Good morning.
It’s a one-in-five chance of thunderstorms with a high of 100 for Whitewater’s Independence Day.
Two-hundred thirty-six years ago, the Continental Congress adopted the Declaration, having voted for a separation from Britain two days earlier.
Today, at the Whitewater 4th of July Festival —
Festival Website: http://www.ww4th.com.
Wednesday, July 4th
10:00 AM – Festival Opens
– Midway by Christman Amusement Opens
– American Legion Beer Tent Opens
– Food Vendors Open
8:00 AM – 3:00 PM – 28th Annual Car Show (Registration Form)
9:45 AM – Whippet City Mile Run (Entry Form)
10:00 AM – Whitewater’s 4th of July Parade
12:00 Noon – Minneiska Ski Show on beautiful Cravath Lake
Live Music Stage
1:30PM – 3:30PM – Steve Meisner Band – (www.stevemeisner.com)
4:00PM – 7:30PM – Glenn Davis – (www.silvermoonblues.com)
8:00PM – 11:30PM – The Blue Olives – (www.blueolives.com)
10:00 PM – FIREWORKS sponsored by The Coburn Company
12 Midnight – Festival Closes (see you next year!)
In Wisconsin history on this day, the
Wisconsin Territory [Was] Created
On this date in Mineral Point, Col. Henry Dodge took the oath of office to become the first Governor of the newly created Territory of Wisconsin. The Territory, previously attached to Michigan, encompassed what is now the states of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota and portions of North and South Dakota. [Source: History Just Ahead: A Guide to Wisconsin’s Historical Markers, edited by Sarah Davis McBride]
Via Wisconsin Historical Society.
Google’s daily puzzle asks about a French doctor’s research today: “The part of your brain that controls the production of language is in a region named after a man. The same man also has a disease named after him. What is it?”