http://www.history.com/photos/vermont View photographs of the people and places of Vermont. en Copyright 2013, History.com Thu, 23 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo1 Autumn foliage covers a hillside next to a Christmas tree farm in Vermont. http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo2 Maple syrup for sale at a store in Grafton, Vermont. Maple trees are "tapped" by pushing a hole through the bark. The sap is then collected and boiled until it thickens into syrup. http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo3 A civil union ceremony is performed in Middlebury, Vermont in 2006. Vermont became the first state to legally recognize civil unions between homosexual partners. http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo4 Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield (seen here in 1992) share some of their wildly popular ice cream with kids in Montpelier, Vermont's state capital. http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo5 A skier jumps as he moves down a slope on Vermont's Mount Mansfield. http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo6 The Harmonyville Store, a general grocery store, stands in Townsend, Vermont. http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo7 The Gold Brook Covered Bridge, surrounded by autumn colors, crosses a stream in Stowe, Vermont. 1991. http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo8 Three quarters of Vermont is covered with forest, including ash, beech, birch, maple, hickory, oak, pine and spruce trees. http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo9 The 460-foot Cornish-Windsor Covered Bridge, the longest in the United States, spans the Connecticut River between Vermont and New Hampshire. http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo10 The bridge which spans Lake Champlain from New York to Vermont. http://www.history.com/photos/vermont/photo10