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The Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was established in 1866, as an old soldiers' home in the then northwestern region of United States. [4] The Wisconsin Soldiers' Home Society transferred the money and property already acquired by that group to the federal effort for the National Asylum for Disabled ...
Battle Mountain Sanitarium in Hot Springs, South Dakota. The National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was established on March 3, 1865, in the United States by Congress to provide care for volunteer soldiers who had been disabled through loss of limb, wounds, disease, or injury during service in the Union forces in the American Civil War.
Wisconsin is currently divided into 8 congressional districts, each represented by a member of the United States House of Representatives. After the 2020 census, the number of Wisconsin's seats remained unchanged. Wisconsin’s congressional districts are an example of partisan gerrymandering, in this case in favor of the Republican Party.
First public housing project in the U.S., built in 1923 by the City of Milwaukee under socialist mayor Daniel Hoan to ease the city's housing shortage, based on ideas from Britain's garden city movement. 62: German-English Academy: German-English Academy: April 11, 1977 : 1020 N. Broadway
U.S. Highway 12 (US 12 or Highway 12) in the U.S. state of Wisconsin runs east–west across the western to southeast portions of the state. It enters from Minnesota running concurrently with Interstate 94 (I-94) at Hudson, parallels the Interstate to Wisconsin Dells, and provides local access to cities such as Menomonie, Eau Claire, Black River Falls, Tomah, and Mauston.
The 35-story 100 East at 100 E. Wisconsin Ave., photographed in Milwaukee on Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2021. The 495-foot 100 East is switching from office tower to apartments .
This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. National Historic Landmarks are designated by the U.S. National Park Service, which recognizes buildings, structures, districts, objects, and sites which satisfy certain criteria for historic significance. There are 45 National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin.
The RNC is planning to be in Milwaukee July 15-18 and thousands of people from across the country and outside of the United States will be in Wisconsin when the party officially nominates its ...