{"id":5,"date":"2017-05-16T17:29:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T17:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/?p=5"},"modified":"2017-05-22T10:06:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T14:06:38","slug":"third-generation-vermonter-shocked-to-discover-they-are-not-from-vermont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thewinooski.com\/index.php\/2017\/05\/16\/third-generation-vermonter-shocked-to-discover-they-are-not-from-vermont\/","title":{"rendered":"Third Generation Vermonter Shocked to Discover They Are Not From Vermont"},"content":{"rendered":"

WINOOSKI – Winooski resident Samantha Monteverdi was stunned to discover last week that she is not, in fact, from Vermont. The ugly truth came out at a meeting of local moms, at which Monteverdi casually mentioned her great-grandparents settling in the green mountain state from Italy.<\/span><\/p>\n

“It was horrible,” claims another local mom who wishes to remain anonymous. “We all felt so betrayed. Sam always told us she was a Vermonter, but then to find out that her great-grandparents weren’t born here? Really, I don’t know if we can let Sam back in the group after this.”<\/span><\/p>\n

State law dating back to the early 1800s, and recently renewed by governor Phil Scott, clearly restricts the title of “Vermonter” to anyone whose parents, grandparents,\u00a0<\/span>and<\/span><\/em>\u00a0great-grandparents were born in the state. Anyone else is, for legal purposes, designated a “Flatlander.”<\/span><\/p>\n

“Honestly, I had no idea!” said Monteverdi, on the verge of tears. “My whole family has lived in the state for over a hundred years! I thought I was from Vermont! I don’t even know who I am anymore.”<\/span><\/p>\n

An unscientific poll taken by\u00a0The Winooksi<\/span><\/em>\u00a0<\/span>found that local residents agree by a wide margin that ignorance is no excuse for flouting the law in cases as serious as this one. At press time,\u00a0Monteverdi was considering a move to New Hampshire.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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