Mark Bushnell – VTDigger

Then Again: A 23-year-old Vermonter’s last letters from the Korean War

by Mark Bushnell March 15, 2026, 6:52 amMarch 17, 2026, 9:58 pm

Black and white sketches of two people labeled "Mrs. Ann E. Freebe" on the left and "John P. Phair" on the right, shown from the shoulders up.

Then Again: True crime in 1870s Rutland

by Mark Bushnell March 1, 2026, 6:49 amMarch 2, 2026, 8:25 am

A ski patroller in a red jacket stands on a snowy mountain slope at sunrise, with another patroller in the background.

Then Again: In Vermont, the oldest ski patrol in the country

by Mark Bushnell February 15, 2026, 7:02 amFebruary 19, 2026, 11:47 pm

Three female cross-country skiers wearing numbered bibs and winter gear stand together outdoors at the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics.

Then Again: The ‘perfect run’ that made an Olympic legend

by Mark Bushnell February 1, 2026, 6:55 amFebruary 3, 2026, 4:09 pm

Two men in suits and a man in military uniform walk down a busy city street lined with shops, people, and parked vintage cars.

Then Again: Christmas during wartime — Vermont in December 1942

by Mark Bushnell December 21, 2025, 6:52 amDecember 20, 2025, 8:03 pm

Portrait of a middle-aged man with short brown hair, sideburns, and a mustache, wearing a dark suit and tie, set against a plain brown background.

Then Again: Vermont’s Chester Arthur is an unlikely star in a new Netflix series

by Mark Bushnell November 16, 2025, 6:54 amNovember 15, 2025, 11:26 pm

A landscape painting of a mountain under a hazy sky, with a forest, grassy fields, a fence, and a stream in the foreground.

Then Again: Artist captured Vermont’s ‘wild, bold beauty’ in a time of change

by Mark Bushnell October 19, 2025, 6:48 amOctober 21, 2025, 4:25 pm

A man and two children ride quickly on horseback across a grassy landscape, with muted, hazy lighting in the background.

Then Again: Federal Fugitive Slave Law met stern opposition in Vermont

by Mark Bushnell September 21, 2025, 7:47 amSeptember 22, 2025, 10:28 am

A man wearing glasses and a suit types on a typewriter at a desk with papers in a room with patterned wallpaper.

Then Again: From his Vermont farmhouse, a novelist imagined a fascist takeover of America

by Mark Bushnell July 20, 2025, 6:55 amJuly 18, 2025, 7:29 pm

A nurse monitors a young child lying inside an iron lung machine, used for respiratory support, in a hospital setting.

Then Again: Vermont suffered the 1st polio epidemic in the US

by Mark Bushnell July 6, 2025, 7:08 amJuly 6, 2025, 9:29 pm

A group of explorers with sled dogs trek across a snowy, icy landscape under cloudy skies, with rocky cliffs in the background.

Then Again: Art, Architecture, Astronomy and the Arctic — A Vermonter’s curious career

by Mark Bushnell June 1, 2025, 7:03 amJune 16, 2025, 11:57 am

A battle scene featuring soldiers in 18th-century uniforms, with a central figure wounded and supported by others, set against a snowy, chaotic background.

Then Again: Ethan and Ira’s Canadian debacles

by Mark Bushnell May 4, 2025, 7:13 amMay 2, 2025, 8:47 pm

Two men collect sap from a tree in a vintage illustration. One man drills into the tree, while the other holds a spile. A bucket hangs to collect the sap.

Then Again: An impassioned plea for maple sugaring to fight slavery

by Mark Bushnell April 7, 2025, 12:32 pmJune 16, 2025, 11:51 am

Political cartoon with a man riding a turtle marked "Licence" and another carrying a barrel labeled "Superfine," lamenting a ship labeled "Oh! this cursed Ograbme.

Then Again: The embargo with Canada, and its many local smugglers

by Mark Bushnell March 16, 2025, 6:58 amMarch 16, 2025, 10:16 am