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Landmark 1852 Wisconsin Independence Address Debate
A Baraboo crowd hears a call for education and national unity on Independence Day. The address underscores common-school celebration, youth patriotism, and the duty of parents to guard liberty, praising Washington and the nation’s founding ideals. It notes European revolutions, the spread of liberty, and Wisconsin’s growth, while urging civic responsibility and intellectual progress.
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Messrs
Biuma
Cowans
Maxwell
Case & Taynor
Gaskinen
Mnstasling
N. W. Wilkeler
Baraboo
Friend Y Oeling
Tomnbuwk
Aloe Nm
Beautiful West
wWe
Wisconsin
Pruap
Union
Republic
Avery Hilock
Earth
America
Old World
Lopes
Waly
Austria
Russia
Hungary
Europe
Tropics
Pha Alomonis
Giro
Flood
Plantates
Ull
Breaser
Socind
Noral
Alrerdy
Washington
van Wigeonsin
Air