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- It's a masterpiece 
of design and engineering.

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- They wanted it to be 
a symbol of self-rule.

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- A very high-minded,

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idealized notion 
of democracy.

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- Designed by 
an American master.

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- This was the crowning gem 
in his life's work.

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- And filled 
with priceless artwork.

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- It's Wisconsin's 
most valuable work of art.

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There's nothing like it.

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- It's a state capitol 
that was created for all of us.

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- I always think of it

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as the most public building 
in Wisconsin.

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- It's always open 
365 days out of the year.

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- After a catastrophe 
ruined its predecessor.

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- An hour after the fire starts,

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it's lighting up the sky.

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- The Capitol would face 
its own disaster.

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- There were actually 
parts of the mosaics

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that leaned forward.

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- The whole thing was 
at risk of crumbling down.

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- And it would take 
a massive 12-year effort

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to save the building.

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- The restoration 
of this building was important

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because this is a masterpiece.

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- This National 
Historic Landmark

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is one of the most admired 
capitols in the country.

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I'm going to discover 
its remarkable history,

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explore its grand spaces,

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and uncover 
a few of its hidden secrets.

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- This is the story of

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Our House: 
The Wisconsin Capitol

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- Our House: 
The Wisconsin Capitol

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is funded 
in part by

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Ron and Colleen Weyers,

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Francis A. and Georgia F. 
Ariens Fund

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within the Brillion Area 
Family of Funds,

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the Conney Family,

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in loving memory 
of Mildred Conney,

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Edvest College Savings Plan,

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helping families save 
since 1997,

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the Eleanor and Thomas 
Wildrick Family,

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Roger and Lynn Van Vreede,

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American Transmission Company,

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National Guardian 
Life Insurance Company,

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and Friends of 
Wisconsin Public Television.

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- The Wisconsin State Capitol

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was conceived just after 
the turn of the century

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in an era 
of American optimism.

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States were building 
ever more grand capitols

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to express their success, pride, 
and democratic ideals.

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If Europe's palaces 
were made for monarchs,

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America was building them 
for its people.

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When it came time for Wisconsin 
to build such a palace,

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it would be one for the ages.

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Since its completion in 1917,

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the Wisconsin Capitol 
has contained

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the state's four branches 
of government.

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Its symmetrical form 
creates a unique balance

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between the spaces 
of the Governor,

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Senate,

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Assembly,

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and Supreme Court.

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- Everything is equal 
in that building.

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Every aspect of government 
is weighted equally.

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No one wing is more important 
than the other wing.

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- This uniformity 
is made possible

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because the Capitol 
is arranged

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in a shape known as 
a St. Andrew's Cross.

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- St. Andrew's Cross 
is essentially an X.

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Here at our capitol,

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it lines up 
with the points of the compass

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and also the streets

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that are coming towards 
the Capitol.

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- It's the only capitol 
in the country laid out this way

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making it notoriously 
bewildering to navigate.

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[mischievous music]

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- It's a mirror this way 
at 90 degrees

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and it's a mirror 
at 180.

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So, it's inherently confusing

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and you can get 
entirely turned around

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and end up in a different place 
in the city than you intended.

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[laughing]

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- You can get 
very easily turned around.

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But that's not necessarily 
a bad thing.

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- The Capitol's layout 
also creates many access points.

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And all of these entrances feed 
into a central circular area

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called the Rotunda.

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- This is the Capitol's 
premier public space.

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The Rotunda is immense in scale.

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Natural light pours in from 
skylights in the wings and the

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dome's 19-foot tall 
cathedral windows.

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The space is intended

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to draw our eyes upward.

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Fitting for a building 
designed to inspire us.

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- The Rotunda is a big part 
of why the Capitol attracts

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hundreds of thousands 
of visitors each year.

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- We call our Rotunda 
the "living room" for a reason.

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That's because it's always open

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365 days out of the year.

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People can come in 
and get married here,

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we have blood drives here, 
we have school groups here.

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It is one of 
the most public features

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of the state of Wisconsin.

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- The Capitol is 
and always was

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meant to be a public building.

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it was referred to casually as,

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quote, 
"the people's house,"

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which was a phrase

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that originated 
a hundred years earlier

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with the White House 
in the early 19th century.

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It fit the idea of 
how the building should be used.

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Even if you look at it 
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there are doors everywhere.

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It's meant to be 
an open public building.

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- It brings people in.

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It invites people in.

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Accessibility is 
kind of its theme.

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The capitol was basically 
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within the cityscape

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to express the notion 
of accessibility.

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- Many of our rooms 
can be reserved

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by people who get permits.

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Weddings can happen here.

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Retirement parties happen here.

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I've myself 
signed as a witness

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for at least two different 
marriage certificates,

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just from working here 
for two years.

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Even if the legislators 
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even if the governor 
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it's still open to everyone.

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[traffic sounds]

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- The people's house 
seems perfectly placed

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in the heart of Madison.

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But the Capitol and the city 
would not exist

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except for one man.

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Frontier judge and 
land speculator James Duane Doty

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traveled to this area 
in the spring of 1836.

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To him, it was 
wild and unsettled.

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But he envisioned 
a city here

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and drafted a plat, 
or map, of its layout.

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Wisconsin became 
a U.S. territory that summer,

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and a convention 
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to form a constitution.

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One important 
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was choosing 
a capital city

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among the twenty sites 
proposed.

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Doty, one of the delegates, 
had a plan.

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- Doty presented his map 
to fellow delegates,

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promising them lots 
in exchange for votes.

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When it came time to vote 
for a site to be the capital,

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16 of the 39 men 
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a city that didn't even exist.

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- And that was enough 
to tip the scales

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and Madison was chosen.

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Now whether that 
should be called bribery

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or just good politicking 
is for the beholder to decide.

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- Madison's first capitol 
building was constructed

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on the square 
Doty had earmarked.

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By the time Wisconsin 
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this cold and leaky capitol

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had earned 
the uncomplimentary nickname

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"Doty's washbowl".

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Its replacement 
was completed in 1869.

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Over the next four decades,

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the second state capitol

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would receive numerous 
expansions and updates,

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especially to 
its fire prevention technology.

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- By the turn 
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the second Madison capitol

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was considered to be

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a state of the art 
fireproof building.

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- But in the early morning 
of February 27, 1904,

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a newly-varnished ceiling 
caught fire

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and the system 
catastrophically failed.

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- An hour after 
the fire starts,

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it's lighting up the sky 
in Madison

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and people are streaming 
out of their houses

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to come try to help.

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- By the time the fire was out,

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the Wisconsin Capitol 
was in ruins.

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No had died,

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but it was a devastating loss 
for the state.

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Governor Robert "Fighting Bob" 
La Follette

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would cheerlessly write 
to a friend,

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"I have no doubt 
the citizens of Wisconsin

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will insist on having 
an entirely new building

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put up in its stead.

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Nevertheless, 
I shall regret to see it go."

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- At this point 
in the early 20th century,

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Wisconsin had a high self-esteem 
and booming economy.

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- It's right at the height 
of the Gilded Age.

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Wisconsin has become 
a tremendous success,

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and they wanted this capitol 
to be a symbol of that success.

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- And other states, 
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were building 
grandiose new capitols.

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- Wisconsin was not going to be 
left behind

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in the design of the building

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that it was going to have to 
mark its place

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as one of the premier state 
capitols in the country.

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- The stage was set 
for Wisconsin

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to make its own statement.

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A committee appointed 
by Governor La Follette,

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called 
the Capitol Commission,

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would oversee 
this ambitious endeavor.

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- The Capitol Commission 
requested proposals

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from architectural firms 
all across the country.

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They wanted a grand 
and monumental building.

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And they would find 
the perfect architect

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to achieve that vision 
in George Post.

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- By the turn of the century, 
George Browne Post of New York

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was a leading figure 
in American architecture.

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- He was known 
in Manhattan

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for designing and having built 
really tall office buildings

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using structural steel.

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So, he was considered very much 
an innovator in that regard

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and sometimes referred to

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as the father 
of the later skyscraper.

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- Post had recently completed 
the New York Stock Exchange

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and, in his late sixties,

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was actively seeking 
a large public project

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to seal his legacy.

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- He always wanted to build 
a capitol, and this was it.

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This was the crowning gem 
in his life's work.

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- But building it 
would be a challenge.

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The Capitol's huge cost 
of over $7 million,

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would have to be 
spread out

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over a decade.

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And there was 
another significant obstacle.

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- They didn't start 
with a blank slate

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like many capitols do.

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They were constructing 
this capitol

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while they were taking down

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the old capitol 
that had burned.

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- To spread out costs,

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and also 
keep government running

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in the old capitol's 
salvaged wings,

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the construction project

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would proceed in five stages 
over 11 years.

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It got underway in 1906.

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And overseeing 
this massive endeavor

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was Madison architect 
Lew Porter.

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His assignment was as monumental

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as the building itself.

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- If you've ever remodeled 
your house and put in a bathroom

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or built a house 
from scratch

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you know what goes into 
starting with paper plans

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and watching a 3-dimensional 
building rise from them.

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Multiply that 
a thousand-fold

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and you have 
Lew Porter's job.

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125 separate jobs 
had been identified--

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plumbing, electricity,

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painting, whatever.

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And on any given day,

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30 to 40 of those contractors

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were at work 
on the site.

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- With Post usually in New York,

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making sure every detail 
was done exactly as specified

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fell to Porter.

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- He insisted that

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artisans, craftsmen, plumbers, 
joiners, carpenters

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all live up to 
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Post had pretty much demanded 
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- One day 
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a railing in one 
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as it was being built 
seemed a little odd.

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And he looked 
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it called for the railing 
to be solid brass.

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He got out a hacksaw 
and he tore into it

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and in fact 
it was only brass plated.

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And, of course, 
he had it dismantled

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and sent back 
to the vendor

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and it was replaced 
with a solid brass one.

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- Post carefully selected 
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that would maximize beauty

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and visual appeal.

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Marble, granite, and limestone,

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quarried from dozens of sites 
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were used to create

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a spectacular display 
of color and patterns.

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And each major chamber

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was distinguished 
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found nowhere else 
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to ensure 
each of these spaces

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would have 
a character all its own.

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- For the exterior, 
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but the cost 
was simply too high.

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So, Post, Lew Porter, 
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toured a number of quarries 
out east.

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They chose a stone 
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called White Bethel granite.

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- This granite covers

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the entire exterior 
of the building.

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Even the four statuary groups 
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are sculpted from it.

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As sections of the Capitol 
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they were put to use.

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When the west wing 
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the legislature 
began meeting there.

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In 1915, two years before 
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guides began giving tours 
to the public.

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It's a tradition 
that has continued

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for over a century.

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- You know what?

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That would be 
a really good question

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to ask our tour guide later,

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is, "How much stone it was?"

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- Wow!

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- How did it get up there?

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- Big ladders.

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- Welcome to 
the Wisconsin State Capitol.

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My name is Jason,

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and we're going to 
take the stairs.

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You can follow me up this way.

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The title 
of that painting is

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"The Resources 
of Wisconsin."

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In the center, 
there is a lady with red hair.

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What's her name?

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- Wisconsin. 
- Wisconsin!

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She represents our state.

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- Well, I really like 
sharing the stories.

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So, I used to do theater 
back in high school,

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and I also am a historian 
by trade.

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Being able to share the history

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and being able to share 
that information with people

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in a story format 
is my favorite thing.

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- If they try to speak 
over their thirty minutes,

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the justices will interrupt 
and say, "Excuse me!

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[banging table 
to imitate a gavel]

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Your time is over. 
Please sit down!"

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Thirty minutes to change 
the laws of the state.

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- Each year, 50,000 students 
from schools around the state

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make a field trip 
to the Capitol.

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- This is my students' 
favorite thing to do each year.

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I think that the information 
that's given on the tours here

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is excellent.

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- The first electronic voting 
system installed in this room

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was the original electronic 
voting system in the world.

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It was here in Wisconsin 
before anywhere else.

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- A Capitol tour is packed

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with state history 
and interesting facts,

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but it's often 
the little details

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that are most memorable.

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- We have a fossilized starfish 
in the staircase.

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No matter how many tours I give,

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that's always 
the most memorable piece

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that people come back for.

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But besides the fossil,

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I would say also 
the ghost in the Assembly.

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- Now when this painting was 
finished by Mr. Edwin Blashfield

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we said it's very beautiful, 
we really like it,

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but it's just not Wisconsin 
enough.

