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A crowd around the fountain at the "Rally to Save the American Dream" protest in support of Wisconsin. Dupont Circle, Washington, DC.
Maj. Gen. Paul Knapp, Wisconsin’s adjutant general, and senior Wisconsin National Guard officials welcomed home approximately 260 Soldiers of the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 157th Maneuver Enhancement Brigade at Dane County Regional Airport Saturday, July 29. The 157th returned from a nine-month deployment to Djibouti, Africa in support of Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, which conducts operations to enhance partner nation capacity, promote regional stability, dissuade conflict, and protect U.S. and coalition interests. (Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs photo by Vaughn R. Larson)
These images were made during a journey down Rustic Road 97 in Marinette County on June 24, 2017.
R-97 is a curvy, hilly route passing through wooded areas that often form a scenic canopy over the road, as well as some outstanding agricultural vistas.
Wisconsin's Rustic Roads system was created to preserve many of the state's scenic, lightly traveled country roads. Features of Rustic Roads include rugged terrain, native vegetation and wildlife, or open areas with agricultural vistas.
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Built in 1923-1925, this Classical Revival-style building was designed by J. H. Findorff and Son to house the main Masonic Temple of the city of Madison. The building is faced with limestone with a boxy massing, taking inspiration from the earlier Greek Revival style, with a doric portico featuring massive fluted doric columns that taper towards the capitals and flanked by doric pilasters and decorative urns that feature doric fluted column bases and pilasters that taper towards the base, a cornice, a parapet with stepped sections enclosing a low-slope roofs, the words “Temple of Freemasons” carved into the parapet over the entrance, an architrave with the words “Let There Be Light” carved into it over the portico, one-over-one windows with recessed metal spandrel panels on the second and third floors, entrance doors with decorative headers featuring acroterions, doors with transoms and roman lattice motif screens, belt coursing with Greek Key motif, recessed panels at bays on the side facade facing Johnson Street, a large rear wing housing a massive interior hall that is faced with pilasters on the Johnson Street facade, and buff brick cladding on the side and rear facades that face the interior of the block. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990, and remains in use as the Wisconsin Masonic Center, though today, it serves as an event venue, as well as housing offices and chambers for the freemasons.
Built in 1940-1941, this Gothic Revival-style building houses the congregation of Bethel Lutheran Church, replacing an earlier building that is located on Hamilton Street. The building features a latin cross layout with a fieldstone exterior, a red shingle gabled roof, gothic arched lancet stained glass windows, buttresses, an oriel window on the Wisconsin Avenue facade, a bell tower with buttresses at the corners, a crenellated parapet, and large gothic arched louver openings, a rear wing with buttresses, a crenellated parapet, pinnacles, and tall windows, and a contemporary addition on the southwest end of the building. The church today takes up most of its block, and has grown substantially from its roots as a small Norwegian Lutheran church that it was founded as in 1853.
Scholar & Donor Recognition Event. This was held on Thursday, October 23rd, 2014. The event took place in the Ballroom of the Student Center. Students were recognized and honored, as well as donors.
A Wisconsin State Program NSP existing site at Park Ave and Rose St.
Photo Credit: Michelle Bowman
Photo Courtesy of: ADVOCAP
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️ Wisconsin Concrete Park — Price County’s Folk‑Art Landmark
The Wisconsin Concrete Park is an outdoor sculpture environment in Phillips, WI, created by self‑taught artist Fred Smith beginning in 1948. It contains more than 200 life‑size and larger‑than‑life concrete-and-glass figures depicting local history, legends, and American heroes.
🎨 Origins & Artist: Fred Smith (1886–1976)
• Smith was a Price County native, a lumberjack, tavern owner, farmer, and dance‑hall musician.
• At age 63, in 1948, he began building the sculptures that would become the Wisconsin Concrete Park.
• He used wooden frames wrapped in mink wire, covered them with hand‑mixed cement, and decorated them with broken glass, bottles, and found objects—often donated by visitors.
• His subjects ranged from local acquaintances to mythic and historical figures such as Ben Hur, Abraham & Mary Lincoln, Sacajawea, and Paul Bunyan.
Smith’s work is considered one of America’s most unique folk‑art environments, a Northwoods counterpart to places like the Dickeyville Grotto or the John Michael Kohler Arts Center’s preserved environments.
🗿 The Sculpture Environment
• Over 200 concrete figures, many arranged in elaborate tableaux.
• Themes include:
• Logging and Northwoods life
• American history and frontier mythology
• Local characters and personal stories
• Horses, wagons, animals, and heroic scenes
• The use of colored glass gives the sculptures a jewel‑like quality in sunlight.
The park is recognized as one of the Seven Man‑Made Wonders of Northwest Wisconsin.
️ Preservation & Ownership
• After Smith’s death in 1976, the Kohler Foundation purchased the site to ensure its preservation.
• It was later gifted to Price County, which maintains it today through the Forestry & Parks and Tourism departments, with support from the Friends of Fred Smith, Inc.
• Restoration is ongoing due to the fragility of concrete folk art in Wisconsin’s climate.
️ Visiting the Park
Location: N8236 State Highway 13, Phillips, WI 54555
Features & Amenities
• Open 24/7, best viewed in daylight.
• Picnic area, parking, restrooms, trails, and information area.
• Historic Smith home on site, with a seasonal Countryside Artists Gifts & Gallery.
• Educational/programming building available for reservation.
• Pet‑friendly (leashed; pets not allowed inside buildings).
from Copilot