The sign is coming down. A historical marker that has stood in the village green of Pittsford, Vt., since 1956 proclaiming the New England town home to the recipient of the first patent issued in the United States will be removed by state officials sometime this year.
For decades, Vermont residents believed that Samuel Hopkins, who in 1790 was granted the nation’s first patent, lived in Pittsford. Even when evidence was presented to show this was untrue, citizens of Pittsford clung to the myth. It appears, however, that the state has now informed them it’s time to let go.
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