On Tuesday, October 1, at 7PM, at the Vernon County Museum and History Center, Wisconsin author and UW Eau Claire English professor B.J. Hollars will talk about his new book, Wisconsin for Kennedy: The Primary that Launched a President and Changed the Course of History. When John F. Kennedy ran for president in 1960, his first battleground state was Wisconsin—a state that would prove more arduous, more exhausting, and more crucial to winning the presidency than any other.
JFK campaigned in Viroqua in September of 1959, and in Hillsboro in March of 1960. Come to hear this timely and insightful program, and to share your own stories of the Kennedy campaign. The event is free and open to the public and is sponsored in memory of Chuck Dahl.