IT'S FIGHTING BOB'S 150TH BIRTHDAY PRIMROSE MONUMENT MARKS WHERE LA FOLLETTE WAS BORN.(FRONT)

The Capital Times (Madison, WI) | June 14, 2005| | Copyright

Byline: Bill Novak The Capital Times

TOWN OF PRIMROSE -- Nestled deep in the lush, green farmland along County G south of Mount Vernon, in the front yard of John and Joan Judd's farm, is a granite boulder with a bronze plaque affixed to it.

The simple monument, placed on this beautiful, hilly land almost 50 years ago, marks the place where the Progressive political movement in America gained one of its greatest champions.

It is where Robert Marion La Follette was born.

"Fighting Bob" La Follette came into this world 150 years ago today in ...

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