Red Scare in Vermont

March 27, at 6 p.m., Rick Winston will speak at Whiting Library on Red Scare in the Green Mountains: Vermont in the McCarthy Era. What happened in Vermont when the anti-Communist fear known as the “Red Scare” swept the country? Quite a
bit, as it turns out. Rick Winston, author of the recently published “Red Scare in the Green Mountains: Vermont in the McCarthy
Era” explores some forgotten history as we see how a small, rural “rock-ribbed Republican” state with a historically libertarian
streak handled the hysteria of the time. There were several fascinating stories in the Green Mountains, including a high-profile
academic firing, a conservative senator who helped take down Joseph McCarthy, controversies involving left-leaning summer
residents, and some veteran newspaper editors who spoke out against McCarthy’s tactics.
This talk is free, open to the public, and accessible to those with disabilities. For more information, contact Gail Zachariah at (802)
875-2277 or director@WhitingLibrary.org.
Red Scare in the Green Mountains: Vermont in the McCarthy Era is a Vermont Humanities Council program hosted by Whiting
Library. (Supported in part by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations
expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the NEH or VHC.)