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Robert M. La Follette, Sr., Funeral

Date: 06 22 1925
Description: Funeral of Senator Robert M. La Follette, Sr., at Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison. Mourners gathered around La Follette's flag-draped coffin include Philip...
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Ella Bennett Bresee

Date: 05 25 1944
Description: Ella Bennett Bresee, a member of one of Madison's oldest families, has decorated the graves of American war veterans for 70 years or more. She is placing a...
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Elks Club Members At Roselawn Cemetery

Date: 06 17 1945
Description: Seven Elks Club members in front of a canopy at Roselawn Cemetery. About 400 persons attended the flag service when the flag and Official Elks Rest were de...
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Confederate Graves with Flags

Date: 1980
Description: Confederate Graves at Forest Hill Cemetery. Each headstone has a Confederate flag stuck in the earth next to it.
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Memorial Day Activities

Date: 05 30 1952
Description: Two veterans with a confederate flag in front of Confederate Rest in Forest Hill Cemetery during Madison's Memorial Day ceremonies.
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Local Boilermakers and Helpers

Date: 1914
Description: Boilermakers and their helpers pose on and around a horse-drawn wagon that bears a sign that reads "Boiler-makers and Helpers," perhaps for a parade. Man o...
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GAR Daughters Honor Civil War Veterans

Date: 06 26 1958
Description: A group of the Wisconsin Section of the National Daughters of the Grand Army of the Republic organization laying a memorial wreath to Civil War veterans at...

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