Town of Thetford’s first Historical Marker dedicated on TA’s 200th Birthday
February 15, 2019
At noon on the day of Thetford Academy's 200th birthday — Friday, Feb. 8, 2019 — Virginia Anderson Barrett ’51, daughter of legendary TA Principal Carl Anderson (1925-1961) and wife of the late TA Headmaster Ruel Barrett (1961-1977), unveiled the Town of Thetford’s first Vermont Historical Marker in a ceremony on Academy Road. Marking the site of the original Thetford Academy campus, the first building of which opened its doors for the first time on Feb. 8, 1819, the historical sign reads: On this site stood the original Thetford Academy. Co-educational from the start, it was founded in 1819 by Thetford citizens led...