The traveling Sesquicentennial banner made its way my home town of Northfield yesterday, hosted by our local public libray. (I blogged the event with 18 photos on a community site. Here are 5 of them. Click to enlarge.)
The most interesting part for me was the the leather-bound journal accompanying the banner in which visitors are invited to write their thoughts about Minnesota and the Sesquicentennial. Here’s what I wrote (right photo) with minor edits:
I grew up near Mendota but have lived here in Northfield since 1974. I love this town and this state! However, I would like the state legislature and the governor to make a formal apology to Minnesota Indian tribes for the ethnic cleansing and other crimes that were committed before and after statehood. The apology would go a long way to helping the wounds heal. - Griff Wigley