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Barre (city), Vermont

City in Vermont, United States

Not to be confused with Barre (town), Vermont.

City in Vermont, United States

Barre (BARR-ee) is the most populous city in Washington County, Vermont, United States. As of the 2020 census, the municipal population was 8,491.^[3] Popularly referred to as "Barre City", it is almost completely surrounded by "Barre Town", which is a separate municipality.

Barre is often twinned with the nearby Vermont state capital of Montpelier in local media and businesses. It is the main city in the Barre-Montpelier micropolitan area, which has nearly 60,000 residents and is Vermont's third largest metropolitan area after those of Burlington and Rutland. Barre is also Vermont's fifth largest city.

History

On November 6, 1780, the land was granted to William Williams and 64 others. Originally called Wildersburgh, it included what is today both the town and city of Barre. It was first settled in 1788 by John Goldsbury and Samuel Rodgers, together with their families. But dissatisfied with the name Wildersburgh, cit

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Event a continuation of various pageants dating back to early 1900s

by Carla Occaso

BARRE — Thom Lauzon, mayor since 2006, grew up in Barre, graduated from Spaulding High School, and remembers earlier days of commemorating the city’s rich heritage. He said he is a great enthusiast of Barre’s history and takes part in the Heritage Festival and Homecoming every year.

“I think there’s more of an awareness. My children are more aware of their heritage,” Lauzon said, adding that he is of French-Canadian descent and his wife, Karen, is “amazingly Italian.”

Lauzon told The Bridge by telephone recently that he remembers decades ago the beginnings of the current celebration when people in town dressed up in historic costume to memorialize the past. It lasted days and had everything from parades and costumes to a shaving challenge whereby you had to pay for a “shaving permit” in order to have the privilege of shaving. Ladies had to buy a permit to wear a bonnet. People in all professions from all over town participated, Lauzon remembers.

The festival Lauzon remembers is one that