Old World Wisconsin Recalls World War I It is summer 1917, and a company of soldiers from Fond du Lac is just being mobilized for training to take part in the deadly trench warfare that characterized the western front during World War I. They are the soldiers...
Celebrating the Fourth — 19th-Century Style For residents of small rural villages in 19th-century Wisconsin, the annual community Independence Day celebration marked the high point of every summer. At Old World Wisconsin, that same small-town spirit of excitement and patriotic pride will fill the air in...