August 2009 Highlights
Don't Miss Circus of Chefs ... The Gala 2009!
Many of southern Wisconsin's best chefs, brewmasters, vintners and other food and beverage purveyors will gather under one roof on Sunday evening, September 13, to serve samples of their finest cuisine, beer, wine and other tasty treats during the annual...
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Posted August 31, 2009
Old World Wisconsin Fall Workshops Scheduled
From spinning and quilting to 19th-century blacksmithing, child-and-parent cooking and Dutch oven cooking, Old World Wisconsin has a lineup of fall workshops planned that will teach once-common pioneer skills to Internet-age audiences eager to learn new things about old ways....
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Posted August 28, 2009
Green Bay's Lambeau Field to Host the Big Event
Wisconsin's Vietnam War veterans will receive the warm welcome home that many of them never received when a coalition of state organizations and veterans groups honors their service and their sacrifice in a weekend-long tribute at Lambeau Field in Green...
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Posted August 26, 2009
Music for President Lincoln Concert August 29
In commemoration of the bicentennial year of President Abraham Lincoln's birth, Old World Wisconsin will celebrate the life of the 16th president with an evening outdoor concert and dramatic performance during Music for President Lincoln on Saturday, August 29, at...
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Posted August 24, 2009
Model A's and Other Magnificent Motor Cars
Ford, Studebaker, Pontiac, Chevrolet and Chrysler all join the circus this Saturday, August 22, for Circus World's Magnificent Motor Car Exhibition and Model A Exposition. The world-renowned entertainment venue and circus museum in Baraboo has hosted numerous car shows over...
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Posted August 20, 2009
Oscar Mayer Banjo-ukulele Finds a Home
Mass communication made the Oscar Mayer wiener jingle one of the most successful advertising songs of all time, and mass communication helped the Wisconsin Historical Society preserve a special part of its story. This past June, Doug Moe, columnist for...
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Posted August 17, 2009
Wisconsin County Histories Go Online
Society Director Lyman Copeland Draper noted in his 1882 annual report that, "One class of works has sprung into existence within the past few years that is becoming quite numerous — county histories." He acquired 24 for the Society library...
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Posted August 13, 2009
Stonefield Recalls the Golden Age of Railroading
The glory days of American railroading will return to Stonefield in Cassville during the historic site's Railroad Days event on Saturday and Sunday, August 15-16. The site, which interprets rural life in southwestern Wisconsin at the turn of the 20th...
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Posted August 10, 2009
The Wisconsin Free Library Commission
A longstanding Wisconsin institution established in the late 19th century to improve and establish standards for the state's system of free public libraries is the subject of the latest featured gallery in Wisconsin Historical Images, the Society's online image database....
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Posted August 6, 2009
International Harvester Collectors' Field Day!
Several thousand enthusiastic owners and collectors of trucks, tractors and cars manufactured by International Harvester or one of its descendant companies converged on Madison in late July to take part in the 20th Annual Red Power Roundup — an occasion...
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Posted August 3, 2009
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