Mark Bushnell, Author at VTDigger

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 am

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 am

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 am

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 am

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

A pastoral scene depicting a village with hills in the background at sunset. People are gathered on the grass in the foreground with trees and a dog nearby.

Then Again: Vermont’s early town meetings

by Mark Bushnell March 2, 2025, 7:01 am

A skier wearing a "D" sweater jumps mid-air over a snowy mound, with leafless trees in the background.

Then Again: The origin story of Brattleboro’s ski jump

by Mark Bushnell February 16, 2025, 7:02 pmFebruary 17, 2025, 9:58 am

Bronze statue of a seated man in a suit, located on a stone pedestal in an urban park setting with buildings and trees in the background.

Then Again: William Lloyd Garrison’s roots as a Vermont journalist

by Mark Bushnell February 2, 2025, 7:56 am

Then Again: The memoir of Jeffrey Brace

by Mark Bushnell January 19, 2025, 7:06 am