Ira Allen was an American revolutionary leader, founder of Vermont, and one 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
Ethan Allen was an American farmer, writer, military officer, and politician. He is best known as one of the founders of Vermont and for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga during the American Revolutiona
Ira Allen
…American revolutionary leader, founder of Vermont, and one of the Green Mountain Boys during the American colonial period. He was the younger brother of Ethan Allen. Ira Allen was born in Cornwall in the Connecticut Colony (in present-day Litchfield County, Connecticut), the youngest of eight children born to Joseph…
Statue of Ethan Allen National Statuary Hall U.S. Capitol
A postcard depicting Allen's birthplace in Litchfield, Connecticut
New Hampshire Governor Benning Wentworth
The Catamount Tavern in the 19th century