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Photo: Former Wisconsin Poet Laureate, Kimberly Blaeser
In celebration of National Poetry Month, the Winona Fine Arts Commission is very pleased to announce the final selections for the second year of the public art initiative: The Winona Poetry Walk.
This project consists of original poetry stamped into sidewalks and installation of the poems will be ongoing in summer and fall 2021. Stay tuned for a viewing and poetry reading celebration upon completion of the installations. The FAC requested submissions of original short poems (or parts of poems) and received a wonderful variety of responses. Ten poems have been selected by the following poets: Jerome Christenson, Michael William Doyle, Dan Eastman, Parker Forsell, Nancy Kay Peterson, Marcia Ratliff, Steve Schild, Sabrina Schlichting, and Lucas Stangl. The Fine Arts Commission has also continued their inclusion of one professional poet of renown or public title with a work by former Wisconsin Poet Laureate,
Decorated Vietnam War Veteran Appeals to Biden for Medal of Honor
Captain Bill Hawk Albracht saved more than 150 allied soldiers in daring escape Special forces soldier Bill Albracht with a South Vietnamese soldier (Credit: pritzkermilitary.org) Jack Beyrer • May 1, 2021 5:00 am
In October 1969, Army Captain Bill Hawk Albracht found himself posted at a base in Vietnamese jungle widely considered to be a backwater to the war. Surrounded by thousands of North Vietnamese soldiers, strapped for ammo and water, and with no hope of rescue, Albracht and his team of more than 150 American and South Vietnamese soldiers stared down communist forces armed to the teeth with a slim chance of survival.
Horsetalk.co.nz Was Phar Lap killed by gangsters? Fresh research explores which conspiracies people believe in and why
Phar Lap. (AP)
Almost a third of Australians believe the racehorse Phar Lap’s sudden death in San Francisco in 1932 was the result of poisoning by US gangsters. Researchers Mathew Marques, Jim McLennan, John Kerr, Mathew Ling and Matt Williams discuss their recently published research, which shows the power of conspiracy theories.
These are some classic conspiracy theories that almost everyone has heard about, and a sizeable number of people agree with. But little research has investigated “homegrown” conspiracy theories in Australia and New Zealand, and what drives people in these countries to believe in conspiracies. Are we much different from conspiracy believers elsewhere?