Honoring tradition, embracing change at Charlotte Grange

Members are relearning historic rituals and updating them for a modern audience.

By: Emily Rodin

Outlets: UVM's Community News Service

Published: July 28, 2026

Words: 929

Last Updated: 3 days, 2 hours ago

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Via Community News Service, a University of Vermont journalism internship, and Report for America

CHARLOTTE — On the spacious first floor of the Charlotte Grange, Tai Dinnan and Trina Bianchi flipped through the organization’s manual, which describes the Grange’s values of faith, hope, charity and fidelity and how they correspond to the seasons.

Over the past 15 years, the Charlotte Grange has lost much of its institutional knowledge of rituals and traditions as older generations …

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