VT HCR111

Designates May 18, 2025 as Grand Army of the Republic Highway Day in Vermont to commemorate Civil War veterans and the 160th anniversary of the war's conclusion

Vermont Route 15 (Danville to Burlington) was designated as Vermont's GAR highway in 1937 and remains the only state GAR-designated highway not part of U.S. Route 6

More than 34,000 Vermonters fought for the Union during the Civil War, with over 5,000 perishing; 116 GAR posts were established in Vermont after the war

A new roadside historical marker will be dedicated on May 18, 2025 in Cambridge village near the only GAR monument on Vermont Route 15

Directs the Secretary of State to send copies of the resolution to the Commander-in-Chief of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War and the Cambridge Historical Society