Message-ID: <SNT104-W2348B17A4BD213D1B93E20A10C0@phx.gbl> From: Destinee Udelhoven <destineekae@hotmail.com> Subject: Portage's Indian Agency House to Celebrate Flag Day Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2012 15:40:40 -0500
JOIN US FOR OUR ANNUAL
FLAG DAY CELEBRATION!
The National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the
State of Wisconsin
(NSCDA-WI) will again host their annual Flag Day Celebration Picnic and Pro
gram
on Saturday, June 16 on the grounds of the Historic Indian Agency House
, proudly owned and operated since 1932 by the Wisconsin Dames.
This patriotic event begins with a social hour at 11:30, an
open-air luncheon at noon, with the program to follow. Lunch will be cat
ered by Portage’s Trail’s Lounge, with an
all-American menu of pulled pork barbeque sandwiches, fresh fruit, and
pasta
salad, a choice of lemonade or tea, and a brownie dessert. The program
portion
of the day will begin with a ceremonial raising of the United States flag b
y visiting Girl Scouts,
followed by featured speaker Lee Somerville, author of Wisconsin Historic
al
Society Press’s Vintage Wisconsin
Gardens.
Somerville, an avid gardener and historian, will share her
research related to Wisconsin gardening.
Included in her discussion will be a focus on the transition from the
well-stocked farm plots that helped sustain new immigrants on the Wisconsin
frontier to the later “leisure-time” gardens of
newly transplanted urban dwellers. Somerville’s
visit is particularly fitting in view of the new Native American garden
underway at the Historic Indian Agency House and a related effort to recrea
te a
“Fort garden” at neighboring Fort Winnebago Surgeons Quarters.
The public is invited and welcome, but please note that
there is a $20 per person fee to attend. Reservations are required and can
be
made at 608-742-6362 or by replying to this email.
Please join us for a day of patriotic camaraderie in a lush
and peaceful setting imbued with American history and culture.
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Destinee K. Udelhoven
Executive Director
Historic Indian Agency House
Portage, Wisconsin
(608) 742 - 6362
The future has a way of arriving unannounced.
~George Will