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So, we made him go back 
and add one animal

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to make it 
more Wisconsin.

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What animal did he add?

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- Badger. 
- The badger.

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So over here 
on the right side

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he added this badger 
to the rock.

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But, of course,

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when you add something 
to a painting

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you have to paint over top 
of something else.

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And what he removed 
was a fourth Civil War soldier.

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That soldier 
did not like the decision

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and so he came back as a ghost 
to haunt us.

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Do you wanna see the ghost? 
- Yeah!

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- Hat, ear, and shoulder.

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And that's the ghost 
of the Assembly.

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But he's a friendly ghost.

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- This should be a priority 
for all kids to visit,

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to see how 
our state government runs

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and how we should be 
so proud of this capitol

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that was built for us.

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>> MY.

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I'M JON MISKOWSKI, DIRECTOR OF

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WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION AND

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WE'RE WATCHING "OUR HOUSE" AND

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OUR HOST IS MICHAEL BRIDGEMAN.

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THIS IS A WONDERFUL PROGRAM.

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STAY WITH US.

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WE'D LIKE TO INVITE YOU TO

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SUPPORT WISCONSIN PUBLIC

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TELEVISION AND THE PROGRAMS ON

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WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.

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WITH A GIFT OF $8 A MONTH, WE

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HAVE THE DVD OF "OUR HOUSE."

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MICHAEL, TELL US ABOUT THE

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PROGRAM.

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>> WELL, YOU'VE SEEN THE FIRST

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PART OF THE PROGRAM.

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ONE OF THE THINGS WE KNEW WE HAD

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TO DO WAS SHOW KIDS IN THE

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CAPITOL.

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SO MANY SCHOOL CHILDREN COME TO

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THE CAPITOL EVERY YEAR AND THEY

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ALL JUST LOVE IT.

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THEY LOVE THE ROTUNDA.

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THEY FLY ON THE FLOOR.

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AND THEY LOVE LOOKING UP AT THE

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DOME.

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IT'S JUST WONDERFUL TO WATCH THE

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KIDS WHEN THEY'RE THERE BECAUSE

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THEY STILL HAVE A SENSE OF

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WONDER ABOUT THIS STUFF.

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SOME OF OUR ADULTS ARE A LITTLE

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MORE JADED OR USED TO IT.

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AS OFTEN AS I'VE BEEN IN THE

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CAPITOL WORKING ON THIS PROGRAM,

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I STILL SAW NEW THINGS TO SEE

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ABOUT IT.

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>> THE WONDERFUL THING ABOUT

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THIS PROGRAM IS THAT BUILDING IS

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REALLY HARD TO TAKE FOR GRANTED,

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MAYBE SOMETIMES WE GET CLOSE TO

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TAKING IT FOR GRANTED, THE

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WORKMANSHIP, DESIGN THAT'S

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EXPRESSED IN THIS PROGRAM.

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YOU'LL NEVER TAKE IT FOR GRANTED

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AGAIN.

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THIS IS A GREAT TIME TO CALL AND

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>> MY.

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I'M STEPHANIE ELKINS.

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I AM ONE OF THE MUSIC HOSTS ON

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VOLUNTEER HERE FOR WISCONSIN

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PUBLIC TELEVISION.

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WHAT A GORGEOUS, GORGEOUS

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PROGRAM, ANOTHER BEAUTY FROM

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WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.

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KUDOS TO THE PRODUCTION TEAM AS

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USUAL.

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WE HAVE GOT A FANTASTIC GIFT FOR

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YOU.

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WE'VE GOT, FOR A PLEDGE OF $8 A

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MONTH OR MORE, THE DVD OF WHAT

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YOU'RE SEEING THIS EVENING,

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WHICH IS NOT ONLY THE DVD OF

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WHAT YOU'RE SEEING THIS EVENING,

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BUT WE ALSO HAVE AN ADDITIONAL

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DOCUMENTARY THAT WAS MADE IN

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1999 ABOUT THE RESTORATION OF

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THE CAPITOL.

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SO YOU GET A DOUBLE DVD.

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THAT'S FOR YOUR PLEDGE OF $8 A

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MONTH OR MORE.

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AND FOR A PLEDGE OF $10 A MONTH,

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WE'LL SEND YOU A BOOK CALLED

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"THE WISCONSIN CAPITOL."

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00:22:08,466 --> 00:22:10,600
IT COMES TO YOU FROM THE

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FOR $13 A MONTH OR MORE WE'LL

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SEND YOU BOTH THE DVD AND THE

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BOOK.

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00:22:16,766 --> 00:22:18,433
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU

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DURING THIS WONDERFUL PROGRAM

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ABOUT OUR CAPITOL.

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00:22:22,833 --> 00:22:24,800
WE'RE CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL

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OF PUBLIC BROADCASTING, THE

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CENTENNIAL OF THE CAPITOL.

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WHAT A GREAT WAY TO CELEBRATE

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RIGHT NOW AT 1-800-236-3636.

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>> AND I'M AGAIN MICHAEL

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BRIDGEMAN, THE HOST OF THIS

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PROGRAM, WHICH I HAD A GREAT

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00:22:37,633 --> 00:22:38,866
TIME WORKING ON THIS PROGRAM,

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BECAUSE IT WAS A CHANCE TO SEE

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THE CAPITOL IN DIFFERENT WAYS.

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I ESPECIALLY LIKED SOME OF THE

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BEHIND-THE-SCENES STUFF THAT WE

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SAW BEHIND THE SKYLIGHTS AND SO

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ON.

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BECAUSE MOST PEOPLE DON'T SEE

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THAT.

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YOU'LL SEE IT AS PART OF THE

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PROGRAM TONIGHT.

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I'M GLAD I'VE BEEN A PART OF

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MAKING IT POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO

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SEE THAT.

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I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE

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SUPPORTERS OF WISCONSIN PUBLIC

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TELEVISION WHO MAKE IT POSSIBLE

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FOR THIS ORGANIZATION TO DO

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PROGRAMS ABOUT OUR STATE LIKE

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"OUR HOUSE."

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NO ONE ELSE IS GOING TO DO THIS

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KIND OF STUFF AND NO ONE ELSE IS

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GOING TO DO IT NEARLY AS WELL.

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I HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH TAKING

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ALL THE FABULOUS VIDEO YOU'RE

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SEEING.

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MOST ARE PEOPLE MUCH MORE

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SKILLED THAN I.

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BUT THEY'VE DONE A TERRIFIC JOB.

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AND IT BRINGS OUT THE BEAUTY OF

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THE BUILDING IN A WONDERFUL WAY.

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SO I THINK IT'S WELL WORTH YOUR

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SUPPORT, FRANKLY.

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AND I KNOW YOU CAN SHOW YOUR

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SUPPORT BY CALLING RIGHT NOW AT

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1-800-236-3636.

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>> THANKS, MICHAEL.

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AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR CALLS.

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THE ONE ASPECT OF THIS PROGRAM

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THAT YOU'RE NOT SEEING TONIGHT

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IS AN EDUCATIONAL COMPONENT THAT

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WILL BE AVAILABLE TO WISCONSIN

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SCHOOLS.

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WE WANT TO THANK JIM FROM EDVEST

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FOR JOING US.

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WE HAVE COMMON CAUSE IN OUR

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ASPIRATIONS FOR EDUCATING THE

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00:23:54,733 --> 00:23:54,933
STATE.

518
00:23:54,933 --> 00:23:57,600
>> I'D LIKE TO THANK WPT FOR

519
00:23:57,600 --> 00:23:58,966
HAVING US HERE AGAIN THIS YEAR.

520
00:23:58,966 --> 00:24:01,233
WE ARE VERY HAPPY TO PARTNER

521
00:24:01,233 --> 00:24:01,966
WITH WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION

522
00:24:01,966 --> 00:24:03,233
AND YOUR PROGRAMMING FOR KIDS.

523
00:24:03,233 --> 00:24:05,000
>> YEAH.

524
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:06,133
WE REALLY APPRECIATE THAT.

525
00:24:06,133 --> 00:24:08,033
WHEN I THINK ABOUT SAVING FOR MY

526
00:24:08,033 --> 00:24:10,133
BOYS, I WAS INSPIRED BY MY

527
00:24:10,133 --> 00:24:12,300
SISTER, A LITTLE YOUNGER THAN ME

528
00:24:12,300 --> 00:24:14,266
AND HER CHILDREN WERE YOUNGER

529
00:24:14,266 --> 00:24:15,466
THEN, BUT THAT WAS A LONG TIME

530
00:24:15,466 --> 00:24:16,066
AGO.

531
00:24:16,066 --> 00:24:18,133
SO WHAT DO PEOPLE THINK ABOUT

532
00:24:18,133 --> 00:24:18,633
INVESTING?

533
00:24:18,633 --> 00:24:19,466
WHEN TO DO IT.

534
00:24:19,466 --> 00:24:22,900
>> THE IMPORTANT THING HERE,

535
00:24:22,900 --> 00:24:25,533
JON, YOU CAN START EARLY OR

536
00:24:25,533 --> 00:24:25,966
LATER.

537
00:24:25,966 --> 00:24:27,366
EVEN IF THEY'RE IN MIDDLE SCHOOL

538
00:24:27,366 --> 00:24:28,833
OR HIGH SCHOOL YOU MIGHT AS WELL

539
00:24:28,833 --> 00:24:29,466
START.

540
00:24:29,466 --> 00:24:31,133
FOR EVERY DOLLAR THAT YOU SAVE

541
00:24:31,133 --> 00:24:32,666
BEFORE COLLEGE, PROBABLY

542
00:24:32,666 --> 00:24:34,166
TRANSLATES INTO $2 YOU WOULD

543
00:24:34,166 --> 00:24:36,333
HAVE TO PAY BACK LATER ON WITH

544
00:24:36,333 --> 00:24:37,900
LOANS AND INTEREST AND TIME AND

545
00:24:37,900 --> 00:24:39,366
THAT SORT OF THING.

546
00:24:39,366 --> 00:24:40,433
ANYTHING HELPS AT THE BEGINNING.

547
00:24:40,433 --> 00:24:44,433
>> WE KNOW ABOUT THE CHALLENGE

548
00:24:44,433 --> 00:24:44,900
OF STUDENT DEBT.

549
00:24:44,900 --> 00:24:46,333
YOU GUYS ARE WORKING ON THAT

550
00:24:46,333 --> 00:24:47,933
WITH PARENTS ACROSS THE STATE.

551
00:24:47,933 --> 00:24:49,333
THANK YOU FOR SUPPORT OF THIS

552
00:24:49,333 --> 00:24:49,700
PROGRAM.

553
00:24:49,700 --> 00:24:51,233
AND THANK YOU FOR CALLING WITH

554
00:24:51,233 --> 00:24:55,166
YOUR PLEDGE TO 1-800-236-3636.

555
00:24:55,166 --> 00:24:58,266
>> WE'RE GOING TO BE GOING BACK

556
00:24:58,266 --> 00:25:01,100
TO THE PROGRAM IN JUST A FEW

557
00:25:01,100 --> 00:25:02,333
MINUTES BUT RIGHT NOW WE'RE

558
00:25:02,333 --> 00:25:04,366
ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS

559
00:25:04,366 --> 00:25:06,366
ORIGINAL KIND OF PROGRAM.

560
00:25:06,366 --> 00:25:09,033
THE CINEMATOGRAPHY IS GORGEOUS.

561
00:25:09,033 --> 00:25:10,866
EVERYTHING ABOUT IT IS TOPNOTCH

562
00:25:10,866 --> 00:25:13,166
AND HIGH-QUALITY.

563
00:25:13,166 --> 00:25:14,500
WE HAVE THE DVD OF THE PROGRAM

564
00:25:14,500 --> 00:25:16,633
THAT YOU'RE WATCHING AND IN

565
00:25:16,633 --> 00:25:20,266
ADDITION TO THAT IT'S CALLED

566
00:25:20,266 --> 00:25:23,466
"OUR HOUSE: THE WISCONSIN

567
00:25:23,466 --> 00:25:25,000
CAPITOL" AN ADDITIONAL

568
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,933
DOCUMENTARY MADE BY WPT A FEW

569
00:25:26,933 --> 00:25:28,633
YEARS AGO ABOUT THE RESTORATION

570
00:25:28,633 --> 00:25:29,966
OF THE CAPITOL.

571
00:25:29,966 --> 00:25:31,766
YOU'LL GET BOTH OF THOSE FOR

572
00:25:31,766 --> 00:25:33,600
YOUR PLEDGE OF $8 A MONTH OR

573
00:25:33,600 --> 00:25:34,366
MORE.

