what does it mean in 2012 and we really tried to address that rushed rushton about individual freedom and individual freedom and our state. it's always been part of our leadership but also the obligations and responsibilities and benefits of the association with the town, with the state government and with the nation. so we are one state in the nation. vermonters came here not as part of the colonial settlement very much. i mean the first permanent white settlers came after the french and indian war so after 1773. the french have been here before but they left or they were chased out essentially. but from 76 -- 1763 and 21810, 1812, there was an enormous influx of people from other parts of new england into vermont. vermont was not one of the original colonies. is created out of new new new yk and new hampshire and they fought over it and actually the state making part of vermont had and reflection in the u.s. constitution. the articles in the closet talks about how the states will be made in the constitution was merely a result of the conflict that new york had with new hampshire and