Ray, when my daughter was born, I remember my buddy Dave telling me that being a parent means that you're scared all the time.

Oh, yeah, I get that.

I mean, you're with your own kids and the world seems like a much more dangerous place than when you only had to worry about yourself.

Yeah, absolutely.

So we're both parents and, of course, would do anything for our kids.

Of course.

But if someone ever threatened

one of your kids who would that person have to worry about more you or your wife oh no question

i'd kill any threat to my kids but mama bear would make them suffer first same over here

there's something about a mom defending her kids i mean only a fool would ever get between a mama and her cub,

which is what brings us to Royalton, Vermont.

We're standing on the town green in the center of town.

It's a pretty little Vermont town situated on the banks of the White River.

There's a cute little gazebo on one side of the park.

And on the opposite side of the green

is this granite arch. It reads The Handy Memorial 1780, and there's some names inscribed on the stone.

This is Vermont's only Revolutionary War monument dedicated to a woman. We've come to Royalton,

Vermont, searching for a hero named Hannah Handy.

Hello, I'm Jeff Belanger. And I'm Ray Osier. Welcome to episode 254 of the New England

Legends podcast. Thank you for joining us on our mission to chronicle every legend in New England, one story at a time. We're a community of

legend seekers who are always on the hunt for roadside oddities, heroes, ghosts, monsters,

aliens, and just about anything else that bumps in the night. And did you know that most

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