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Highlights from Struggle Bob Fest: Chris Hedges
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By Chris Hedges
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Fighting Bob La Follette Plaque Unveiled in State Capitol
The Raging Grannies of Madison joined Wisconsin Secretary of State Doug La Follette and dozens of onlookers in the state capitol today to unveil a new plaque dedicated to La Follette’s great-grandfather, “Fighting Bob” La Follette.
Robert M. La Follette was born in Primrose Wisconsin in 1855, and was elected to the US House of Representatives, US Senate, and Governor of Wisconsin at the turn of the 20th century. A staunch Progressive, Fighting Bob ran for President as a third party candidate twice, once in 1912, and again in 1924, where he won over 16% of the popular vote. Fighting Bob died while serving as a US Senator in 1925.
Now, almost 100 years after his death, Fighting Bob is commemorated with not only a bust, but a plaque outlining his achievements and his fight for progressive politics.
Doug La Follette, who has served as Secretary of State since 1982, first got the idea to install a plaque on the bust of Fighting Bob during the pandemic. After two years of back and forth with the committee overseeing the capitol building, that plaque is now in place.
Getting the plaque in the capitol was not an easy task, La Follette says. When he first brought the idea to the committee, it was outright denied, and th
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524 pp., 6.125 x 9.25, 18 illus., 4 figs., appends., notes, index
- E-book EPUB ISBN: 978-0-8078-3920-1
Published: December 2012 - Paperback ISBN: 978-0-8078-4772-5
Published: March 1999 - E-book PDF ISBN: 979-8-8908-7090-2
Published: December 2012
Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture and the University of North Carolina Press
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Awards & distinctions
2000 Homer Babbidge Prize, Association for the Study of Connecticut History
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