September 2005 Highlights
Wisconsin-Made Marquetry Furniture on Display
The Wisconsin Historical Museum on Capitol Square in Madison is pleased to announce a new case display, "Piece by Piece: the Wooden Creations of a Wisconsin Craftsman." The display opens September 27, 2005, and will remain on view through October...
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Posted September 29, 2005
Frances Willard Day, September 28
September 28 marks the birthday of educator and reformer Frances Elizabeth Willard. Although born in New York in 1839, Willard grew up on a farm near Janesville. In 1857 she enrolled in the Milwaukee Female College but soon transferred to...
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Posted September 28, 2005
Exercise Your Freedom, Read a Banned Book
Imagine going to your local public or school library and finding that classics like The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and To Kill a Mocking Bird — even new books like Harry Potter — are unavailable due to challenges made by...
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Posted September 26, 2005
New Book Celebrates the Hmong in Wisconsin
Since the late 1970s more 130,000 Hmong have been resettled to the United States. Hmong first resettled in Wisconsin in 1975 and 1976. The state now ranks third in the nation for Hmong population, with more than 45,000 Hmong currently...
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Posted September 26, 2005
Desegregation at Little Rock, September 25, 1957
September 25 marks the anniversary of a pivotal event in the history of American justice, the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Under the leadership of Wisconsin Historical Society Director Les Fishel and archivist Barbara Kaiser in...
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Posted September 23, 2005
The Days of Beer and Sausages — Oktoberfest
Prince Ludwig of Bavaria and Princess Therese of Saxony-Hildburghausen had one heck of a wedding party in Munich in October of 1810. For two weeks, Germans celebrated with horse races, food, music and plenty of seasonal beer. The people of...
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Posted September 23, 2005
See Wisconsin's Biggest Civil War Reenactment
The largest Civil War reenactment spectacle in Wisconsin, the 15th annual Civil War Weekend at Wade House, takes shape Saturday and Sunday, September 24-25, in the wooded hills and dales of the 1860s-era historic site. Each year Civil War reenactors...
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Posted September 19, 2005
Hollywood Classic Anna Karenina to Air Sunday
Leo Tolstoy's classic novel of a doomed love affair forms the foundation for this Sunday's Classic Book and Movie Club screening of "Anna Karenina" (1935, MGM). The movie airs at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, September 25, in the auditorium of the...
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Posted September 19, 2005
Wisconsin Defies Federal Government
This past weekend, two anniversaries occurred ironically close together. Saturday, September 17, was the anniversary of the signing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787 and Sunday, September 18, was the anniversary of the passage of the Fugitive Slave Act in...
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Posted September 19, 2005
Documenting Disaster Relief
In the days following Hurricane Katrina, federal troops moved into New Orleans to help survivors. The Air Force 4th Air Expeditionary Group quickly turned the city's Louis Armstrong Airport into "Camp Gumbo," the base from which civilians who were stranded,...
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Posted September 16, 2005
Take Your Daily Constitutional
September 17 is Constitution Day. Ten months ago President Bush signed Public Law 108-447, which established September 17th as Constitution Day and requested educational programs at all federally funded institutions. The holiday had already been informally celebrated for seven years...
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Posted September 14, 2005
Last Chance to See Lance Armstrong's Bike
With the 2005 Tour de France now in the record books — and with Lance Armstrong recorded as the bicycling epic's unprecedented seventh consecutive winner — there are just days left to see the bike he rode to victory in...
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Posted September 13, 2005
Packers' Glory Years Go Online
Through the generosity of the Green Bay Packers, fans can now see rare Packers yearbooks and other memorabilia on the Wisconsin Historical Society's Web site. More than 1,000 pages of Packers history have just been added to Turning Points in...
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Posted September 9, 2005
Elephants Contribute to Circus World Fund-Raising Campaign
The elephants who entertained visitors at Circus World Museum in Baraboo this summer have left the site for the 2005 season, but they may have left behind a commodity that will help contribute to Circus World's ongoing fund-raising campaign —...
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Posted September 7, 2005
Plastic Pink Flamingos from Bascom Hill
As sleepy students made their way up Bascom Hill on the first day of classes in 1979, they were greeted by an unbelievable sight: 1,008 pink flamingos covered the hill in front of the dean's office. At 8 a.m. on...
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Posted September 7, 2005
An Equine Extravaganza Returns to Villa Louis
The Victorian estate where country gentleman Louis Dousman once raised race horses will again hear the pounding of hooves and the clatter of carriage wheels as the annual Villa Louis Carriage Classic returns on Saturday and Sunday, September 10 &...
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Posted September 6, 2005
Wisconsin Native William H. Rehnquist (1924-2005)
Wisconsin native William H. Rehnquist, 16th chief justice of the United States Supreme Court, died September 3, 2005. From associate justice in 1972 to his elevation to chief justice in 1986, Rehnquist helped to direct a striking transition in the...
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Posted September 6, 2005
Labor Day: Society Preserves Labor Legacy
While the first Monday in September is today seen as the last long weekend of summer fun, the commemoration of Labor Day began more than 100 years ago by America's labor unions as a testament to the social and economic...
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Posted September 2, 2005
Join the Union Army at Old World Wisconsin
The Union Army takes centerstage at Old World Wisconsin on Labor Day weekend 2005 as the historic site celebrates the occasion with a Civil War Encampment. From 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, September 3 & 4, the...
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Posted September 1, 2005
WHS Press Celebrates with Big Book Giveaway!
Now is your chance to nominate your favorite school library or public library to win a complete set of Wisconsin Historical Society Press books in honor of our 150th birthday! This outstanding collection of more than 100 books, a $3,000...
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Posted September 1, 2005
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