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Martial Arts Elvis:

August 16th marks the 35th anniversary of Elvis’s death. And while many people will make the pilgrimage to Graceland to mark the occasion, commentator Dean Robbins tells us about a place a little closer to home.

Dean Robbins is the editor of Isthmus, Madison’s alternative weekly.

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Civil War Week: The Letters of Chalmers Ingersoll:

The Civil War split families. But it also brought people together. Commentator Sarah Covington shares her family’s story of love in the middle of war.

This story commemorates Wisconsin’s role in the Civil War on its 150th anniversary.

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Woodstock in Wisconsin
Today, The story of “Wisconsin’s Woodstock.” 40 years ago this weekend, long-haired hippies and flower children from across the Midwest converged on a small Wisconsin farm for a weekend of peace, love and music –including a band people were just beginning to talk about at the time – The Grateful Dead. Historian Michael Edmonds tells the story…