Editing Thetford, Vermont (section)

==History==
[[File:View of Thetford, VT.jpg|thumb|left|Thetford in 1912]]
The town was created on August 12, 1761, by way of a [[royal charter]] which [[King George III]] of [[Great Britain]] issued to Governor [[Benning Wentworth]] of [[New Hampshire]]. Wentworth named it for [[Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton]], 4th [[Earl of Arlington]] and 4th [[Viscount Thetford]], who in 1768 became [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|prime minister]]. It was first settled in 1764 by John Chamberlin, who lived at East Thetford beside the [[Connecticut River]]. He was an agent for one of 62 proprietors (51 from [[Hebron, Connecticut]]).{{Citation needed|date=June 2010}}

In 1910, the [[Camp Fire Girls]] were founded locally. This became a national organization within two years.<ref name=story>The Story of Camp Fire Girls, 1910–1960; Helen Buckler, Mary F. Fiedler, Martha F. Allen; Holt, Rinehart and Winston; 1961</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Girls Take Up the Boy Scout Idea and Band Together |work=New York Times |date=March 17, 1912 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1912/03/17/100581153.pdf |access-date=January 29, 2009 | first=Edward | last=Marshall}}</ref>

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Gove Hill Retreat, a nonprofit Christian Retreat center, was founded in 1966 in Thetford Center. The center supplied hospitality to religious, educational and other non-profit organizations.  The retreat was sited on property originally owned by John Gove, the first farmer and name sake of Gove Hill.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} It was closed December 31, 2013, after the American Baptist Churches of Vermont and New Hampshire (ABCVNH) decided the yearly upkeep was not worth it.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} The retreat center had run a deficit for a number of years.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}} The Pastor's larger salary were both believed to be factors in the closing of the doors.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}

On March 1, 2025, Thetford became the first municipality in the United States to sign the Apartheid-Free Pledge in support of [[Palestine]] during the [[Israeli–Palestinian conflict|Israeli-Palestinian conflict that had started in 2023.]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wcax.com/2025/03/04/palestine-pledge-several-vt-town-ballots/|title=Palestine pledge on several Vt. town ballots|publisher=WCAX|date=March 4, 2025|accessdate=March 4, 2025}}</ref>