August 2005 Highlights
The "Incomparable" Hildegarde (1906-2005)
You can see the Souvenir Record Album of Wisconsin songs recorded by the "Incomparable" Hildegarde online at the Wisconsin Historical Museum's Object of the Week. Who was Hildegarde? Liberace called her "perhaps the most famous supper-club entertainer who ever lived."...
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Posted August 31, 2005
Vote for This Year's Hesseltine Award from the Magazine of History
Once again we ask our readers to participate in the selection of the best original article by voting for their favorite. The award was established in 1965 in memory of historian and Wisconsin Historical Society past president William B. Hesseltine....
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Posted August 30, 2005
It's That Time Again: Back to School
The mornings are getting colder, swallows are congregating on the telephone wires, and stores are discounting backpacks and notebooks — sure signs that another school year is starting. In recent months we've created several online resources to help students and...
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Posted August 29, 2005
August 26: Women's Equality Day
On this day in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, granting women the right to vote, finally passed. One year earlier, on June 10, 1919, Wisconsin had become the first state to ratify national woman suffrage, beating Illinois by...
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Posted August 25, 2005
Wisconsin Women Make History
The stories of the many remarkable women of Wisconsin's past are scattered throughout history books, many times listed as merely a footnote. These were strong, talented women who led tribes, served the country during wartime, fought for equal rights, and...
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Posted August 24, 2005
Janesville GM Plant Makes History
The General Motors Janesville Assembly plant recognized a milestone of producing 16 million vehicles with a special "Sweet 16" event on August 23, 2005. Janesville Assembly started production in 1923, initially building full-size Chevrolet automobiles. Today, the facility builds the...
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Posted August 23, 2005
Engine Fragment from the 1970 Sterling Hall Bombing
This twisted piece of metal is the only known remnant of a van that carried the bomb that rocked the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus on August 24, 1970. In the early hours of that day, four young men parked a...
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Posted August 17, 2005
Lloyd Barbee: Fighting Segregation in Milwaukee Schools
August 17th is the birthday of Milwaukee's most famous school integration and civil rights activist, Lloyd Barbee. Born in Tennessee in 1925 and a graduate of the University of Wisconsin Law School, Barbee had already become involved with the NAACP...
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Posted August 17, 2005
Circus World Looks to the Future
Despite its ongoing struggle to cope with an unprecedented budget crisis, Circus World Museum looks to the future with hope and optimism. That's because the museum's Board of Directors has not only unanimously affirmed its commitment to keep the museum...
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Posted August 17, 2005
The Wild, Wild West Comes to Wade House!
The history of the Wild West will come to life in rip-roaring fashion during Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and Cowboy Boomtown at Wade House stagecoach inn in Greenbush Saturday and Sunday, August 27 & 28. The event runs from...
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Posted August 15, 2005
Social Security at 70: the Wisconsin Connection
August 14, 2005, marks the 70th anniversary of the signing of the Social Security Act into law in 1935. Drafted by Wisconsinites Arthur Altmeyer and Edwin Witte, the Social Security Act established a national retirement-age insurance system; federal-state unemployment compensation;...
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Posted August 9, 2005
Madeline Island Historical Museum Expands
Madeline Island Historical Museum just got a whole lot bigger. A major project to relocate the museum from its original foundation, build a new wing that connects it to the Capser Center exhibit facility, and to greatly expand the area...
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Posted August 8, 2005
Circus World on the Road at the State Fair
For the first time in more than four decades, Circus World in Baraboo has taken its show on the road to the Wisconsin State Fair. Circus Celebration will entertain fairgoers with six rollicking Big Top shows featuring an international cast...
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Posted August 8, 2005
Collection Documents State Fair History
Cream puffs, blue-ribbon Holsteins, ferris wheels, Alice in Dairyland — and many other things that have made the Wisconsin State Fair so special — are documented in a huge collection of historical records now available for research at the Wisconsin...
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Posted August 7, 2005
Fire Up the Grill! It's Bratwurst Time!
Nothing quite says Wisconsin like bratwurst and Sheboygan. The "wurst city in the world" celebrates in a big way the first weekend in August with Bratwurst Days. Although Wisconsinites consume all different kinds of sausages, only the bratwurst has achieved...
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Posted August 3, 2005
The Battle of Bad Axe: a Wisconsin Tragedy
August 2 marks the anniversary of one of the saddest days in Wisconsin history. On this day, the cruelly misnamed Battle of Bad Axe began near the mouth of the Bad Axe River and on the banks of the Mississippi....
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Posted August 2, 2005
Free Fun for Kids in August at Historic Sites
Families take note! Throughout the month of August you can explore the past at the Wisconsin Historical Society's historic sites, and you won't pay a penny on admission fees for kids 12 and younger. The special offer, timed to allow...
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Posted August 1, 2005
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