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Garden honoring Ho-Chunk Nation gets vote of approval from La Crosse park board
Plans for a new addition to La Crosse’s international friendship garden are moving ahead.
On Thursday, the city park board approved the idea of adding an area recognizing indigenous people of the Ho-Chunk Nation to the seven existing gardens now grouped together in Riverside Park.
The current gardens are designed to honor the foreign countries where La Crosse has official sister cities.
Development of the Ho-Chunk garden could begin over the next month, with the installation of a pillar for a statue of Native American Betsy Thunder. Sister city program volunteer Chuck Hanson tells the board that the new garden proposal has been in development for over three years.
The goal is to have the Ho-Chunk garden dedicated it by next October.
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October 19, 2024 at 12:30 pm
My vote would have been to honor Mitchell Red Cloud Jr, Ho-Chunk member, WWII hero (USMC), killed in action Korean War (reenlisted US Army) and recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Laid to rest in Decorah Cemetery in Black River Falls, WI.