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Article: Five flags framework of sesquicentennial
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- October 2, 2009
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It was to be quite an event, majestic and memorable. After all, a
community does not celebrate 150 years of existence everyday. This
sesquicentennial event would be so large in concept that it would
include not only the celebrant, Dubuque, but the surrounding area as
well.
It was 1938 and the planning had begun long months prior to the
celebration. To assemble the required cast of 600 persons was in
itself a considerable endeavor. The "Stirring Spectacle of Historic
Dubuque" had to be put into narrative form, music selected for
presentations, dates decided upon and (the big one) funding had to
be acquired.
The easiest part proved to be choosing the date: Aug. 17-21 were
chosen with a ...