WASHINGTON,
July 21, 2017
/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile
America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
WINNECONNE
SECESSION
Profile America — Friday, July 21st. Fifty years ago today,
Winneconne, Wisconsin declared its
independence. Residents were annoyed that their town of some 1,300
was accidentally left off the state's 1967 road map. Unsatisfied
with Wisconsin's apology, they
seceded. Upon forming the Sovereign State of Winneconne, the
secessionist government set up toll-gates at the border, plotted to
annex nearby Oshkosh, good
naturedly declared war on the United
States, and contemplated seeking annexation by another state
with better weather. Wisconsin's
then governor negotiated a settlement satisfactory to the rebels.
Winneconne rejoined Wisconsin just after midnight on July 22nd. An annual Sovereign State Days
celebration commemorates the event in the town now grown to 2,400
residents. Profile America is in its 21st year as a public
service of the U.S. Census Bureau.
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winneconne,_Wisconsin#Secession_and_sovereign_statehood
Secession
actions and 1967 population/accessed 5/3/2017:
https://www.protectedplanet.net/country/US
https://books.google.com/books?id=pYrlk8fDC50C&pg=PA216&lpg=PA216&dq=winneconne+declares+war+on+united+states&source=bl&ots=NJBVoFtljQ&sig=KKNepCAzwAlcxwsawGv8Ylco9dI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj90fPPw9TTAhVPw2MKHer5DesQ6AEILTAC#v=onepage&q=winneconne%20declares%20war%20on%20united%20states&f=false
Threatens
war/accessed 5/3/2017:
http://archives.chicagotribune.com/1968/10/27/page/240/article/winneconne-declares-war-on-the-united-states
Commemorations/accessed
5/3/2017:
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/story/news/local/2014/07/19/winneconne-sovereign-state-parade-events/12889767/
Winneconne
population
estimate:
https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/community_facts.xhtml?src=bkmk
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