Winneconne is a small town in Wisconsin located a little to the west of Oshkosh and Lake Winnebago. This is the only town in Wisconsin ever to announce it planned to secede from the state.
Back in 1967, they were left off the official state map. All there was was a dot between lake Poygan and Winnebago. The town was unhappy with Governor Knowles' response and decided they would try to secede.
With tongue-in-cheek, the Sovereign State of Winneconne came into being, like Key West's Conch Republic. A flag was created and a festival planned. They even had a state animal, the skunk; state flower, poison ivy and state bird, the dodo.
The Sovereign State came into being July 21, 1967.
Governor Knowles apologized by phone at 4 pm, and in 1968, the town of Winneconne magically appeared on state maps.
This year the festival honoring the even will be July 16th to 18th. Sounds like fun.
Those Cheeseheads!! Too Many Brats and Too Much Beer. --RoadDog
RoadDog's RoadLog Blog: Being my travels down those great two lane highways of this nation as well as news I learn about them from media sources. Since I'm also very interested in historic preservation, there will be a lot of that as well.
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