Ira Allen was one of the founders of the U.S. state of Vermont and a leader of the Green Mountain Boys during the American colonial period. He was the younger brother of Ethan Allen.
Engraving of Ira Allen, c. 1810
Monument of Ira Allen on the University of Vermont campus in Burlington
Ira Allen Chapel at the University of Vermont
Ira Allen miniature
The Green Mountain Boys were a militia organization established in 1770 in the territory between the British provinces of New York and New Hampshire, known as the New Hampshire Grants and later in 1777 as the Vermont Republic. Headed by Ethan Allen and members of his extended family, it was instrumental in resisting New York's attempts to control the territory, over which it had won de jure control in a territorial dispute with New Hampshire.
Green Mountain Rangers, 1776
Replica of the 1777 flag from the Battle of Bennington