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02
50 Years of 50 States: Wisconsin
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Nickname: Badger State
Date Ratified: May 29, 1848 (30th)
Capital: Madison
Map of Wisconsin
- Emil Seidel became the first socialist mayor of a large American city when he was elected mayor of Milwaukee in 1910.
- Tammy Baldwin of Madison, is the first (and only, so far) openly lesbian U.S. Representative.
- In March of 1854 , protesters meet at a schoolhouse in Ripon to debate the Kansas-Nebraska Act. Ultimately the group would end up creating the Republican Party.
- The state flag of Wisconsin was originally designed in 1863, but was not officially adopted until 1913. The North American Vexillological Association (remember them?) ranks the flag as one of the worst 10 flag designs in North America.
Flag of Wisconsin
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…If I may add a couple items of architectural importance:
- Frank Lloyd Wright, “the greatest American architect,” was born in Richland Center, WI in 1867. His summer home and school (Taliesin) is still viewable in the town of Spring Green.
-The most visually striking section of The Milwaukee Art Museum was completed in 2001 and is Santiago Calatrava's first American commission. It consists of a moving sunscreen that opens to 217 feet, arching over Lake Michigan like the wings of a bird. (You have to see it)
-The strangest attraction I have ever been to is called House On The Rock, and is also located in Spring Green,WI. Just trust me. http://bit.ly/4gpF2g