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# Part Three - Refuge, Reinvention and Revolution
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/freedom-unity-the-vermont-movie/episode/part-three-refuge-reinvention-and-revolution-lbiczy/
- Published: 2025-09-03T15:31:13.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-17T06:30:19.000Z
- Description: Discover the creation of Vermont's interstate highways and its pros and cons.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Freedom & Unity: The Vermont Movie, Season 1, Episode 3, #ZZZ_Episode_575f46ac-01df-4426-9d0b-0b25db57bf63, #episode, #ZZZ_Show_d09de23a-a12b-464b-a592-a709d6d7d8f4, #v1.16

In the mid-20th century, political pioneers Bill Meyer and Governor Phil Hoff rose to take the lead in state politics. Innovation was everywhere: in the work of Snowflake Bentley and Thaddeus Fairbanks, in the rise of IBM, and the creation of Interstate highways. Rare archival footage provides a look at the realities of communal life and the counter-culture who established roots in Vermont.