Ethan Allen

Green Mountain leader

Ethan Allen was an American Revolutionary War hero who led the Green Mountain Boys in the 1775 capture of Fort Ticonderoga.

His name is now more familiar as a furniture retailer—Ethan Allen Interiors—known for traditional American-style home furnishings: We bought our dining set at Ethan Allen.

Vermont

Bennington

Vermont municipality, historic battlefield

Montpelier · land grants · frontier · Connecticut · territorial dispute · independence movement · statehood

revolutionary

Continental Army

Colonial rebel military force

1775 · rebellion · liberty · musket · minutemen · Benedict Arnold · Bennington · guerrilla tactics · irregular warfare · prisoner of war

furniture

showroom

Retail exhibition space

dining sets · bedrooms · dressers · nightstands · coffee tables · ottomans · armoires · bookcases · desks · headboards

Categories
Opposites
revolutionary allegiance

Ethan AllenBenedict Arnold

American defector to Britain

King George III · Tory · Tories

military authority type

Ethan AllenGeorge Washington

regional identity and tactics

Ethan AllenGeorge Clinton

British regulars

Family

Ethan, Allen

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G