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Old Abe, American War Eagle program part of Eagle Days

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The Fort Crawford Museum will be open Saturday, Feb. 25, as part of Bald Eagle Appreciation Days in the Prairie du Chien area. There will a special program on Old Abe, American War Eagle, at 2:30 p.m., at the museum
Andrea Hoffman, collections manager, and Russell Horton, reference and outreach archivist from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison, will give a talk with images on Old Abe.

Old Abe was an American Bald Eagle. The eagle was the mascot of the 8th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the American Civil War. Later, his image was adopted as the eagle appearing on a globe in Case Corporation’s logo and as the screaming eagle on the insignia of the U.S. Army’s 101st Airborne Division.

Hoffman and Horton will present a history from the time the eagle joined the 8th Wisconsin Infantry in 1861 through the destruction of its remains in a fire in 1904, covering its wartime exploits as well as its life as a veteran at the State Capitol. They will also bring Old Abe’s story up to the 21st century, examining the national controversy about Old Abe’s gender and how the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, in collaboration with the University of Wisconsin Biotechnology Center, finally solved the century old mystery using cutting edge technology.

Fort Crawford Museum will be open on Feb. 25, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The presentation on Old Abe is free, but donations are always appreciated. For more information, contact the museum at 326-6960.

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