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| Date: | 02 15 2003 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 11 01 2014 |
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| 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... |
| Location: | 410 East Veterans Memorial Drive |
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| Nearby City: | LaCrosse, LaCrosse County |
| Body of water: | Mississippi River |
| Date: | 2013 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 2004 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 07 2014 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 05 07 2004 |
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| 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." |
| Date: | 01 2014 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Lafayette County Courthouse from the balcony of Square Books bookstore. Christmas lights, wreaths, and garlands decorate the square, c... |
| Date: | 09 2013 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 28 2004 |
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| Description: | The Normandy Interpretive Center groundbreaking ceremony. Soldiers carrying the American flag march between two tents filled with guests. Participants in t... |
| Date: | 08 2013 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| 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... |
| Read about Black history in Wisconsin. There are many links to original documents, pictures, eyewitness accounts, and other primary sources. |
| Date: | 2016 |
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| Description: | A beaded dance bag, which was once presented to General J.C. Starkweather by a Menominee Indian. |
| The History of Modern Immigration in Wisconsin |
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| Discover the economic and cultural changes that brought new immigrants to Wisconsin in the 20th century. |
| Date: | 11 10 2015 |
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| 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... |
| Images of a Milwaukee Manufacturing Powerhouse |
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| Read about one of Milwaukee's most successful manufacturing companies and view vintage photographs of the corporation. |
| Location: | Wind Point Lighthouse 4725 Lighthouse Dr |
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| Nearby City: | Racine, Racine County |
| Body of water: | Lake Michigan |
| View a pictorial review of the Wisconsin State Fair from 1851 when it began. |
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