTBuys System

A story published a few days ago by VTDigger sparked my curiosity about the status of the extremely phallic Bennington Battle Monument, which I have dubbed Vermont’s “Gilded Age tribute to toxic masculinity.” When last I wrote about this “ponderous pecker,” news had come out that the thing was made of highly absorbent limestone that had, of course, become waterlogged. Repairs were estimated at about $40 million, to which I responded that we ough…

Faced with high cost of restoring the Bennington Battle Monument, state seeks feedback from Vermonters — Waterbury Roundabout

April 22, 2026 | Greta Solsaa The Bennington Battle Monument towers over a statue nearby. File photo by Mike Dougherty/VTDigger Last year, state officials went to the Legislature with a problem: The 306-foot Bennington Battle Monument — an obelisk commemorating the 1777 Battle of Bennington — was saturated with 66,000 gallons of water. At the time, the cost to restore the monument was estimated at $40 million. The high price fueled debate over …

From hard hats to holograms: Vermont debates future of Bennington Battle Monument

Last year, state officials went to the Legislature with a problem: The 306-foot Bennington Battle Monument — an obelisk commemorating the 1777 Battle of Bennington — was saturated with 66,000 gallons of water.