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Memorial Day Activities
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Members of the Women's Relief Corps scattered flowers on the waters of Lake Mendota in honor of Navy and Air Force dead as part of Memorial Day services in Madison.
May 30, 1952
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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Memorial Day Activities
May 30, 1952
Two veterans with a confederate flag in front of Confederate Rest in Forest Hill Cemetery during Madison's Memorial Day ceremonies.
Memorial Day Activities
May 30, 1952
Part of the crowd gathered on the Capitol Square in Madison to watch the Memorial Day parade.
Memorial Day Activities
May 30, 1952
Eighty-two-year-old William N. Nichols holding a flag during Memorial Day services at the Wisconsin State Capitol. He is the son of a Union Civil War veteran and he served with the Pennsylvania mil...
Memorial Day Activities
May 30, 1952
The unveiling of a marble monument dedicated to Madison's war dead at Forest Hill Cemetery as part of Madison's Memorial Day ceremonies. At the right of the monument is Attorney Lyall T. Beggs, pas...
Seaspur, Class E Sailboat
July 1, 1952
The Seaspur, a Class E sailboat, is shown under full sail on Lake Mendota. It was the winner in the 1952 Fourth of July Mendota Yacht Club Handicap race.
Aerial View of Madison General Hospital
October 17, 1952
Aerial view of Madison General Hospital and the surrounding Greenbush and Vilas neighborhoods with Camp Randall and Lake Mendota in the background.
