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Flag Day Events

Date: 06 14 1940
Description: Boy Scouts and others recite the Pledge of Allegiance during Madison's first public Flag Day ceremony held at the UW football stadium.
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Boy Scouts Troop #20, Farewell Dinner

Date: 05 17 1945
Description: Boy Scouts, Troop #20 Explorer Patrol, from Christ Presbyterian Church, at farewell dinner for Olson, Roesen, and Hines, who were entering military service...
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Boy Scouts, Troop #32, Banquet

Date: 02 14 1943
Description: Boy Scouts, Troop #32 from Latter Day Saints Church, banquet with Senior Patrol scouts sitting at tables, and more scouts and adult leaders standing in the...
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Senior Service Girl Scouts

Date: 12 16 1944
Description: Senior Service Girl Scouts of Troop 22 from East High School posing on the stairs after having hung Christmas greens at the USO club. The girls are (left t...
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Boy Scout Receiving the Ad Altare Dei Medal

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: A boy scout receiving the Ad Altare Dei medal, the Catholic Church's award to boy scouts, from Bishop William P. O'Connor. Another boy scout and three othe...
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Lowell School Cub Scout Christmas Party

Date: 12 19 1952
Description: Lowell School Cub Scouts at a combined Christmas party and "Webelos" ceremony. Seated are boys James Kernan, Richard Schnurbusch, Ronald Wornson, Donald No...
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Catholic Boy Scouts

Date: 06 26 1955
Description: Three Madison Boy Scouts received the Ad Altare Del medal at a retreat at the Dane County fairgrounds. Left to right: Reverend Wayne Turner, Tim Harrington...
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Cub Scout Frank Sinatra Act

Date: 04 20 1944
Description: Highlight of the entertainment at the final dancing party of the Junior Cotillion club of Wisconsin High School was the Frank Sinatra act put on by members...
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Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry and Three Cub Scouts

Date: 02 12 1947
Description: Because his birthday falls on the same date as Abraham Lincoln's, Chief Justice Marvin B. Bosenberry, honorary president for the Four Lakes Boy Scout Counc...
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Randall School Cub Scouts

Date: 02 20 1947
Description: Four Cub Scouts inspecting a hot dish at the first "Blue and Gold" Cub Scout banquet for Pack 302 at Randall School, 10 North Spooner Street. Left to right...
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Randall School Cub Scouts

Date: 02 20 1947
Description: Six den members of Cub Scout Pack 302 at the first "Blue and Gold" Cub Scout banquet at Randall School, 10 North Spooner Street. Left to right: Paul and Pe...
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Boy Scouts Honor Lincoln

Date: 02 11 1947
Description: Madison Boy Scouts and their leader pay tribute to Abraham Lincoln on his birthday by placing a wreath at the foot of the statue on Bascom Hill. Dick Feldt...
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Marvin B. Rosenberry and Cub Scouts

Date: 02 12 1948
Description: Wisconsin Supreme Court Chief Justice Marvin B. Rosenberry receiving a birthday cake from two Boy Scouts of the Four Lakes council in Lincoln Day ceremoni...
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Randall School Cub Scout Pack 302

Date: 02 19 1948
Description: Cub Scouts from Den 5, Pack 302 at Randall School pictured at their annual Blue and Gold Banquet. Pictured left to right: Ed Vanderwall, Robert Kirschberge...
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Randall School Cub Scout Pack 302

Date: 02 19 1948
Description: Cub Scout Den 7 of Pack 302, Randall School, at their annual Blue and Gold banquet. They are with a display that depicts Mickey Mouse and probably Pluto, w...
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Four Lakes Council of Boy Scouts

Date: 02 24 1948
Description: Four Lakes Council of Boy Scouts banquet attendees are left to right: Sheriff Edward Fischer, director of safety and past commander of the Veterans of Fore...
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Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 04 29 1948
Description: Wisconsin Centennial Parade near the Wisconsin State Capitol. A large group of Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts are marching, each with an American flag. In the ...
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Wisconsin Central Airlines Dedication

Date: 08 03 1948
Description: Margaret McGuire, Alice in Dairyland, at left, christens the "Northliner Alice in Dairyland" with a bottle of milk at the Madison municipal airport, with N...
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Brownie Scout Troop "Fly-up" Ceremony

Date: 11 15 1948
Description: Eleven former members of Brownie Scout Troop 64 participating in a "fly-up ceremony in Glenwood Park where they became full-fledged Girl Scouts. Mrs. Glen ...
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Girl Scout Flag Presentation

Date: 12 03 1948
Description: "Mrs. Louise Watson, patriotic instructor of the Lucius Fairchild Women's Relief Corps, is shown as she presented an American flag to Girl Scout Troop 115 ...

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