Peyton Prohuska is a student as UW-Madison (graduating 2025) earning a B.A in Art History with certificates in History and Life Science Communication. After undergrad, she will be returning to UW-Madison to pursue a Master of Library and Information Science with a focus on archival studies. She was inspired to write this piece by her position as a student researcher through UW-Madison’s Center for Campus History where she researches campus traditions. She would like to thank Public History Project Assistant Taylor Bailey and her brother Daniel Prohuska for their constant support and inspiration.
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OBJECT HISTORY: Statue of Liberty
While the relocation of the Statue of Liberty from Liberty Island to Madison was an obvious impossibility, Varjian and Mallon of UW-Madison's Pail & Shovel Party found a creative way to deliver to students after they were elected.