574
00:25:34,366 --> 00:25:36,333
FOR A PLEDGE OF $10 A MONTH, WE

575
00:25:36,333 --> 00:25:38,500
HAVE THE WISCONSIN CAPITOL BY

576
00:25:38,500 --> 00:25:39,900
THE WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

577
00:25:39,900 --> 00:25:40,533
PRESS.

578
00:25:40,533 --> 00:25:42,066
IT'S GOT WONDERFUL HISTORY OF

579
00:25:42,066 --> 00:25:44,066
THE CAPITOL, LOTS OF PHOTOS.

580
00:25:44,066 --> 00:25:45,900
FOR A PLEDGE OF $13 A MONTH OR

581
00:25:45,900 --> 00:25:48,633
MORE, WE'LL SEND YOU BOTH THE

582
00:25:48,633 --> 00:25:50,500
DVD OF THE DOCUMENTARIES PLUS

583
00:25:50,500 --> 00:25:51,066
THE BOOK.

584
00:25:51,066 --> 00:25:53,433
AND WHAT A LEGACY THESE ARE.

585
00:25:53,433 --> 00:25:55,866
OUR CAPITOL IS A LEGACY.

586
00:25:55,866 --> 00:25:57,566
IT'S A JEWEL AMONG ALL CAPITOLS.

587
00:25:57,566 --> 00:25:58,833
AND TO SHARE THIS WITH YOUR

588
00:25:58,833 --> 00:26:00,266
FRIENDS AND YOUR FAMILY WOULD BE

589
00:26:00,266 --> 00:26:00,866
JUST TERRIFIC.

590
00:26:00,866 --> 00:26:02,733
SO GIVE US A CALL AT

591
00:26:02,733 --> 00:26:04,733
1-800-236-3636.

592
00:26:04,733 --> 00:26:06,966
>> WE CHOSE TO DO THE PROGRAM

593
00:26:06,966 --> 00:26:08,833
ABOUT THE CAPITOL THIS YEAR

594
00:26:08,833 --> 00:26:11,666
BECAUSE IT'S THE CENTENNIAL.

595
00:26:11,666 --> 00:26:13,200
100 YEARS AGO IS WHEN THIS

596
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:15,233
CAPITOL WAS FINISHED, COMPLETED.

597
00:26:15,233 --> 00:26:18,100
AND IT'S ALSO, INTERESTINGLY

598
00:26:18,100 --> 00:26:19,933
ENOUGH, 100 YEARS AGO THAT

599
00:26:19,933 --> 00:26:21,133
PUBLIC BROADCASTING GOT ITS

600
00:26:21,133 --> 00:26:23,233
START WITH THE INITIAL RADIO

601
00:26:23,233 --> 00:26:24,166
BROADCAST HERE IN WISCONSIN.

602
00:26:24,166 --> 00:26:27,233
AND SO WHAT WE SEE TODAY ON

603
00:26:27,233 --> 00:26:27,866
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION GOES

604
00:26:27,866 --> 00:26:30,400
BACK TO THAT PERIOD IN A WAY.

605
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:31,800
AND WE'RE VERY GRATEFUL FOR

606
00:26:31,800 --> 00:26:32,133
THAT.

607
00:26:32,133 --> 00:26:33,666
BUT THE CAPITOL IS A VERY

608
00:26:33,666 --> 00:26:34,100
SPECIAL PLACE.

609
00:26:34,100 --> 00:26:36,266
I THINK WE'VE CAPTURED THAT IN

610
00:26:36,266 --> 00:26:36,900
THIS PROGRAM.

611
00:26:36,900 --> 00:26:39,633
I HOPE YOU AGREE AND THAT YOU

612
00:26:39,633 --> 00:26:41,300
APPRECIATE THAT AND RECOGNIZE

613
00:26:41,300 --> 00:26:43,100
THAT YOUR SUPPORT MAKES THIS

614
00:26:43,100 --> 00:26:43,733
POSSIBLE.

615
00:26:43,733 --> 00:26:47,866
SO CALL, PLEASE, 1-800-236-3636.

616
00:26:47,866 --> 00:26:50,133
>> IT'S GREAT TO HEAR THE PHONES

617
00:26:50,133 --> 00:26:53,100
RING AND I'M HERE WITH JESS AND

618
00:26:53,100 --> 00:26:55,666
JIM FROM EDVEST, SUPPORTERS OF

619
00:26:55,666 --> 00:26:56,400
THIS PROJECT.

620
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,333
I'VE NEVER HEARD ANYBODY REGRET

621
00:26:59,333 --> 00:27:00,333
GIVING TO PUBLIC TELEVISION.

622
00:27:00,333 --> 00:27:01,933
I HAVEN'T HEARD THAT YET.

623
00:27:01,933 --> 00:27:03,800
I SUPPOSE IT'S THE SAME WAY.

624
00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:05,766
IN OUR OWN FAMILY STARTING OUR

625
00:27:05,766 --> 00:27:06,866
SAVINGS ACCOUNT FOR OUR

626
00:27:06,866 --> 00:27:08,500
CHILDREN, WE DIDN'T REGRET IT.

627
00:27:08,500 --> 00:27:10,300
SO STARTING IT IS A REALLY GOOD

628
00:27:10,300 --> 00:27:10,500
IDEA.

629
00:27:10,500 --> 00:27:12,233
YOU HAVE SOME IDEAS FOR PEOPLE

630
00:27:12,233 --> 00:27:12,933
TO GET STARTED.

631
00:27:12,933 --> 00:27:13,866
>> YEAH.

632
00:27:13,866 --> 00:27:16,633
STARTING EARLY WITH EDVEST IS

633
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ONE OF THE BEST THINGS THAT YOU

634
00:27:17,800 --> 00:27:19,900
CAN DO FOR YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR

635
00:27:19,900 --> 00:27:20,466
STUDENTS.

636
00:27:20,466 --> 00:27:21,366
IT'S REALLY SIMPLE.

637
00:27:21,366 --> 00:27:23,100
IT'S EASY TO OPEN UP AN ACCOUNT.

638
00:27:23,100 --> 00:27:26,266
IT'S ABOUT $15 ONLINE AT

639
00:27:26,266 --> 00:27:26,633
EDVEST.COM.

640
00:27:26,633 --> 00:27:28,866
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS START AN

641
00:27:28,866 --> 00:27:31,000
ACCOUNT WITH $25 OR LESS.

642
00:27:31,000 --> 00:27:33,433
IT MAKES AN EXCELLENT GIFT WITH

643
00:27:33,433 --> 00:27:35,133
BIRTHDAYS, HOLIDAYS, ALL

644
00:27:35,133 --> 00:27:37,433
DIFFERENT KINDS OF CELEBRATIONS.

645
00:27:37,433 --> 00:27:40,233
IT TAKES ABOUT TEN MINUTES WITH

646
00:27:40,233 --> 00:27:41,600
YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OF

647
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:42,766
THE CHILD.

648
00:27:42,766 --> 00:27:44,433
IT'S WISCONSIN'S COLLEGE SAVINGS

649
00:27:44,433 --> 00:27:44,933
PROGRAM.

650
00:27:44,933 --> 00:27:46,266
IT'S BEST IF YOU CAN START

651
00:27:46,266 --> 00:27:46,733
EARLY.

652
00:27:46,733 --> 00:27:48,366
THERE'S NO TIME TO WASTE WHEN

653
00:27:48,366 --> 00:27:50,966
YOU'RE TRYING TO BUILD UP A NEST

654
00:27:50,966 --> 00:27:52,166
EGG FOR STUDENTS.

655
00:27:52,166 --> 00:27:54,900
ABOUT 87% OF WISCONSIN FAMILIES

656
00:27:54,900 --> 00:27:56,366
REALLY APPRECIATE GIVING THE

657
00:27:56,366 --> 00:27:57,133
GIFT OF COLLEGE.

658
00:27:57,133 --> 00:27:59,300
SO RIGHT NOW WE CAN JUST

659
00:27:59,300 --> 00:28:00,466
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO TAKE THE

660
00:28:00,466 --> 00:28:01,666
TIME TO GIVE US A CALL.

661
00:28:01,666 --> 00:28:05,066
WE HAVE OUR EDVEST COLLEGE

662
00:28:05,066 --> 00:28:07,333
SAVINGS SPECIALIST AT EDVEST.COM

663
00:28:07,333 --> 00:28:08,700
ALL SET UP AND READY TO GO.

664
00:28:08,700 --> 00:28:09,766
>> GREAT.

665
00:28:09,766 --> 00:28:10,900
WE'RE GOING TO GO BACK TO THE

666
00:28:10,900 --> 00:28:11,766
PROGRAM NOW.

667
00:28:11,766 --> 00:28:12,766
APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND

668
00:28:12,766 --> 00:28:14,100
YOUR SUPPORT OF THIS WONDERFUL

669
00:28:14,100 --> 00:28:14,866
PROGRAM.

670
00:28:14,866 --> 00:28:17,333
WE'RE GOING BACK TO "OUR HOUSE"

671
00:28:17,333 --> 00:28:19,033
AND CELEBRATE THIS CENTENNIAL OF

672
00:28:19,033 --> 00:28:20,000
OUR CAPITOL.

673
00:28:21,066 --> 00:28:24,200
- For citizens young and old, 
the Wisconsin Capitol

674
00:28:24,233 --> 00:28:27,933
was designed to instill 
a sense of awe and importance.

675
00:28:33,433 --> 00:28:37,133
Public buildings constructed 
at this time in America

676
00:28:37,166 --> 00:28:38,633
followed grandiose 
classical examples

677
00:28:38,666 --> 00:28:41,533
from Greece, Rome, 
and the Renaissance.

678
00:29:24,533 --> 00:29:26,933
- Why did this 
lavish classical style

679
00:29:26,966 --> 00:29:28,833
become the norm 
for government buildings?

680
00:29:28,866 --> 00:29:30,433
A clue can be found here

681
00:29:30,466 --> 00:29:32,733
at the western approach 
to the Capitol.

682
00:29:32,766 --> 00:29:35,500
It's a statue called "Forward," 
and it's from

683
00:29:35,533 --> 00:29:37,500
the Columbian Exposition 
in 1893.

684
00:29:37,533 --> 00:29:39,066
Now, that might seem

685
00:29:39,100 --> 00:29:40,966
unrelated to our Capitol.

686
00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:44,733
But actually, it has everything 
to do with it.

687
00:29:46,566 --> 00:29:48,766
- The Chicago World's Fair 
of 1893,

688
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:51,266
also known as 
the Columbian Exposition,

689
00:29:51,300 --> 00:29:53,600
featured a temporary metropolis

690
00:29:53,633 --> 00:29:57,200
conceived by America's 
top artists and architects,

691
00:29:57,233 --> 00:29:59,233
including George Post.

692
00:30:00,233 --> 00:30:02,966
- You have a gathering 
of major architects

693
00:30:03,000 --> 00:30:04,366
who are coming together

694
00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:06,933
to create what was known 
as the White City,

695
00:30:06,966 --> 00:30:08,700
the classical core

696
00:30:08,733 --> 00:30:10,800
of the Columbian Exposition.

697
00:30:11,733 --> 00:30:16,233
So, they're using architecture 
based on classical elements.

698
00:30:16,266 --> 00:30:18,633
The columns 
and the pediments,

699
00:30:18,666 --> 00:30:20,466
and the classical orders,

700
00:30:20,500 --> 00:30:22,633
and the types of decorations,

701
00:30:22,666 --> 00:30:24,800
all of those elements

702
00:30:24,833 --> 00:30:27,333
that you see 
in a classical building.

703
00:30:27,366 --> 00:30:28,900
- The Chicago World's Fair

704
00:30:28,933 --> 00:30:31,600
would transform this approach 
to designing public buildings

705
00:30:31,633 --> 00:30:34,666
into a national movement.

706
00:30:34,700 --> 00:30:38,333
- It's almost as if 
there is a standard vocabulary

707
00:30:38,366 --> 00:30:40,800
that has been set 
for these architects

708
00:30:40,833 --> 00:30:43,133
of things that people 
are expecting to see

709
00:30:43,166 --> 00:30:44,433
in a state capitol.

710
00:30:45,433 --> 00:30:47,066
- George Post would bring

711
00:30:47,100 --> 00:30:49,933
the Columbian Exposition's 
architectural sensibilities

712
00:30:49,966 --> 00:30:51,366
to Madison.

