Buseum offers mobile history lesson with modern relevance
July 11, 2021 6:54 PM
Anna Hansen
MADISON, Wis. — A history lesson on wheels pumped the brakes on State Street today to offer people a free glimpse into the Midwest 100 years ago.
Michael Luick-Thrams’s Bus-eum has been cruising around the midwest since 2003, making pit stops in different states. It’s meant to highlight the childhood era of the Greatest Generation, featuring five focus topics: the Cow War, the 1918 pandemic, the anti-german sentiment during world war 1, the prohibition, and the Ku Klux Klan.
“This really is looking at the prequel, the backstories of those men who got off in Normandy and stormed the beach to chase Hitler,” said Luick-Thrams. “What were they weaned on? What did they grow up on?”