Vermont historian J. Kevin Graffagnino discusses his new biography on Ira Allen, brother of Ethan Allen.   

Land speculator, revolutionary, pamphleteer, politician, and empire-builder, Ira Allen was a key figure on the late eighteenth-century Green Mountain frontier. Based on his new book Ira Allen: A Biography, J. Kevin Graffagnino’s lively talk evaluates Allen’s checkered career and makes the case for including him in our picture of Vermont’s formative decades.

This event is free, ADA accessible, and open to the public.