713
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:53,366
He would also 
bring its artists.

714
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:55,166
- The creators of the Capitol

715
00:30:55,200 --> 00:30:57,166
wanted it to serve,

716
00:30:57,200 --> 00:30:59,833
in part, as an art museum.

717
00:31:02,566 --> 00:31:04,200
A place where people 
could come see

718
00:31:04,233 --> 00:31:06,066
beautiful art and architecture

719
00:31:06,100 --> 00:31:07,566
and be uplifted by it.

720
00:31:08,266 --> 00:31:11,300
- For the Capitol's 
most prominent work,

721
00:31:11,333 --> 00:31:13,733
Post turned to 
renowned American sculptor

722
00:31:13,766 --> 00:31:16,100
Daniel Chester French.

723
00:31:16,133 --> 00:31:17,366
- Most people know him for

724
00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:21,033
the sculpture of Abraham Lincoln 
in the Lincoln Memorial.

725
00:31:21,066 --> 00:31:25,433
He was a major, major figure 
in the art world at the period.

726
00:31:27,733 --> 00:31:29,800
- French's sculpture "Wisconsin"

727
00:31:29,833 --> 00:31:32,766
symbolizes the state motto 
"Forward,"

728
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:36,066
a name she is 
often mistakenly called.

729
00:31:37,000 --> 00:31:39,733
Wisconsin stands 
over 15 feet tall

730
00:31:39,766 --> 00:31:42,400
and weighs 
more than three tons.

731
00:31:43,233 --> 00:31:44,466
In 1914,

732
00:31:44,500 --> 00:31:47,633
she was hoisted 
on top of the Capitol dome,

733
00:31:47,666 --> 00:31:49,866
which was 
a public spectacle.

734
00:31:49,900 --> 00:31:52,966
- Wisconsin was placed

735
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,300
with such fanfare,

736
00:31:54,333 --> 00:31:56,066
I mean there literally 
was a parade.

737
00:31:56,100 --> 00:31:59,300
There were speeches 
and celebration

738
00:31:59,333 --> 00:32:01,366
and it was quite a big deal.

739
00:32:01,400 --> 00:32:04,400
♪ ♪

740
00:32:24,066 --> 00:32:26,933
- One of the most remarkable 
works of art in the Capitol

741
00:32:26,966 --> 00:32:29,433
is here 
in the highest visible point

742
00:32:29,466 --> 00:32:31,133
called the oculus.

743
00:32:31,166 --> 00:32:32,300
It was painted by

744
00:32:32,333 --> 00:32:35,166
one of America's 
most highly-regarded muralists,

745
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:36,200
Edwin Blashfield.

746
00:32:36,233 --> 00:32:38,166
And it's 
a powerful demonstration

747
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,166
of his mastery of scale.

748
00:32:43,766 --> 00:32:47,233
- I think that one was difficult

749
00:32:47,266 --> 00:32:48,733
because you had to understand

750
00:32:48,766 --> 00:32:51,066
that it was going to be 
200 feet away from you

751
00:32:51,100 --> 00:32:52,366
when everybody reads it.

752
00:32:55,466 --> 00:32:59,800
- The mural is called 
"The Resources of Wisconsin."

753
00:33:01,933 --> 00:33:04,433
Blashfield created it 
in New York City

754
00:33:04,466 --> 00:33:07,966
in a studio big enough 
to hold the painting.

755
00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:10,966
It was done on five sections 
of overlapping canvas

756
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:14,733
because the painting would 
be glued to onto a concave bowl

757
00:33:14,766 --> 00:33:16,766
to give it 
an illusion of depth.

758
00:33:18,966 --> 00:33:21,566
The canvases were attached 
to this surface like wallpaper

759
00:33:21,600 --> 00:33:23,966
and pieced together 
like a puzzle.

760
00:33:26,566 --> 00:33:30,400
The state of Wisconsin 
is represented as a woman,

761
00:33:30,433 --> 00:33:32,433
a motif repeated 
throughout the building.

762
00:33:34,633 --> 00:33:36,100
Blashfield's mural reflects

763
00:33:36,133 --> 00:33:39,633
a major theme 
in the Capitol's art--

764
00:33:39,666 --> 00:33:41,666
the rich bounty 
of the state.

765
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,200
Like the artwork 
of a Roman basilica

766
00:33:50,233 --> 00:33:53,866
or European cathedral,

767
00:33:53,900 --> 00:33:56,600
the art at the Capitol 
has a story to tell

768
00:33:56,633 --> 00:33:58,933
about the people 
who made the building

769
00:34:01,133 --> 00:34:03,433
and what they thought 
about their state

770
00:34:03,466 --> 00:34:05,466
and its government.

771
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:13,266
- The artists 
were attempting to convey,

772
00:34:13,300 --> 00:34:15,433
on Post's direction, clearly,

773
00:34:15,466 --> 00:34:19,000
and probably that of 
the Capitol Commission as well,

774
00:34:19,033 --> 00:34:22,633
a very high-minded, 
idealized notion of democracy.

775
00:34:23,633 --> 00:34:26,466
- The themes of the artwork

776
00:34:26,500 --> 00:34:27,966
are sort of 
the grand themes

777
00:34:28,000 --> 00:34:29,166
of liberty,

778
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:30,333
justice,

779
00:34:30,366 --> 00:34:32,133
government, democracy,

780
00:34:32,166 --> 00:34:36,000
abundance.

781
00:34:36,033 --> 00:34:39,866
- Most of the Capitol's 
works of art were made by men.

782
00:34:42,433 --> 00:34:45,300
But there are 
three striking exceptions.

783
00:34:47,233 --> 00:34:49,366
- This statue, 
called "The West,"

784
00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:52,366
has been here 
since the Capitol's beginning.

785
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:54,966
It was sculpted by 
an artistic prodigy from Madison

786
00:34:55,000 --> 00:34:57,133
named Vinnie Ream Hoxie.

787
00:34:57,166 --> 00:35:00,933
She created it at a time 
when her fame was at its peak.

788
00:35:03,866 --> 00:35:06,666
- At age 17, 
Vinnie Ream Hoxie

789
00:35:06,700 --> 00:35:08,700
became the first 
and only sculptor

790
00:35:08,733 --> 00:35:11,000
for whom 
Abraham Lincoln ever posed.

791
00:35:12,133 --> 00:35:14,033
When she received 
a Congressional art commission

792
00:35:14,066 --> 00:35:15,333
the following year,

793
00:35:15,366 --> 00:35:18,233
Ream Hoxie was the first woman 
and youngest person ever

794
00:35:18,266 --> 00:35:20,266
to win 
such an award.

795
00:35:24,233 --> 00:35:26,300
In a similar entryway nearby

796
00:35:26,333 --> 00:35:28,466
stands 
"The Genius of Wisconsin."

797
00:35:38,633 --> 00:35:41,366
Oshkosh native 
Helen Farnsworth Mears

798
00:35:41,400 --> 00:35:44,333
designed it when she was a 
21-year-old artist-in-residence

799
00:35:44,366 --> 00:35:46,933
at the Columbian Exposition.

800
00:35:59,266 --> 00:36:03,166
"Forward" was also sculpted 
for the Columbian Exposition

801
00:36:03,200 --> 00:36:05,533
by Jean Pond Miner 
from Menasha.

802
00:36:09,233 --> 00:36:10,666
Miner symbolized the state

803
00:36:10,700 --> 00:36:14,133
with a female figure 
on the prow of a ship

804
00:36:14,166 --> 00:36:17,300
clasping the American flag 
to her hip.

805
00:36:22,700 --> 00:36:25,133
The combination 
of world-class art,

806
00:36:25,166 --> 00:36:27,833
monumental 
classical architecture,

807
00:36:27,866 --> 00:36:29,733
and exquisite materials

808
00:36:29,766 --> 00:36:32,900
came together perfectly 
in the Wisconsin Capitol.

809
00:36:37,800 --> 00:36:40,600
By its official completion 
in 1917,

810
00:36:40,633 --> 00:36:41,866
the state had a building

811
00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:45,466
that reflected 
its confidence and optimism.

812
00:36:49,700 --> 00:36:53,400
But this Capitol 
never had a grand opening.

813
00:36:53,433 --> 00:36:55,800
- It took eleven years 
to build the building

814
00:36:55,833 --> 00:36:57,466
and really 
no expense was spared

815
00:36:57,500 --> 00:36:59,300
so you'd think 
that when the work finished

816
00:36:59,333 --> 00:37:00,500
in the summer of 1917

817
00:37:00,533 --> 00:37:03,700
there'd of been 
a grand celebration.

818
00:37:03,733 --> 00:37:05,200
But nothing of the sort 
happened.

819
00:37:05,233 --> 00:37:06,366
And the reason for that

820
00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,000
was that 
in April of 1917,

821
00:37:08,033 --> 00:37:10,200
the U.S. entered World War I

822
00:37:10,233 --> 00:37:12,833
and no one thought 
that this was the time

823
00:37:12,866 --> 00:37:14,333
for a big party

824
00:37:14,366 --> 00:37:17,466
about how much money 
we'd just spent on a capitol.

825
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:21,133
- In the years to come, 
as occupants came and went

826
00:37:21,166 --> 00:37:23,266
and the needs 
of the building changed,

827
00:37:23,300 --> 00:37:25,266
the Capitol fell into decline.

828
00:37:25,300 --> 00:37:30,133
- Respect for the building 
and its inherent grandiose-ness

829
00:37:30,166 --> 00:37:31,500
just sort of diminished

830
00:37:31,533 --> 00:37:34,133
as people became used to 
working in the space.

831
00:37:34,166 --> 00:37:36,266
- There was carpeting 
over marble floors.

832
00:37:36,300 --> 00:37:39,500
There were eight coats of paint 
on some of the walls.

833
00:37:39,533 --> 00:37:42,000
There was a time when 
everything was lemon yellow

834
00:37:42,033 --> 00:37:43,366
or sun yellow,

835
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:45,466
or everything was lime green.

836
00:37:45,500 --> 00:37:49,100
- Between 1920 and 1980,

837
00:37:49,133 --> 00:37:50,733
the Capitol 
as it had been envisioned

838
00:37:50,766 --> 00:37:53,433
was nearly destroyed.

839
00:37:53,466 --> 00:37:55,566
In 1965, 
matters came to a head

840
00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:57,566
when First Lady 
Dorothy Knowles,

841
00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:59,733
who was a professional 
interior decorator,

842
00:37:59,766 --> 00:38:02,400
suggested that 
the Governor's conference room

843
00:38:02,433 --> 00:38:05,166
ought to be painted white 
in order to brighten it up.

844
00:38:05,200 --> 00:38:08,066
And that made 
the legislature think, "Well,

845
00:38:08,100 --> 00:38:10,966
who has the right to do things 
like this to our Capitol?"

846
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,366
- By the 1980s,

847
00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:15,433
systems like electrical, 
air handling,

848
00:38:15,466 --> 00:38:16,733
and communication

849
00:38:16,766 --> 00:38:19,133
were in serious need of update.

850
00:38:20,133 --> 00:38:22,300
In 1987, 
it was determined

851
00:38:22,333 --> 00:38:25,200
that a wholesale restoration 
of the building was needed

852
00:38:25,233 --> 00:38:27,133
and a commission was formed.

853
00:38:27,166 --> 00:38:30,600
The state would commit 
over a hundred million dollars

854
00:38:30,633 --> 00:38:32,466
to the eleven-year project.

855
00:38:32,500 --> 00:38:35,166
And it would begin 
in the basement.

856
00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:38,966
- My shop, the electrical 
shop is in the south basement.

857
00:38:39,000 --> 00:38:40,966
- And did that change a lot 
with the restoration?

858
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:42,100
The whole basement area?

859
00:38:42,133 --> 00:38:43,266
- Yes.

860
00:38:43,300 --> 00:38:46,133
The basement areas 
when I started

861
00:38:46,166 --> 00:38:50,300
were like your classic 
cobweb kind of basement.

862
00:38:50,333 --> 00:38:53,400
- When I started there, 
you'd bump your head a lot.

863
00:38:53,433 --> 00:38:56,566
Clearance was probably about 
four and a half to five feet.

864
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:59,733
- The basement was given two 
additional feet of headroom,

865
00:38:59,766 --> 00:39:01,066
systems upgrades,

866
00:39:01,100 --> 00:39:02,466
and new office space.

