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Armed Forces Day Observed with a Parade Around the Capitol Square

Date: 05 09 1964
Description: Navy servicemen parade around the Capitol Square in observance of Armed Forces Day in Madison. The theme of the day-long event held at Truax Field is "Powe...
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United States Flag on the Park Motor Inn on Flag Day

Date: 06 11 1964
Description: The United States flag flying over the Park Motor Inn on Flag Day.
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Governor Kohler on Inauguration Day

Date: 01 01 1951
Description: Chief Justice Oscar M. Fritz and incumbent Governor Walter J. Kohler Jr. stand at the podium on inauguration day.
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Memorial Day Parade

Date: 05 31 1954
Description: Children lining the street for the Memorial Day parade around Capitol Square.
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Nelson and 2nd Earth Day

Date: 04 20 1971
Description: Wisconsin Senator Gaylord Nelson, who is credited with conceiving of Earth Day, listens while Wisconsin Governor Patrick J. Lucey addresses the Wisconsin L...
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Loyalty Day Parade

Date: 03 31 1917
Description: Elevated view of men carrying flags marching down State Street from the Wisconsin State Capitol in a Loyalty Day Parade.
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Earth Day March near Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 04 21 1970
Description: Crowd gathering for the first Earth Day march. Someone is holding the ecology flag. The Wisconsin State Capitol is in the background.
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Lincoln Day Dinner

Date: 02 14 1950
Description: Dozens of Dane County Republicans are shown seated at Turner Hall at the Lincoln Day Dinner eating boxed chicken.
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Labor Day Parade Reviewing Stand

Date: 09 01 1952
Description: Reviewing stand at the Labor Day parade on Capitol Square.
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Lincoln Day Dinner

Date: 02 14 1950
Description: Two "young" Rebublicans, Dorothea and Lyle Siggilkow, McFarland, are shown enjoying a fried chicken box supper at the Lincoln Day Dinner.
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Loyalty Day Parade

Date: 04 06 1918
Description: Detail of a group of civilian men in the Loyalty Day parade.
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Lincoln Day Dinner Committee

Date: 02 01 1955
Description: The committee in charge of arrangements for the 5th Annual Lincoln Day Dinner of the Republican party.
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World Day of Prayer Planning

Date: 02 1960
Description: Three women discuss plans for observance of the World Day of Prayer to be held at Bethel Lutheran Church. Left to right, they are: Mrs. Nadeen Roehm, 1961 ...
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Earth Day March

Date: 04 21 1970
Description: People walking near a bus before the first Earth Day march. One man is holding up an ecology flag. In the background people are standing on the sidewalk un...
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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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Flag Day Ceremony

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: The Belleville American Legion post champion drill team raising the flag during Flag Day ceremonies at the Madison Veterans Administration Hospital.
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Annual Lincoln Day Dinner

Date: 02 12 1956
Description: United States Senator Alexander Wiley and his wife attend the annual Lincoln Day dinner at the Dane County Fairgrounds.
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Veterans Day

Date: 11 11 1960
Description: Outdoor portrait of a woman holding a US flag. "Many women - like this one — became misty-eyed during the solemn Veterans Day ceremony as they thought of t...
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National Housing Day Groundbreaking

Date: 06 14 1935
Description: At ceremonies held in observance of National Housing Day, Mayor James R. Law and members of the Madison Building Industries Committee are shown breaking gr...
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Poppy Day Sale Participants

Date: 05 23 1944
Description: Mayor Halsey Kraege buys the first poppy from Mrs. John Coyne, Veterans of Foreign Wars Poppy Day sale chairman of the VFW Auxiliary. Left to right: Joseph...

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