September 2007 Highlights
Commemorating 50 Years of Integration
September 25 marked the 50th anniversary of a pivotal event in the history of civil rights in America, the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Although segregated schools were prohibited under the 1954 Supreme Court ruling in...
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Posted September 26, 2007
It's Civil War Weekend — September 29 & 30!
Wisconsin soldiers played a prominent role in one of the Civil War's most decisive campaigns — the road to Vicksburg, Mississippi, in 1863. Now, 144 years later, the Union push to the Mississippi River fortress city will provide the scenario...
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Posted September 24, 2007
Wisconsinites' World War II Letters Go Online
Fourteen collections of letters, diaries and memoirs by Wisconsin World War II soldiers, nurses, and support staff are now available free at Turning Points in Wisconsin History. They were digitized and published to help Wisconsin Public Television expand the experience...
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Posted September 21, 2007
Private Soldiers: An Inside Look at a Year in Iraq
The soldiers of the 2-127th Gator Battalion of the Wisconsin National Guard came from all over Wisconsin. They were (and are) citizen soldiers, with civilian jobs and families unaccustomed to long separations. Private Soldiers: A Year in Iraq with a...
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Posted September 19, 2007
Love and War: an Old World Wedding, 1917
A poignant moment in the romance of a young groom about to go overseas to fight in World War I and his soon-to-be bride will provide the setting for an Old World Wedding at Old World Wisconsin on Saturday, September...
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Posted September 17, 2007
Fall in to the Wisconsin Magazine of History
The fall issue of the Wisconsin Magazine of History is in your mailbox (if you are a member) and at your local bookstore now! The latest issue features articles issue about child labor in Milwaukee's glass industry, Wisconsin governors during...
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Posted September 14, 2007
Old World Wisconsin Names New Director
The Wisconsin Historical Society welcomes Dawn St. George as the new director of Old World Wisconsin, Wisconsin's largest and most diverse historic site. St. George comes to Old World Wisconsin from the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago, where she served...
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Posted September 12, 2007
Old World Wisconsin Announces Fall Workshops
If you have ever thought that you would like to learn some of the commonplace trades and crafts that were prevalent in 19th-century Wisconsin villages and households, Old World Wisconsin may have just the thing to fill that need. The...
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Posted September 10, 2007
The Age of Innocence: Read It & See It
Edith Wharton's 1920 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, set amid the upper-crust social circles of 1870s New York City, is brought to the big screen in this 1993 film adaptation by director Martin Scorcese. "The Age of Innocence," the next offering in...
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Posted September 7, 2007
Villa Louis Carriage Classic September 8 & 9
In an event recalling a chapter in its own colorful history, the historic Villa Louis country estate in Prairie du Chien will host the annual Villa Louis Carriage Classic, one of the Midwest's largest and most stylish pleasure driving competitions....
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Posted September 5, 2007
Labor Day, Labor History
The Wisconsin Historical Society has energetically collected evidence about the lives of working-class people for more than 100 years. Back when many cultural institutions shunned labor unions, the Society subscribed to their newsletters and gathered in their filing cabinets for...
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Posted September 4, 2007
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