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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Color guards marching past the Wisconsin State Capitol carrying flags as a crowd looks on. |
| Date: | 10 01 1958 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Milwaukee Braves and the New York Yankees standing on the first and third baselines for the national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner... |
| Date: | 06 14 1950 |
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| Description: | L.J. Markwardt, president of the Madison Rotary Club, is shown presenting Marvin Rosenberry, honorary president of the Boy Scouts Four Lakes Council, with ... |
| Date: | 07 04 1950 |
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| Description: | Governor Rennebohm delivers an acceptance speech after receiving a liberty bell replica from Vern Bell. The men are, from left to right, Governor Renneboh... |
| Date: | 03 13 1951 |
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| Description: | Leaders of the Wisconsin chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) gather at the fifty-fifth annual state convention. They are, (left to ri... |
| Date: | 03 13 1951 |
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| Description: | Members of the Timothy Hatch Society of the Children of the American Revolution take part in the commemoration ceremony in recognition of the founding of M... |
| Date: | 09 10 1951 |
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| Description: | Emma (Mrs. W.J.) Teckemeyer poses with some of the 13 quilted lap robes which she has personally made for the patients at the new Veterans' Administration ... |
| Date: | 04 27 1951 |
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| Description: | Bruce Foote sings the National Anthem (note salutes and hands on hearts) at a Marquette University convocation ceremony honoring General Douglas MacArthur.... |
| Date: | 10 20 1952 |
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| Description: | Giving the Girl Scout pledge is Barbara Brown, a student at West High school, who is typical of the nearly two million members of the Girl Scout organizati... |
| Date: | 08 30 1953 |
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| Description: | Five women in costume during rehearsal for the Americanization pageant, called "A Thoroughfare for Freedom," which will take place on the balcony and steps... |
| Date: | 08 31 1953 |
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| Description: | Marie Oakey, left, and children Genevieve and Jacques du Vair place coins into collection bottles to support a patriotic drive held by the Madison Women's ... |
| Date: | 07 31 1953 |
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| Description: | School children Nancy and Billy Hoppe look at costumes to be worn by actresses in the upcoming Americanization Pageant. |
| Date: | 08 30 1953 |
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| Description: | Portrait of three scouts who will participate in the Americanization Pageant. David Ross (left), member of the Boy Scout Drum and Bugle Corps, holds the Am... |
| Date: | 08 31 1953 |
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| Description: | Three members of the Madison Council of Church Women executive board examine brochures with Jessie Kriel, the Americanism chairman of the Madison Woman's C... |
| Date: | 08 31 1953 |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of a Boy Scouts color guard that participated in the Americanization Pageant. They are, from left: David Ross, David Langhammer, and... |
| Date: | 08 30 1953 |
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| Description: | A crowd gathers on the Capitol lawn to watch the Americanization Pageant, "A Thoroughfare for Freedom," as it is portrayed on the balcony of the East wing.... |
| Date: | 10 29 1954 |
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| Description: | Governor Walter Kohler signs a proclamation making November 11, 1954 the first Veterans Day in Wisconsin. Looking on, left to right, are: Francis Lorbecki ... |
| Date: | 02 22 1956 |
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| Description: | Three flags are presented to the Brownie troops at Schenk School by members of the American Legion Auxiliary. Madelynn Suthers, president of the auxiliary ... |
| Date: | 03 14 1958 |
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| Description: | Madison's four DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution) Good Citizenship winners receive their pins. They are (left to right): Francesca Axley, who made ... |
| Date: | 03 31 1955 |
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| Description: | A man is holding up one end of an American flag, and a boy and girl are holding up the other end. Several rows of seated children are looking on in the bac... |
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