From: "Zachary F. Dickhut" <zacdickhut@yahoo.com> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 09:41:18 -0600 Subject: Community Symbols of the Revolutionary War Message-Id: <C4356031-F814-46B9-9424-7C31F7C4EE78@yahoo.com>
Hello All,
I’m Zac Dickhut, assistant curator with the Wisconsin Veterans Museu
m. Ahead of the nation’s 250th anniversary, I’m working on a
project identifying public symbols related to the Revolutionary War located
in Wisconsin communities.
When our state was opened for white settlement, the war and the constitution
al convention were within living memory, and many symbols now scatter the st
ate. I’m seeking to form a comprehensive list of these symbols, incl
uding namesakes.
Examples include (but are not limited to)
Public memorials and statues
Street names
City/municipality names
School names
Grave markers of revolutionary veterans (of which there are a few)
Some finite examples:
Green County (named after Nathaniel Green) Washington County (named after Ge
orge Washington) streets in downtown Madison being named after signers of th
e Constitution, Madison itself being named after the architect of the Consti
tution, etc.
Please reply (not reply all) to this email in the coming days with any known
public references in your communities or areas to revolutionary figures.
Thanks in advance,
Zac Dickhut