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Iraq War Protest

Date: 02 15 2003
Description: Veterans of various wars marching during a protest against the war in Iraq. New York and New Jersey leaders of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War played ...
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Civil War Monument in the Cambridge Village Square

Date: 11 01 2014
Description: Stone monument topped with a statue of a civil war soldier holding his rifle. The monument reads: "Dedicated to the soldiers and sailors of the Civil War 1...
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Art As War

Date: 2013
Description: Graffiti on the wall next to the doorway of the Hollywood Theatre. On the left is a stenciled image of a girl wearing a jumper and on the right is the text...
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Schulz Barn — Alternate View

Date: 2004
Description: Everett Schulz is involved with Civil War Reenactors. He is dressed in the garb of units they represent — the 4th Kentucky and the 1st Alabama.
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Civil War Tree

Date: 07 2014
Description: A large Bur Oak tree is shading a sign for Vesuvio's Little Italy restaurant on the corner of Washington and South 7th Street. Brick buildings across the s...
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Protesters at Bush-Cheney Rally

Date: 05 07 2004
Description: Protesters hold political signs outside Bush-Cheney rally. One sign reads: "Bush is a whore for the dogs of war" and the other reads: "Bush sucks."
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Faulkner Country

Date: 01 2014
Description: Elevated view of the Lafayette County Courthouse from the balcony of Square Books bookstore. Christmas lights, wreaths, and garlands decorate the square, c...
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Camp Randall

Date: 09 2013
Description: The preserved guardhouse on the site of Camp Randall under a protective awning. The guardhouse is made of wood and has metal screening in the small window ...
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Heafford Junction Service Station

Date: 2008
Description: When Phil Kilinski built this unique Dutch Mill gas station six miles north of Tomahawk in the mid 1940s, he created a whimsical attraction that successful...
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Ceremony at Normandy Groundbreaking

Date: 08 28 2004
Description: The Normandy Interpretive Center groundbreaking ceremony. Soldiers carrying the American flag march between two tents filled with guests. Participants in t...
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Capitol Square

Date: 08 2013
Description: View of the statue of Hans Christian Heg, with the Wisconsin State Capital in the background. Taken shortly before noon, the sculpture is silhouetted at th...
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Overpass Light Brigade

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Members of the Overpass Light Brigade, a Wisconsin activist group, are standing in a semicircle holding up boards painted black with letters formed by ligh...
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Bandolier Bag

Date: 2016
Description: A beaded dance bag, which was once presented to General J.C. Starkweather by a Menominee Indian.
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Student Union Movement Protesting Outside the Republican Presidential Debate

Date: 11 10 2015
Description: Young women and men holding up a banner reading: "Student Union Movement," a social justice group based out of Milwaukee Area Technical College. Other peop...

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