an Immigrant Granite

Granite was first mined in Vermont in the late 1700s.  Starting around the early 1800s, demand for granite began to increase.  Robert Parker, a veteran of Bunker Hill and the War of 1812, is given credit for beginning commercial production of high-grade granite.  As this demand grew, and granite began to be used for monuments and memorials, immigrants from Europe’s stone centers, particularly Italy, Scotland, England, Norway, Sweden, Finland, France, Spain, and Germany, were drawn to Vermont...
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