867
00:39:02,500 --> 00:39:04,400
The project 
would proceed

868
00:39:04,433 --> 00:39:05,466
section by section

869
00:39:05,500 --> 00:39:08,566
throughout the entire building.

870
00:39:08,600 --> 00:39:09,966
- This is tube lights

871
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,366
that are above 
the Supreme Court chambers.

872
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:15,866
The light is picked up 
the entire length of the tube.

873
00:39:15,900 --> 00:39:18,100
They also put, like,

874
00:39:18,133 --> 00:39:21,600
a dropped ceiling diffuser 
plastic pieces

875
00:39:21,633 --> 00:39:23,700
so that the light 
in the chamber

876
00:39:23,733 --> 00:39:25,433
is nice and even.

877
00:39:25,466 --> 00:39:26,866
When I started,

878
00:39:26,900 --> 00:39:29,666
there were fluorescent 
strip lights, like shop lights,

879
00:39:29,700 --> 00:39:32,333
about three feet 
off of this glass.

880
00:39:32,366 --> 00:39:33,866
And so, for us to change it,

881
00:39:33,900 --> 00:39:36,200
we had to put boards down

882
00:39:36,233 --> 00:39:38,033
across the top 
of the stained glass

883
00:39:38,066 --> 00:39:40,000
and just hope 
you didn't put your foot through

884
00:39:40,033 --> 00:39:42,766
the historic antique glass.

885
00:39:43,700 --> 00:39:47,100
- At times, the restoration team 
had to play detective,

886
00:39:47,133 --> 00:39:49,700
scouring through old photographs

887
00:39:49,733 --> 00:39:52,200
to uncover the building's 
original decorative finishes

888
00:39:52,233 --> 00:39:53,766
that had been painted over.

889
00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:55,233
- We did a lot of research.

890
00:39:55,266 --> 00:39:58,866
Postcards, 
pictures of the eras.

891
00:39:58,900 --> 00:40:00,966
You know, 
pictures of the governors

892
00:40:01,000 --> 00:40:03,266
to see what was on the wall 
behind them.

893
00:40:06,266 --> 00:40:09,133
- And paint was removed 
a layer at a time

894
00:40:09,166 --> 00:40:11,433
to uncover 
detailed stencil work,

895
00:40:11,466 --> 00:40:14,200
like in the public gallery 
of the Senate chamber.

896
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:17,166
- These walls were painted.

897
00:40:17,200 --> 00:40:18,500
- Just a solid color?

898
00:40:18,533 --> 00:40:20,733
- They were painted 
a solid color when we came in.

899
00:40:20,766 --> 00:40:22,633
Some areas 
of the building,

900
00:40:22,666 --> 00:40:25,400
the layers of paint were 
eight and nine layers thick.

901
00:40:25,433 --> 00:40:27,666
I believe there were 
about four layers of paint

902
00:40:27,700 --> 00:40:30,200
in this particular area.

903
00:40:30,233 --> 00:40:32,333
And we went through 
layer by layer.

904
00:40:32,366 --> 00:40:36,300
We found that gold leaf 
was on there.

905
00:40:36,333 --> 00:40:38,333
We could actually see the gold,

906
00:40:38,366 --> 00:40:39,900
but it was 
in very poor shape.

907
00:40:39,933 --> 00:40:42,900
- Now you have detailed 
architectural drawings,

908
00:40:42,933 --> 00:40:46,066
but when it comes 
to decoration

909
00:40:46,100 --> 00:40:47,900
you don't have 
those kinds of sources?

910
00:40:47,933 --> 00:40:49,833
- No. 
That kind of document 
we don't have.

911
00:40:49,866 --> 00:40:52,533
- Sounds like the only way 
to rediscover it was to do

912
00:40:52,566 --> 00:40:54,133
what you did, 
go through layer by layer.

913
00:40:54,166 --> 00:40:55,366
- Go through layer by layer.

914
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:57,500
- Surfaces like this one

915
00:40:57,533 --> 00:40:58,733
were meticulously 
brought back

916
00:40:58,766 --> 00:41:01,766
to their 
original colors and pattern.

917
00:41:04,500 --> 00:41:05,500
Beautiful stencil work

918
00:41:05,533 --> 00:41:07,733
was also applied 
to other surfaces

919
00:41:07,766 --> 00:41:09,233
throughout the Capitol.

920
00:41:09,266 --> 00:41:12,366
Artwork was also 
carefully restored.

921
00:41:15,333 --> 00:41:17,000
But in the Rotunda,

922
00:41:17,033 --> 00:41:20,566
just getting to it 
posed a challenge.

923
00:41:20,600 --> 00:41:24,200
A massive 200-foot-tall scaffold 
was built

924
00:41:24,233 --> 00:41:27,033
to give the restoration team 
a rare close-up

925
00:41:27,066 --> 00:41:29,533
of the building's 
most precious art.

926
00:41:29,566 --> 00:41:32,300
And in the case 
of its four mosaics,

927
00:41:32,333 --> 00:41:34,966
what they discovered 
was alarming.

928
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,233
- The whole thing 
was at risk of crumbling down.

929
00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:41,900
- The mosaics were designed

930
00:41:41,933 --> 00:41:44,333
by another 
Columbian Exposition artist,

931
00:41:44,366 --> 00:41:45,800
Kenyon Cox.

932
00:41:45,833 --> 00:41:48,833
They each consist of

933
00:41:48,866 --> 00:41:51,333
about a hundred thousand pieces 
of glass

934
00:41:51,366 --> 00:41:53,200
glued onto a canvas,

935
00:41:53,233 --> 00:41:56,866
which was then attached 
to the walls of the Rotunda.

936
00:41:58,466 --> 00:42:01,333
But over the decades, 
a problem developed.

937
00:42:01,366 --> 00:42:03,233
- The canvas on which

938
00:42:03,266 --> 00:42:05,533
the glass 
was adhered

939
00:42:05,566 --> 00:42:07,833
was beginning to delaminate 
from the wall.

940
00:42:07,866 --> 00:42:11,800
- There were actually 
parts of the mosaics

941
00:42:11,833 --> 00:42:13,133
that leaned forward,

942
00:42:13,166 --> 00:42:15,500
because they are 
not only concave,

943
00:42:15,533 --> 00:42:20,433
but they lean 
towards the Rotunda.

944
00:42:20,466 --> 00:42:23,066
- The restoration team looked 
to experts around the world

945
00:42:23,100 --> 00:42:25,566
for help 
with this unique problem.

946
00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:28,033
In the end, the solution 
was a permanent one--

947
00:42:28,066 --> 00:42:30,400
using a powerful glue.

948
00:42:32,833 --> 00:42:35,566
- We were able to inject 
at the seam lines

949
00:42:35,600 --> 00:42:37,233
an adhesive material,

950
00:42:37,266 --> 00:42:38,733
push it back,

951
00:42:38,766 --> 00:42:41,166
hold it in place 
until the adhesive took hold.

952
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:44,633
And then all was left 
was cleaning.

953
00:42:48,766 --> 00:42:50,800
- The state's commitment 
to the Capitol

954
00:42:50,833 --> 00:42:53,033
resulted in a 21st century 
office building

955
00:42:53,066 --> 00:42:56,000
that shined as brightly 
as it had in 1917.

956
00:43:03,566 --> 00:43:06,266
Architect George Post 
did not live

957
00:43:06,300 --> 00:43:07,900
to see the building's 
completion.

958
00:43:07,933 --> 00:43:11,100
He died four years earlier, 
in 1913,

959
00:43:11,133 --> 00:43:12,266
at age 75.

960
00:43:12,300 --> 00:43:14,900
But he didn't have to see 
the final result

961
00:43:14,933 --> 00:43:17,633
to know 
what he had created.

962
00:43:17,666 --> 00:43:21,166
- So, this is the sketch 
that Post drew.

963
00:43:21,200 --> 00:43:24,500
This was done years before

964
00:43:24,533 --> 00:43:29,066
the different sections of the 
construction project happened.

965
00:43:29,100 --> 00:43:32,633
It's just unbelievable 
how he could visualize all this

966
00:43:32,666 --> 00:43:34,400
and sketch it out,

967
00:43:34,433 --> 00:43:38,266
and come so close to what 
was the actual finished product.

968
00:43:38,300 --> 00:43:39,966
- Yes, the conception is--

969
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,366
what we see 
is very nearly what we get.

970
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:45,233
- Absolutely, absolutely.

971
00:43:47,900 --> 00:43:51,466
- But one thing Post 
never specified before he died

972
00:43:51,500 --> 00:43:54,766
was which side should be 
considered the Capitol's front.

973
00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:57,600
The building's 
perfectly uniform shape

974
00:43:57,633 --> 00:44:00,300
doesn't yield an obvious answer.

975
00:44:00,333 --> 00:44:04,066
And when it came time to place 
Wisconsin on top of the dome,

976
00:44:04,100 --> 00:44:06,566
building supervisor Lew Porter

977
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:09,633
wondered which direction 
she should face.

978
00:44:09,666 --> 00:44:12,833
So, he wrote Post's son, 
James Otis.

979
00:44:13,833 --> 00:44:16,800
- James Otis Post 
indicated that,

980
00:44:16,833 --> 00:44:18,433
he wrote rather personally,

981
00:44:18,466 --> 00:44:20,166
father always felt

982
00:44:20,200 --> 00:44:22,666
the building should face 
Lake Monona.

983
00:44:22,700 --> 00:44:28,666
So, Wisconsin was situated 
to point in that direction.

984
00:44:28,700 --> 00:44:30,200
And the Blashfield mural 
as well,

985
00:44:30,233 --> 00:44:32,533
the base of it 
goes in that direction.

986
00:44:32,566 --> 00:44:34,133
So, that also informs,

987
00:44:34,166 --> 00:44:36,333
"What is the orientation 
of the building?"

988
00:44:36,366 --> 00:44:38,133
which is really lost

989
00:44:38,166 --> 00:44:39,766
pretty much to everybody

990
00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:41,300
unless you know the story.

991
00:44:44,533 --> 00:44:46,500
- ...to hear some great music.

992
00:44:46,533 --> 00:44:50,366
But also to commemorate 
the 100th anniversary

993
00:44:50,400 --> 00:44:53,033
of this beautiful 
capitol building

994
00:44:53,066 --> 00:44:56,133
that we are all looking upon 
right now.

995
00:44:56,166 --> 00:44:57,733
- On a warm July evening 
in 2017,

996
00:44:57,766 --> 00:45:01,000
the community gathered 
on the grounds of the Capitol

997
00:45:01,033 --> 00:45:03,200
to hear 
the Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra.

998
00:45:03,233 --> 00:45:05,700
It's part of 
a weekly summer concert series,

999
00:45:05,733 --> 00:45:09,066
but this night was special.

1000
00:45:09,100 --> 00:45:12,833
It was a celebration of the 
building's 100th anniversary.

1001
00:45:12,866 --> 00:45:15,966
Some of the restoration team 
were on hand.

1002
00:45:16,000 --> 00:45:18,066
- This is kind of a reunion 
at this location

1003
00:45:18,100 --> 00:45:20,800
of the crew that did the work.

1004
00:45:20,833 --> 00:45:23,533
You know, the two thousand 
of us or so

1005
00:45:23,566 --> 00:45:25,433
that contributed to the effort.

1006
00:45:25,466 --> 00:45:29,733
- We did an incredibly 
thorough, authentic,

1007
00:45:29,766 --> 00:45:33,600
well-documented 
process of restoration.

1008
00:45:33,633 --> 00:45:35,700
If you're a citizen of Wisconsin

1009
00:45:35,733 --> 00:45:37,233
I think you should 
just be impressed

1010
00:45:37,266 --> 00:45:38,900
of how wonderful it looks.

1011
00:45:38,933 --> 00:45:41,933
- The restoration of 
this building was important

1012
00:45:41,966 --> 00:45:44,233
because this is a masterpiece.

1013
00:45:44,266 --> 00:45:46,600
It was 
a complete masterpiece

1014
00:45:46,633 --> 00:45:49,833
designed by 
a master of the style.

1015
00:45:49,866 --> 00:45:52,333
- This is one of a kind 
and there's no reason

1016
00:45:52,366 --> 00:45:54,000
it can't last for 
another hundred years

1017
00:45:54,033 --> 00:45:55,666
if given proper care.

1018
00:45:55,700 --> 00:45:58,400
So, yeah, love it.

1019
00:45:58,433 --> 00:46:00,300
Love it to death. 
[laughs]

1020
00:46:02,966 --> 00:46:05,700
- This is the seat 
of our government.

