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Taproom History- Coming of Age, Wisconsin and the Civil War
August 12th 2021
920-467-4667
Tap Room History continues on Thursday, August 12, 2021 at 6:30pm with Dr. Kerry Trask as he presents, Coming of Age, Wisconsin and the Civil War. This program takes place at Chris & Sue’s, W3820 County Rd C, Plymouth and is sponsored by the Sheboygan County Historical Research Center. Note the change in venue. The Civil War did more than just end slavery, historian Terry Trask said. “It’s a war of almost national liberation,” Trask said. “It’s a war of independence for Wisconsin and the Midwest.” Almost 49 percent of military age men in Wisconsin served in the Civil War, he said. “They would be there slugging it out, dying by the thousands,” Trask said. “It was this whole colonial thing. A sense of inferiority. All a sudden, they’re having their faces rubbed into it,” he said. Trask said constant comparisons to the more sophisticated east gave Midwesterners an inferiority complex. The election of Illinois born Abraham Lincoln to President started to change attitudes. Stop in, have a burger and a drink and listen to the ever-fascinating Dr. Kerry Trask. This program is free and open to the public.
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