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This Week in History: April 17-23, 2017
for human events ever resemble those of preceding times.”
Machiavelli
April 17
1704 – John Campbell publishes in Boston the first successful U.S. newspaper.
1865 – Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in President Lincoln’s assassination. She owns the boarding house where her son John Surratt, along with John Wilkes Booth and others, conspire to kill the president. She is hanged on July 7th with three others convicted of the conspiracy. Mary, aged 42, is the first woman executed by order of the U.S. government.
1924 – Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures, and Louis B. Mayer Company merge to form MGM.
Milwaukee Riverkeeper, Rock the Green partner for spring cleanup
Every spring, Milwaukee Riverkeeper gathers thousands of volunteers to clean up trash along the Milwaukee River.
MILWAUKEE - Thousands of volunteers were cleaning up along the Milwaukee River Saturday to close out Earth Week for the Milwaukee Riverkeeper organization’s 26th year of the event. The trash is never-ending, said Jennifer Bolger Breceda, Milwaukee Riverkeeper executive director.
Every spring, Milwaukee Riverkeeper gathers thousands of volunteers to clean up trash along the Milwaukee River. After dealing with the pandemic over the past year, this year s cleanup hits home. During this year of COVID I think we all found solace and refuge in our natural places, and it s just a really great way to get people out and about caring for the community, said Bolger Breceda.
Artists collect Milwaukee River rubbish for community mosaic
Artists gather Milwaukee River trash for community mosaic
Artworks for Milwaukee and the Northwest Side Community Development Corporation collected 5,000 bottle caps for a youth community art project.
MILWAUKEE - Trash, plastic and more trash fill the Milwaukee River. And one person s trash was one group s treasure on Saturday.
A group of artists took part in the Milwaukee Riverkeeper s cleanup on April 24. They were looking for something specific among the rubbish near 35th and Congress.
Artworks for Milwaukee and the Northwest Side Community Development Corporation collected 5,000 bottle caps for a youth community art project.
On April 22, 1970, millions of Americans rallied together to protect the right of all of us to live free from environmental hazard and harm. On that first Earth Day, they gathered all across America on college campuses, in public parks, and State capitals galvanized by a vision of a healthier, more prosperous Nation where all people could thrive. Their untiring spirit sparked a national movement for environmental protection that endures today in the bedrock laws that protect the air we breathe, the water we drink, and treasured wild places and wildlife.
Earth Day was primarily conceived and brought to life by a dedicated public servant: the late Senator Gaylord Nelson of Wisconsin. Senator Nelson and his wife, Carrie Lee -– who herself passed away just last month –- were both dear friends who changed my life; it was Senator Nelson who helped persuade me to remain in the Senate after losing my first wife and daughter in a car accident in 1972. Sena