1021
00:46:07,666 --> 00:46:09,666
The symbol of our state.

1022
00:46:14,433 --> 00:46:16,833
It tells our story.

1023
00:46:19,866 --> 00:46:22,100
And we come to this place 
for many reasons--

1024
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:27,033
as a community,

1025
00:46:27,066 --> 00:46:29,233
as visitors,

1026
00:46:29,266 --> 00:46:31,733
as citizens.

1027
00:46:31,766 --> 00:46:35,500
But even through our 
most passionate disagreements,

1028
00:46:35,533 --> 00:46:39,866
we share 
this great capitol.

1029
00:46:39,900 --> 00:46:42,366
This is our legacy.

1030
00:46:44,033 --> 00:46:49,200
This is our house.

1031
00:46:49,233 --> 00:46:51,433
- It has a vitality 
that few buildings really do.

1032
00:46:51,466 --> 00:46:54,133
The building asks us 
as citizens of the state

1033
00:46:54,166 --> 00:46:57,566
to be our best 
and to make a solid contribution

1034
00:46:57,600 --> 00:47:01,233
to our state, 
however we best can.

1035
00:47:01,266 --> 00:47:02,933
- There is no other place 
like it.

1036
00:47:02,966 --> 00:47:06,433
It's just that special feeling 
you get when you're in it.

1037
00:47:08,666 --> 00:47:10,966
- This is a building 
for the ages

1038
00:47:11,000 --> 00:47:13,366
that has come to us 
from people

1039
00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:16,100
who thought highly of the state

1040
00:47:16,133 --> 00:47:17,566
and its government

1041
00:47:17,600 --> 00:47:19,766
and its institutions

1042
00:47:19,800 --> 00:47:21,566
and wanted to create

1043
00:47:21,600 --> 00:47:23,800
this monument 
to the state of Wisconsin.

1044
00:47:23,833 --> 00:47:27,733
And those ideals 
are still relevant today.

1045
00:47:27,766 --> 00:47:30,766
♪ ♪

1046
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:06,200
>> HI.

1047
00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:07,366
I'M JON MISKOWSKI, DIRECTOR OF

1048
00:48:07,366 --> 00:48:08,033
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.

1049
00:48:08,033 --> 00:48:10,333
I'M HERE WITH MICHAEL BRIDGEMAN.

1050
00:48:10,333 --> 00:48:15,466
THIS BIRTHDAY CARD TO "OUR

1051
00:48:15,466 --> 00:48:17,033
HOUSE" WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO CALL

1052
00:48:17,033 --> 00:48:18,000
RIGHT NOW AND PLEDGE YOUR

1053
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:18,466
SUPPORT.

1054
00:48:18,466 --> 00:48:20,600
WITH A GIFT OF $8 A MONTH WE'LL

1055
00:48:20,600 --> 00:48:22,600
BE HAPPY TO SEND YOU A DVD.

1056
00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:24,700
WITH A GIFT OF $13 A MONTH, WE

1057
00:48:24,700 --> 00:48:27,733
HAVE THE DVD COMPANION TO THIS

1058
00:48:27,733 --> 00:48:29,866
BRAND NEW BOOK FROM THE

1059
00:48:29,866 --> 00:48:30,700
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

1060
00:48:30,700 --> 00:48:32,466
AND RIGHT NOW IF YOU CALL IS A

1061
00:48:32,466 --> 00:48:34,633
CHALLENGE BREAK, SO UP TO $2,000

1062
00:48:34,633 --> 00:48:36,466
IS AVAILABLE TO CHALLENGE NEW

1063
00:48:36,466 --> 00:48:37,666
MEMBERS TO CONTRIBUTE TO

1064
00:48:37,666 --> 00:48:38,233
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.

1065
00:48:38,233 --> 00:48:40,133
SO WE'RE HOPING FOR 50 CALLS IN

1066
00:48:40,133 --> 00:48:42,000
THESE FEW MINUTES TO CELEBRATE

1067
00:48:42,000 --> 00:48:43,933
THE WORK THAT WE DO ALONG WITH

1068
00:48:43,933 --> 00:48:46,233
THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN

1069
00:48:46,233 --> 00:48:48,100
CELEBRATING AND REMEMBERING AND

1070
00:48:48,100 --> 00:48:48,833
CELEBRATING THE STORIES OF

1071
00:48:48,833 --> 00:48:49,466
WISCONSIN.

1072
00:48:49,466 --> 00:48:50,800
MIKE, YOU WANT TO TELL FOLKS

1073
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:51,433
ABOUT THE PROGRAM?

1074
00:48:51,433 --> 00:48:54,433
>> WELL, THEY'VE SEEN THE

1075
00:48:54,433 --> 00:48:56,466
PROGRAM, AND SEEING IT AGAIN

1076
00:48:56,466 --> 00:48:57,833
IT'S REALLY A BEAUTIFUL

1077
00:48:57,833 --> 00:48:58,300
BUILDING.

1078
00:48:58,300 --> 00:49:00,666
WHAT IT REMINDS ME IS WHEN THE

1079
00:49:00,666 --> 00:49:03,033
BUILDING WAS BUILT, THEY USED --

1080
00:49:03,033 --> 00:49:04,700
THEY WERE VERY CAREFUL ABOUT

1081
00:49:04,700 --> 00:49:06,100
PLANNING IT, ABOUT BUILDING IT

1082
00:49:06,100 --> 00:49:07,533
AND THEY USED THE BEST PEOPLE

1083
00:49:07,533 --> 00:49:10,166
THEY COULD GET TO MAKE IT THE

1084
00:49:10,166 --> 00:49:11,433
FINE BUILDING THAT IT IS.

1085
00:49:11,433 --> 00:49:13,900
IT'S REALLY A TESTAMENT TO THE

1086
00:49:13,900 --> 00:49:15,033
DEVOTION THESE PEOPLE HAD.

1087
00:49:15,033 --> 00:49:16,633
>> I THINK THAT'S ONE THING WE

1088
00:49:16,633 --> 00:49:17,233
SAID.

1089
00:49:17,233 --> 00:49:18,600
THAT'S A BUILDING THAT YOU

1090
00:49:18,600 --> 00:49:19,966
REALLY CAN'T TAKE FOR GRANTED,

1091
00:49:19,966 --> 00:49:22,100
BUT IF YOU EVER DO, THIS PROGRAM

1092
00:49:22,100 --> 00:49:23,900
IS A GREAT REINTRODUCTION TO THE

1093
00:49:23,900 --> 00:49:26,533
BEAUTY AND THE CRAFTSMANSHIP AND

1094
00:49:26,533 --> 00:49:28,033
THE HEART OF THIS WONDERFUL

1095
00:49:28,033 --> 00:49:28,466
BUILDING.

1096
00:49:28,466 --> 00:49:30,233
THE PHONE NUMBER TO CALL IS

1097
00:49:30,233 --> 00:49:30,600
1-800-236-3636.

1098
00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:32,800
>> THANKS, MICHAEL.

1099
00:49:32,800 --> 00:49:33,633
>> HI.

1100
00:49:33,633 --> 00:49:35,466
I'M STEPHANIE ELKINS, ONE OF THE

1101
00:49:35,466 --> 00:49:36,633
MUSIC HOSTS ON WISCONSIN PUBLIC

1102
00:49:36,633 --> 00:49:37,266
RADIO.

1103
00:49:37,266 --> 00:49:39,300
AND, WOW, THIS JUST MADE ME FEEL

1104
00:49:39,300 --> 00:49:43,533
SO PROUD AND SO JUST GRATEFUL

1105
00:49:43,533 --> 00:49:45,800
FOR THE LEGACY OF THOSE WHO WENT

1106
00:49:45,800 --> 00:49:48,400
BEFORE US WHO INVESTED IN THIS

1107
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:50,733
BEAUTIFUL BUILDING, OUR HOUSE,

1108
00:49:50,733 --> 00:49:52,133
OUR CAPITOL.

1109
00:49:52,133 --> 00:49:53,666
WE'RE CELEBRATING THE CENTENNIAL

1110
00:49:53,666 --> 00:49:55,200
OF THE CAPITOL AND THE SEVENTEEN

1111
00:49:55,200 --> 00:49:59,900
TEN SELLCENTENNIAL OF PUBLIC

1112
00:49:59,900 --> 00:50:01,100
BROADCASTING.

1113
00:50:01,100 --> 00:50:02,200
WE'RE ASKING YOU TO CELEBRATE

1114
00:50:02,200 --> 00:50:03,866
WITH US BY MAKING YOUR GIFT TO

1115
00:50:03,866 --> 00:50:04,433
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.

1116
00:50:04,433 --> 00:50:06,133
THIS IS A CHALLENGE BREAK, WHICH

1117
00:50:06,133 --> 00:50:07,366
MEANS THAT WE HAVE A POT OF

1118
00:50:07,366 --> 00:50:08,966
MONEY FROM EXISTING MEMBERS WHO

1119
00:50:08,966 --> 00:50:10,533
WOULD LIKE TO ENCOURAGE YOU TO

1120
00:50:10,533 --> 00:50:11,666
BECOME A NEW MEMBER OF WISCONSIN

1121
00:50:11,666 --> 00:50:12,166
PUBLIC TELEVISION.

1122
00:50:12,166 --> 00:50:13,666
AND WHEN YOU DO THAT AT THE

1123
00:50:13,666 --> 00:50:16,300
LEVEL OF $8 A MONTH, WE'LL SEND

1124
00:50:16,300 --> 00:50:17,533
YOU THE PROGRAM DVD YOU HAVE

1125
00:50:17,533 --> 00:50:18,466
JUST SEEN.

1126
00:50:18,466 --> 00:50:20,333
NOT ONLY DOES IT HAVE OUR HOUSE,

1127
00:50:20,333 --> 00:50:22,166
BUT IT HAS A SECOND DOCUMENTARY

1128
00:50:22,166 --> 00:50:23,533
AS WELL ABOUT THE RESTORATION

1129
00:50:23,533 --> 00:50:25,800
THAT HAPPENED IN 1999, I

1130
00:50:25,800 --> 00:50:26,600
BELIEVE.

1131
00:50:26,600 --> 00:50:30,566
AND WE LITTLE ALSO HAVE A GIFT OF THE

1132
00:50:30,566 --> 00:50:33,166
BOOK THAT JUST CAME OUT FROM THE

1133
00:50:33,166 --> 00:50:34,400
WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

1134
00:50:34,400 --> 00:50:37,933
CALLED "THE WISCONSIN CAPITOL."

1135
00:50:37,933 --> 00:50:40,500
FOR A GIFT OF $13 WE'LL SEND YOU

1136
00:50:40,500 --> 00:50:41,966
BOTH THE DVD AND THE BOOK.

1137
00:50:41,966 --> 00:50:43,633
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU

1138
00:50:43,633 --> 00:50:46,700
DURING THIS 100TH ANNIVERSARY.

1139
00:50:46,700 --> 00:50:48,233
1-800-236-3636.

1140
00:50:48,233 --> 00:50:50,966
>> HELLO AGAIN.

1141
00:50:50,966 --> 00:50:52,033
STEPHANIE MENTIONED THE BOOK.

1142
00:50:52,033 --> 00:50:53,733
THIS IS THE BOOK ABOUT THE

1143
00:50:53,733 --> 00:50:56,866
WISCONSIN CAPITOL JUST PUBLISHED

1144
00:50:56,866 --> 00:50:58,700
THIS YEAR BY THE WISCONSIN

1145
00:50:58,700 --> 00:50:59,466
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.

1146
00:50:59,466 --> 00:51:01,033
IT'S A FINE BOOK.

1147
00:51:01,033 --> 00:51:01,966
IT'S REALLY GREAT.

1148
00:51:01,966 --> 00:51:04,233
AS WONDERFUL AS THE TV PROGRAM

1149
00:51:04,233 --> 00:51:07,133
IS, IT'S A TV PROGRAM, SO IT'S

1150
00:51:07,133 --> 00:51:08,933
REALLY ABOUT BEAUTIFUL IMAGES A

1151
00:51:08,933 --> 00:51:11,500
NDAND SO ON.

