Zona Gale Celebrates Friendship Village

At the REMEMBRANCE SITE, Silver Lake Cemetery, Cemetery Road off West Wisconsin Street (Hwy. 16) Bring your own seating and bug spray.

10am – Noon

Welcome: Jeff Grothman, Program Director

Kelly Daniel Bleich, Randolph ... educator, poet, conservationist, musician, Zona Gale and Aldo Leopold enthusiast, artist

Museum at the Portage, Peggy Amend, President, Portage Historical Society

Women’s Civic League - Welcome
2011 Cemetery Self-Guided Tour (bus ride available)

At the U.S. Post Office, 215 West Conant Street

9am-Noon

The 2010 Zona Gale commemorative design will be hand-stamped on envelopes and cards brought in. Design by George Staudenmayer.

At the Museum at the Portage, 804 MacFarlane Road

10am – 4pm

Zona Gale home (1928-1938) listed on National Register of Historic Places,
Sociey Hill District - visit Zona Gale study, rose garden and museum exhibits

1:30 pm

Civil War in Song, Presentation by Robert O'Halloran

2:30 pm

Civil War Battlefields - Where Portage Regiments fought, Presentation by Michael Stewart

Two exciting presentations of Civil War Remembrances!

At the Women’s Civic League Clubhouse, 506 West Edgewater

2pm-4pm

Zona Gale home (1906-1928) listed on National Register of Historic Places. Free guided tours. Pie and ice cream on shaded lawn along Wisconsin River. Minimal charge.

Music by Kelly & Karen Bleich.

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Date and Time

Saturday Aug 20, 2011

Saturday, August 20th

Location

Various places throughout Portage, WI

Contact Information

Contact Jeff Grothman: 608-742-2228 (daytime) 608-742-2946(evening)