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The Wisconsin Historical Society will not fly its pride flag at its headquarters in Madison during Pride Month for the first ...
The Wisconsin Historical Society's decision to not fly the Pride flag over its building this June faced criticism from inside the agency, according to an anonymous employee.
The Wisconsin Historical Society will not fly an LGBTQ+ pride flag over its building this June, breaking the organization's ...
Information learned since the wreck was placed on the Wisconsin and national historic place registers in 2003 determined the ...
Angler Christopher Thuss stumbled upon the scuttled tugboat "J.C. Ames," which was located just nine feet below the surface ...
The J.C. Ames tugboat, sunk in 1923, was recently found by angler Christopher Thuss in Lake Michigan, revealing a piece of ...
Christopher Thuss was fishing on a foggy evening near Manitowoc, Wisconsin, when his sonar detected something strange beneath ...
A schooner that sank more than 150 years ago in Lake Michigan off of Baileys Harbor has been re-listed on the State Register ...
The evolving exhibit has been on display in Oshkosh, Eau Claire, Wausau and most recently at the Wisconsin Historical Society headquarters in Madison. The latest version looks back at the half-century ...
The Wisconsin Historical Society and Old World Wisconsin are opening a historic tavern on May 17, 2025. Wittnebel's Tavern, established in 1906, has been restored to recreate a post-Prohibition ...