1152
00:51:11,500 --> 00:51:13,100
YOU CAN'T SAY ALL THAT MUCH IN

1153
00:51:13,100 --> 00:51:16,500
THE TV SHOW, SO THIS IS A CHANCE

1154
00:51:16,500 --> 00:51:18,100
TO GET DEEPER WITH THIS BOOK

1155
00:51:18,100 --> 00:51:22,566
CALLED "THE WISCONSIN CAPITOL,"

1156
00:51:22,566 --> 00:51:25,366
STORIES ABOUT THE BUILDING,

1157
00:51:25,366 --> 00:51:26,733
RESTORATION AND PEOPLE WHO HAVE

1158
00:51:26,733 --> 00:51:28,133
WORKED THERE OR BEEN THERE.

1159
00:51:28,133 --> 00:51:29,433
IT'S A FASCINATING BOOK.

1160
00:51:29,433 --> 00:51:31,366
AGAIN, IT'S A SPECIAL THANK YOU

1161
00:51:31,366 --> 00:51:35,400
GIFT THAT WE HAVE TO OFFER I

1162
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:37,233
THINK AT THE $10 A MONTH AND

1163
00:51:37,233 --> 00:51:37,833
ABOVE.

1164
00:51:37,833 --> 00:51:38,900
DON'T WORRY.

1165
00:51:38,900 --> 00:51:40,333
OUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE ALL THIS

1166
00:51:40,333 --> 00:51:41,533
INFORMATION AND WE'LL MAKE SURE

1167
00:51:41,533 --> 00:51:43,200
YOU GET AT THE RIGHT LEVEL AND

1168
00:51:43,200 --> 00:51:44,433
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT IN JUST THE

1169
00:51:44,433 --> 00:51:45,200
RIGHT WAY.

1170
00:51:45,200 --> 00:51:46,866
BUT TO DO THAT YOU HAVE TO CALL

1171
00:51:46,866 --> 00:51:48,266
1-800-236-3636.

1172
00:51:48,266 --> 00:51:49,433
>> THANKS.

1173
00:51:49,433 --> 00:51:52,033
REMEMBER, THIS IS A CHALLENGE

1174
00:51:52,033 --> 00:51:53,433
BREAK, SO FOR NEW MEMBERS YOUR

1175
00:51:53,433 --> 00:51:54,466
DOLLARS ARE DOUBLED WHEN YOU

1176
00:51:54,466 --> 00:51:55,400
CALL RIGHT NOW.

1177
00:51:55,400 --> 00:51:57,266
WE'RE ON OUR WAY TO 50 AND

1178
00:51:57,266 --> 00:51:57,566
BEYOND.

1179
00:51:57,566 --> 00:51:58,933
WE HAVE 16 CALLS.

1180
00:51:58,933 --> 00:52:02,133
PLEASE JOIN US WITH YOUR PLEDGE.

1181
00:52:02,133 --> 00:52:03,866
YOUR GIFT IS AN INVESTMENT

1182
00:52:03,866 --> 00:52:05,533
ESPECIALLY IN THE WORK THAT WE

1183
00:52:05,533 --> 00:52:07,133
DO ABOUT WISCONSIN, ABOUT

1184
00:52:07,133 --> 00:52:08,200
WISCONSIN STORIES AND WISCONSIN

1185
00:52:08,200 --> 00:52:08,866
PROGRAMS.

1186
00:52:08,866 --> 00:52:10,166
TONIGHT'S PROGRAM IS JUST ONE

1187
00:52:10,166 --> 00:52:12,466
EXAMPLE OF THAT.

1188
00:52:12,466 --> 00:52:13,733
THINK OF PROGRAMS WE SHARE WITH

1189
00:52:13,733 --> 00:52:15,866
OUR FRIENDS, PROGRAMS LIKE "GUYS

1190
00:52:15,866 --> 00:52:18,633
ON ICE," WHICH IS THE GREATEST

1191
00:52:18,633 --> 00:52:20,466
ICE-FISHING MUSICAL EVER,

1192
00:52:20,466 --> 00:52:24,300
WISCONSIN FROM THE AIR,

1193
00:52:24,300 --> 00:52:25,966
"WISCONSIN WINTER FROM THE AIR,"

1194
00:52:25,966 --> 00:52:27,366
EXTRAORDINARY CELEBRATION OF OUR

1195
00:52:27,366 --> 00:52:29,500
STATE.

1196
00:52:29,500 --> 00:52:30,900
"OUR HOUSE" IS A BEAUTIFUL

1197
00:52:30,900 --> 00:52:32,133
PROGRAM ABOUT THE MOST IMPORTANT

1198
00:52:32,133 --> 00:52:33,066
BUILDING IN OUR STATE.

1199
00:52:33,066 --> 00:52:34,766
CLEARLY AS YOU WATCH THE PROGRAM

1200
00:52:34,766 --> 00:52:35,966
THE BUILDING THAT WAS BUILT WITH

1201
00:52:35,966 --> 00:52:39,166
THE MOST CARE AND THIS MOST

1202
00:52:39,166 --> 00:52:42,000
SENSE OF OUR PLACE IN OUR

1203
00:52:42,000 --> 00:52:43,333
GOVERNMENT, THIS PROGRAM

1204
00:52:43,333 --> 00:52:45,933
CELEBRATES IT, THAT BUILDING

1205
00:52:45,933 --> 00:52:46,800
CELEBRATES IT.

1206
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:48,200
IT'S A WONDERFUL CELEBRATION OF

1207
00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:48,666
WISCONSIN.

1208
00:52:48,666 --> 00:52:50,166
WE HOPE YOU'LL JOIN US WITH YOUR

1209
00:52:50,166 --> 00:52:51,366
PLEDGE AND YOUR SUPPORT WHILE

1210
00:52:51,366 --> 00:52:54,500
IT'S DOUBLED AT 1-800-236-3636.

1211
00:52:54,500 --> 00:53:03,466
>> OUR CAPITOL WILLING BUILDING IS A

1212
00:53:03,466 --> 00:53:07,200
JEWEL, ALL ONLY WAWZ OF THE

1213
00:53:07,200 --> 00:53:10,100
PEOPLE WHO HAVE COME BEFORE.

1214
00:53:10,100 --> 00:53:11,933
CELEBRATE THE LEGACY OF THE

1215
00:53:11,933 --> 00:53:13,766
CAPITOL BUILDING BY MAKING A

1216
00:53:13,766 --> 00:53:14,500
GIFT RIGHT NOW.

1217
00:53:14,500 --> 00:53:17,700
FOR A GIFT OF $8 A MONTH WE'LL

1218
00:53:17,700 --> 00:53:20,733
SEND YOU THE PROGRAM DVD OF "OUR

1219
00:53:20,733 --> 00:53:22,466
HOUSE" THE CELEBRATION OF

1220
00:53:22,466 --> 00:53:24,166
WISCONSIN'S CAPITOL BUILDING,

1221
00:53:24,166 --> 00:53:25,200
INTIMATE, BEHIND-THE-SCENES LOOK

1222
00:53:25,200 --> 00:53:27,933
AT ALL OF THE DETAILS, SUCH A

1223
00:53:27,933 --> 00:53:28,833
BEAUTIFULLY DONE PROGRAM FROM

1224
00:53:28,833 --> 00:53:29,766
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.

1225
00:53:29,766 --> 00:53:31,733
FOR A PLEDGE OF $10 A MONTH OR

1226
00:53:31,733 --> 00:53:33,100
MORE, WE'LL SEND YOU THE BOOK

1227
00:53:33,100 --> 00:53:34,900
THAT JUST CAME OUT FROM THE

1228
00:53:34,900 --> 00:53:36,433
WISCONSIN HISTORICAL SOCIETY

1229
00:53:36,433 --> 00:53:39,000
PRESS CALLED "THE WISCONSIN

1230
00:53:39,000 --> 00:53:39,466
CAPITOL."

1231
00:53:39,466 --> 00:53:41,766
IT'S FULL OF HISTORY AND

1232
00:53:41,766 --> 00:53:42,666
PHOTOGRAPHS.

1233
00:53:42,666 --> 00:53:44,800
FOR A PLEDGE OF $13 A MONTH OR

1234
00:53:44,800 --> 00:53:47,066
MORE, WE'LL SEND YOU BOTH THE

1235
00:53:47,066 --> 00:53:48,466
DVD WHICH HAS AN ADDITIONAL

1236
00:53:48,466 --> 00:53:50,566
DOCUMENTARY ON IT AS WELL AS THE

1237
00:53:50,566 --> 00:53:51,033
BOOK.

1238
00:53:51,033 --> 00:53:52,233
WE WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.

1239
00:53:52,233 --> 00:53:54,966
THIS IS A WONDERFUL LEGACY FOR

1240
00:53:54,966 --> 00:53:56,933
YOUR CHILDREN, FOR YOUR FRIENDS

1241
00:53:56,933 --> 00:53:59,400
AND YOU CAN HAVE IT AT A TOKEN

1242
00:53:59,400 --> 00:54:01,533
OF OUR THANKS WHEN YOU MAKE YOUR

1243
00:54:01,533 --> 00:54:05,366
PLEDGE AT 1-800-236-3636.

1244
00:54:05,366 --> 00:54:07,600
>> WE HAVE 24 CALLS SO FAR

1245
00:54:07,600 --> 00:54:09,166
DURING THIS CHALLENGE BREAK,

1246
00:54:09,166 --> 00:54:10,700
WHICH MEANS WE'RE ABOUT HALFWAY

1247
00:54:10,700 --> 00:54:12,100
TO OUR GOAL OF 50 CALLS.

1248
00:54:12,100 --> 00:54:13,600
IF YOU CALL AND YOU DON'T GET

1249
00:54:13,600 --> 00:54:14,733
THROUGH, YOU CAN STAY ON THE

1250
00:54:14,733 --> 00:54:17,000
LINE OR YOU CAN GO TO wpt.org

1251
00:54:17,000 --> 00:54:18,966
AND MAKE YOUR MEMBERSHIP THERE.

1252
00:54:18,966 --> 00:54:20,933
ALL THESE THANK YOU GIFTS WE'VE

1253
00:54:20,933 --> 00:54:23,366
BEEN TALKING ABOUT, YOU CAN JUST

1254
00:54:23,366 --> 00:54:24,633
THEM THERE JUST AS WELL.

1255
00:54:24,633 --> 00:54:25,866
SO DO THAT.

1256
00:54:25,866 --> 00:54:27,833
YOU CAN ALSO BECOME A SUSTAINING

1257
00:54:27,833 --> 00:54:29,500
MEMBER BY CALLING ONE OF OUR

1258
00:54:29,500 --> 00:54:31,466
VOLUNTEERS OR BY GOING ONLINE.

1259
00:54:31,466 --> 00:54:33,000
SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP MEANS THAT

1260
00:54:33,000 --> 00:54:34,366
YOU DECIDE HOW MUCH TO GIVE EACH

1261
00:54:34,366 --> 00:54:34,666
MONTH.

1262
00:54:34,666 --> 00:54:36,166
I AM A SUSTAINING MEMBER.

1263
00:54:36,166 --> 00:54:38,633
AND SO WHAT I DO IS I SAY I WILL

1264
00:54:38,633 --> 00:54:39,833
TRANSFER THIS AMOUNT OF MONEY

1265
00:54:39,833 --> 00:54:42,100
EVERY MONTH FROM MY CHECKING

1266
00:54:42,100 --> 00:54:43,466
ACCOUNT AND IT'S PAYABLE TO

1267
00:54:43,466 --> 00:54:44,366
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.

1268
00:54:44,366 --> 00:54:45,566
I'VE BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS.

1269
00:54:45,566 --> 00:54:47,266
I LIKE IT BECAUSE IT MAKES IT

1270
00:54:47,266 --> 00:54:49,166
EASY TO BUDGET MY GIVING ACROSS

1271
00:54:49,166 --> 00:54:49,733
THE YEAR.

1272
00:54:49,733 --> 00:54:51,433
AND I KNOW THAT WISCONSIN PUBLIC

1273
00:54:51,433 --> 00:54:54,333
TELEVISION LIKES IT BECAUSE THEY

1274
00:54:54,333 --> 00:54:55,400
HAVE A RELIABLE AND STEADY

1275
00:54:55,400 --> 00:54:57,066
SOURCE OF FUNDING COMING IN.

1276
00:54:57,066 --> 00:54:58,433
IT'S REALLY A TERRIFIC WAY TO

1277
00:54:58,433 --> 00:54:59,033
GO.

1278
00:54:59,033 --> 00:55:00,766
A SUSTAINING MEMBERSHIP.

1279
00:55:00,766 --> 00:55:01,966
OUR VOLUNTEERS HAVE THE

1280
00:55:01,966 --> 00:55:03,233
INFORMATION ABOUT THAT OR,

1281
00:55:03,233 --> 00:55:04,866
AGAIN, YOU CAN FIND IT ONLINE.

