May 2007 Highlights
Black Hawk Powwow Grounds Added to Register
May is Historic Preservation and Archaeology Month and the Historical Society is using the occasion to highlight Wisconsin properties listed in the National Register of Historic Places. As the month-long celebration draws to a close, we would like to highlight...
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Posted May 30, 2007
Don't Miss Circus of Chefs ... The Gala 2007!
Many of southern Wisconsin's best chefs, brewmasters, vintners and other beverage purveyors will gather under one roof on Sunday evening, June 24, to serve samples of their finest cuisine, beer, wine and caffeinated concoctions during the annual Circus of Chefs...
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Posted May 29, 2007
Wisconsin GIs' World War II Letters to Go Online
The Wisconsin Historical Society is helping Wisconsin Public Television gear up for an extensive outreach campaign this fall around the September 23 debut of Ken Burns' latest film, The War, which examines World War II through experiences of the ordinary...
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Posted May 25, 2007
Historic Electric Streetcar on the Move Again
Every May across the nation, communities celebrate Historic Preservation Month. This year's Wisconsin Historic Preservation month poster features Sheboygan Light, Power & Railway Company Car #26. The Cincinnati Car Company constructed Car #26 in 1908. It served the city of...
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Posted May 23, 2007
Decoration Day Traces Origins of Memorial Day
The national holiday Americans celebrate as Memorial Day on the last Monday of May originally was called Decoration Day — a holiday first celebrated on May 30, 1868, to honor Civil War dead by decorating their graves. But it wasn't...
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Posted May 21, 2007
May is Archaeology Month
Help us celebrate Wisconsin's fascinating archaeological heritage! This month Wisconsin Historical Society archaeologists will present events at the Bell Coulee rock shelter in La Crosse, Kenosha Public Museum, Roche-a-Cri State Park near Adams-Friendship, and at Pope Farm Park in the...
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Posted May 18, 2007
Wisconsin's Historic Sites Swing Into Spring
Much as it did for 19th-century Wisconsin farmers, the arrival of spring brings with it a host of new activities for Wisconsin's historic sites. From autumn through winter, the history professionals whose job it is to reinvent the way the...
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Posted May 16, 2007
Celebrate International Museum Day!
Ever since 1977, International Museum Day has been celebrated worldwide. Every year museums across the globe offer specials and programs around May 18 showcasing museums as institutions in service to society. In honor of International Museum Day, the The Wisconsin...
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Posted May 14, 2007
Five Leaders Honored for Making History
The Wisconsin Historical Society honored the lifetime achievements of five top leaders with ties to the state on Wednesday evening, May 9, during its second annual Wisconsin History Makers Gala at Milwaukee's historic Pfister Hotel. The 2007 History Makers included:...
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Posted May 11, 2007
Remembering Joseph McCarthy, 50 Years Later
May marks the 50th anniversary of the death of Wisconsin Senator Joseph McCarthy, who for four years in the early 1950s, held the nation in his grasp with his anti-communist rhetoric. To his enemies, McCarthy was evil incarnate, but to...
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Posted May 9, 2007
Seven Decades Now Online
More than 24,000 pages of the Wisconsin Magazine of History have now been published online. Thanks to generous support from the Schoenleber Foundation of Milwaukee, much of the best research and scholarship on Wisconsin history can now be used for...
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Posted May 7, 2007
Historic Preservation & Archaeology Month
May is Historic Preservation and Archaeology Month, a time to showcase Wisconsin's diverse and unique heritage. In communities all over Wisconsin, local historical societies, museums, public libraries and other institutions use this month-long celebration to highlight the important role historic...
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Posted May 4, 2007
Washington Square: Read It & See It
What happens when a father threatens to disinherit his daughter if she continues her love affair with the man he disapproves of? Find out on Sunday, May 6, at 1:30 p.m. when the Society hosts a free screening and discussion...
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Posted May 2, 2007
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