Please join us at the gravesite of C.E. Brown in Forest Hill Cemetery on May 13, 2023 for recognition of the life and work of Charles E. Brown by Robert […]
Madison Attorney Sues City Over Confederate Rest Removal
“Some of you may feel like you’re back in school, because what I’m about to do may feel like a history lesson. And if it’s got a title, it’s title […]
Questions Remain As City Nears Removing Monument
“Some of you might be wondering, ‘Didn’t we go through this?’ Yes, we did, but we asked to have it done legally,” District 6 Alder Marsha Rummel says, acknowledging what […]
City Council Votes to Remove Confederate Monument from Forest Hill
On Tuesday, Madison’s city council voted to remove a gravestone marked with the names of 140 Confederate prisoners of war who died at Camp Randall during the Civil War. Proponents […]
Landmarks Commission to Make Recommendation on Confederate Monument
The Madison Landmarks Commission will make a recommendation on what should happen to a large monument in Forest Hills Cemetery tonight. The United Daughters of the Confederacy put the monument […]
Markers at Forest Hill Cemetery “Confederate Rest”
In Madison’s Forest Hill Cemetery, troops from the Union and Confederate armies still face off, a hundred and fifty years after their death. Burial plots for Union soldiers are separated […]
