Milwaukee's Menagerie: Yacob the Hippo
Forget Shark Week, back in 1913 Milwaukee had Hippo Week from April 13 through 20.
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MPL Blogs: Explore By Tag
Showing entries tagged: History
The Americans on D-Day by Martin K. A. Morgan
Experience the all-important Normandy invasion through some of D-Day's most incredible photographs.
Read moreHildegard Chada: A Depression-Era Pioneer
Can you imagine walking 2 miles to work everyday, with all your supplies carried in an onion sack over your shoulder, and once you've made it there you still have to climb up an 85-foot ladder?
Read moreZona Gale: the Pulitzer Prize Winner of Portage
If we want to talk about important Wisconsin women, we cannot fail to mention Zona Gale.
Read moreThe Milwaukee Woman Who Resisted The Reich
Only one American woman was ever executed by direct order of Adolf Hitler, and that woman was born right here in Milwaukee. Her name was Mildred Fish-Harnack, and she was amazing.
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