The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1897-11-27
Plans for Celebrating the 5Oth
Anniversary.
To the Citizens of Wisconsin:

To the Citizens Of Wisconsin:
The fftieth anniversary of the ap-
prevail of the act of Congress admitting
Wisconsin to the Federal Union, will
occur upon May 29tn, 1898; and the
iftieth anniversary of the ceremony of
taking the oath of Office, by the first
elective State officers, upon June 7th,
1898.
Appropriate observances IN COM
memOration of these events are, we feel
assured, generally desired by the peo-
pie of our State, to the end that there
may be fostered among us that spirit Of
historic consciousness which is the
source of civic pride anC patriotism.
The several program committees
which were the ourgrowth of the Com
mittee of One Hundred, at the final
meeting ofthe latter, in Milwaukee, a
few months ago-have outlined plans
lows:
l. County pioneer celebrations, to
be held at each county seat upon Satur-
day, May 2Sth, 1898 (tor the 10Th falls
upon Sunday, and the 30th is Memorial
Day.. These celebrations to be, SO far
as possible, under the control of local
historical or earlysettler societies, eth
er already organized, or at once to be
organized. with tins end IN view.
.. A general State celebration, of a
military, literary and historical charac-
ter, to be held at Madison, the seat of
State government, upon Tuesday, We'd
nesday, and Thursday, June eth, Sth,
and 9th. 1898. The eth of June has been
declared by the legislature legal holt
day, ana the programme upon that day
is in the hands of the governor; the
proposition is to extend the celebration
through the Sth and 9th, under the
guidance of the peoples committee.
). A carnival at Milwaukee, the met
ropolis of the State, from June 9th to
July I'd, to graphically represent the
business and industrial development of
the commonwealth during the last fifty
years.
AT a meeting of the Executive Com
mittee of the State Historical Society,
held on the Goth of October, the follow
ing resolutions were adopted:
Resolved: That the State Historical
Society of Wisconsin views with great
interest the preparations now under
way for the semi-ce celebration
proposed to be held at Madison, the
seat OF State government, upon the 9TH,
Sth, and 9th of June, 1898. and at Mil
waukee, the metropolis of the State,
from June 9th TO July Cd, 1898 1t con-
sders the proper observance of the an
nlversarv year as OF much importance
to the people OF the State, believing
that it will awaken stirring historic
memories and foster civic pride, there
by conducting to tie cause of good citi-
zenship within our borders. 1t there
fore bespeaks for these several celebra-
tons the hearty cooperation of Wis
consln men and women, wherever they
may be.
Resolved; That the Society advises
and requests the immediate formation
OF local and county historical and earlv-
settler associations, to develop the his
torical spirit in their several commun
ties, to aid and direct local celebra-
tons at the several county seats on the
18th OF Nav next, and, as further
mode of semi centennial observance, to
gather for preservation within the
archives of this society (as the trustee
of the State) whatever historical ma
terial may be found within their Dor