1282
00:55:04,866 --> 00:55:07,333
THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO

1283
00:55:07,333 --> 00:55:10,066
SUPPORT "OUR HOUSE," TO SUPPORT

1284
00:55:10,066 --> 00:55:11,300
WISCONSIN PROGRAMS, TO SUPPORT

1285
00:55:11,300 --> 00:55:12,033
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.

1286
00:55:12,033 --> 00:55:13,166
AND THAT'S SOMETHING YOU CAN DO

1287
00:55:13,166 --> 00:55:13,766
TONIGHT.

1288
00:55:13,766 --> 00:55:15,566
YOU CAN DO RIGHT NOW IF YOU WANT

1289
00:55:15,566 --> 00:55:18,500
TO GIVE US A CALL OR GO ONLINE.

1290
00:55:18,500 --> 00:55:20,200
WE ARE AT 29 CALLS.

1291
00:55:20,200 --> 00:55:21,900
WE'RE AIMING FOR 50.

1292
00:55:21,900 --> 00:55:24,966
BE THE NEXT ONE AT

1293
00:55:24,966 --> 00:55:25,566
1-800-236-3636.

1294
00:55:25,566 --> 00:55:27,400
>> IT'S GOOD TO SEE THE GREAT

1295
00:55:27,400 --> 00:55:28,466
RESPONSE AND THE CALLS POURING

1296
00:55:28,466 --> 00:55:28,766
IN.

1297
00:55:28,766 --> 00:55:30,800
THANK YOU FOR THOSE CALLS AND

1298
00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:32,000
THOSE PLEDGES.

1299
00:55:32,000 --> 00:55:33,800
ALSO WANT TO THANK OUR FUNDERS

1300
00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:36,200
FOR THIS PROJECT AND THIS

1301
00:55:36,200 --> 00:55:39,066
PROGRAM WHO MADE THEIR

1302
00:55:39,066 --> 00:55:39,933
CONTRIBUTION WHEN WE WERE JUST

1303
00:55:39,933 --> 00:55:40,533
IMAGINING IT.

1304
00:55:40,533 --> 00:55:47,466
WE WANT TO THANK RON AND COLLEEN

1305
00:55:47,466 --> 00:55:51,366
WEYERS, THE AHRENS FUND, OUR

1306
00:55:51,366 --> 00:55:53,633
FOLKS IN THE FOX VALLEY

1307
00:55:53,633 --> 00:55:55,966
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION, THE CONNIE

1308
00:55:55,966 --> 00:55:58,433
FAMILY IN MEMORY OF MILDRED.

1309
00:55:58,433 --> 00:56:01,600
WE CERTAINLY MISS HER.

1310
00:56:01,600 --> 00:56:02,966
EDVEST WHO WE HAD A CHANCE TO

1311
00:56:02,966 --> 00:56:04,933
TALK TO AND THE WORK THAT THEY

1312
00:56:04,933 --> 00:56:08,266
DO FOR FAMILIES OF WISCONSIN.

1313
00:56:08,266 --> 00:56:15,800
ELEANOR AND THOMAS WILDRECK

1314
00:56:15,800 --> 00:56:16,566
FAMILY.

1315
00:56:16,566 --> 00:56:21,900
ROGER AND LYN, THANK YOU.

1316
00:56:21,900 --> 00:56:22,966
AMERICAN TRANSMISSION COMPANY.

1317
00:56:22,966 --> 00:56:24,166
WE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT FOR

1318
00:56:24,166 --> 00:56:24,533
THIS.

1319
00:56:24,533 --> 00:56:26,000
AND FRIENDS OF WISCONSIN PUBLIC

1320
00:56:26,000 --> 00:56:26,900
TELEVISION, WHICH IS YOU.

1321
00:56:26,900 --> 00:56:28,866
WHEN YOU CALL, AGAIN, VIEWERS

1322
00:56:28,866 --> 00:56:30,933
ARE THE LARGEST SINGLE SOURCE OF

1323
00:56:30,933 --> 00:56:31,200
REVENUE.

1324
00:56:31,200 --> 00:56:33,466
YOU CAN SEE IN THIS PROGRAM WHAT

1325
00:56:33,466 --> 00:56:34,033
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION

1326
00:56:34,033 --> 00:56:36,133
MEANS TO OUR STATE AND CAPTURING

1327
00:56:36,133 --> 00:56:36,600
THIS STORY.

1328
00:56:36,600 --> 00:56:38,533
I WANT TO TELL A LITTLE BIT

1329
00:56:38,533 --> 00:56:40,666
ABOUT ELEANOR AND THOMAS.

1330
00:56:40,666 --> 00:56:42,833
THEIR FAMILY MADE A GIFT TO THIS

1331
00:56:42,833 --> 00:56:44,366
PROJECT FOR THIS WONDERFUL

1332
00:56:44,366 --> 00:56:46,066
COMBINATION OF REASONS.

1333
00:56:46,066 --> 00:56:48,500
ONE, AS THOMAS WORKED IN THE

1334
00:56:48,500 --> 00:56:48,800
CAPITOL.

1335
00:56:48,800 --> 00:56:50,533
AND HE TALKED ABOUT -- THE

1336
00:56:50,533 --> 00:56:52,233
FAMILY TOLD US ABOUT HOW

1337
00:56:52,233 --> 00:56:55,266
ELEANOR, HIS WIFE, WOULD BRING

1338
00:56:55,266 --> 00:56:56,800
VISITORS WHO CAME TO VISIT THEM

1339
00:56:56,800 --> 00:56:59,066
TO THE CAPITOL AND TOUR THIS

1340
00:56:59,066 --> 00:57:00,000
AMAZING BUILDING.

1341
00:57:00,000 --> 00:57:01,700
HIS OFFICE WAS IN THE DOME.

1342
00:57:01,700 --> 00:57:03,700
THEY TOLD US HOW IT WASN'T

1343
00:57:03,700 --> 00:57:06,100
HEATED AND IT CERTAINLY WASN'T

1344
00:57:06,100 --> 00:57:07,000
COOLED.

1345
00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:08,733
AND SO THIS IS A REALLY SPECIAL

1346
00:57:08,733 --> 00:57:09,600
PLACE FOR THEM.

1347
00:57:09,600 --> 00:57:12,166
AND BEYOND THAT THEY BOTH WERE

1348
00:57:12,166 --> 00:57:14,000
BORN IN 1917.

1349
00:57:14,000 --> 00:57:16,733
SO THIS WONDERFUL COMBINATION OF

1350
00:57:16,733 --> 00:57:20,966
THINGS WE CELEBRATE THEIR

1351
00:57:20,966 --> 00:57:23,200
CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR STATE, TO

1352
00:57:23,200 --> 00:57:24,866
THEIR COMMUNITY AND THEIR FAMILY

1353
00:57:24,866 --> 00:57:28,400
THAT CONTINUES THIS LEGACY OF

1354
00:57:28,400 --> 00:57:29,933
PHILANTHROPY OF SUPPORTING THIS

1355
00:57:29,933 --> 00:57:30,533
PROJECT.

1356
00:57:30,533 --> 00:57:32,666
WE'RE PROUD TO BE PART OF THAT.

1357
00:57:32,666 --> 00:57:34,033
OUR CONDOLENCES GO TO THE

1358
00:57:34,033 --> 00:57:34,766
FAMILY.

1359
00:57:34,766 --> 00:57:36,766
ELEANOR JUST RECENTLY PASSED AND

1360
00:57:36,766 --> 00:57:39,166
IT WAS WONDERFUL TO MEET HER.

1361
00:57:39,166 --> 00:57:40,400
WHAT A GREAT SPIRIT.

1362
00:57:40,400 --> 00:57:42,066
WHAT A GREAT CONTRIBUTOR TO THIS

1363
00:57:42,066 --> 00:57:43,433
STATE ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND AND

1364
00:57:43,433 --> 00:57:44,033
HER FAMILY.

1365
00:57:44,033 --> 00:57:47,833
SO WE WANT TO AK THOJ ACKNOWLEDGE THAT

1366
00:57:47,833 --> 00:57:49,366
AND THANK THEM FOR THEIR SUPPORT

1367
00:57:49,366 --> 00:57:50,533
AND ACKNOWLEDGE THE WONDERFUL

1368
00:57:50,533 --> 00:57:51,766
RESPONSE WE'RE RECEIVING TO THIS

1369
00:57:51,766 --> 00:57:52,366
PROGRAM.

1370
00:57:52,366 --> 00:57:53,733
ENCOURAGE YOU TO JOIN US WITH

1371
00:57:53,733 --> 00:57:56,366
YOUR CALL TO 1-800-236-3636.

1372
00:57:56,366 --> 00:57:57,566
THANK YOU.

1373
00:57:57,566 --> 00:57:59,366
>> WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF A

1374
00:57:59,366 --> 00:58:00,466
CHALLENGE BREAK.

1375
00:58:00,466 --> 00:58:04,266
WE'RE LOOKING FOR 50 CALLS AND

1376
00:58:04,266 --> 00:58:05,466
WE'RE AT 41.

1377
00:58:05,466 --> 00:58:07,166
SO WE'RE ALMOST THERE.

1378
00:58:07,166 --> 00:58:09,800
THERE ARE MEMBERS WHO HAVE A

1379
00:58:09,800 --> 00:58:11,900
MATCHING FUND AND WE'D LOVE TO

1380
00:58:11,900 --> 00:58:12,666
SEE NEW HEBS.

1381
00:58:12,666 --> 00:58:16,766
IT YOU'VE NEVER BEEN A MEMBER,

1382
00:58:16,766 --> 00:58:18,433
RIGHT NOW IS A GREAT TIME TO

1383
00:58:18,433 --> 00:58:18,966
JOIN.

1384
00:58:18,966 --> 00:58:20,900
WE'RE ASKING FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF

1385
00:58:20,900 --> 00:58:22,600
THIS WONDERFUL KIND OF PROGRAM

1386
00:58:22,600 --> 00:58:25,133
WE'VE JUST SEEN, "OUR HOUSE,"

1387
00:58:25,133 --> 00:58:26,500
THE STORY OF THE NATION'S

1388
00:58:26,500 --> 00:58:26,733
CAPITOL.

1389
00:58:26,733 --> 00:58:28,333
WE HAVE A WONDERFUL THANK YOU

1390
00:58:28,333 --> 00:58:28,933
GIFT FOR YOU.

1391
00:58:28,933 --> 00:58:31,466
IF YOU CAN MAKE A PLEDGE AT $8 A

1392
00:58:31,466 --> 00:58:32,966
MONTH OR MORE AND THAT'S THE

1393
00:58:32,966 --> 00:58:34,033
PROGRAM DVD THAT WE HAVE JUST

1394
00:58:34,033 --> 00:58:34,500
SEEN.

1395
00:58:34,500 --> 00:58:35,566
IT'S SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN

1396
00:58:35,566 --> 00:58:36,933
SHARE WITH YOUR FAMILY AND WATCH

1397
00:58:36,933 --> 00:58:38,733
OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

1398
00:58:38,733 --> 00:58:40,866
FOR A PLEDGE OF $10 A MONTH OR

1399
00:58:40,866 --> 00:58:42,533
MORE, WE HAVE A BOOK THAT WAS

1400
00:58:42,533 --> 00:58:45,800
JUST RELEASED BY THE WISCONSIN

1401
00:58:45,800 --> 00:58:47,266
HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESS CALLED

1402
00:58:47,266 --> 00:58:50,766
"THE WISCONSIN CAPITOL" AND IT'S

1403
00:58:50,766 --> 00:58:53,033
FULL OF HISTORY AND PHOTOS.

1404
00:58:53,033 --> 00:58:55,000
FOR YOUR PLEDGE OF $13 A MONTH

1405
00:58:55,000 --> 00:58:56,833
OR MORE WE'LL SEND YOU BOTH THE

1406
00:58:56,833 --> 00:58:57,900
DVD AND THE BOOK.

1407
00:58:57,900 --> 00:59:01,600
IT IS A TERRIFIC COMBINATION OF

1408
00:59:01,600 --> 00:59:02,333
ITEMS.

1409
00:59:02,333 --> 00:59:04,866
THIS IS A CENTENNIAL YEAR FOR

1410
00:59:04,866 --> 00:59:06,100
PUBLIC BROADCASTING.

1411
00:59:06,100 --> 00:59:08,700
IT'S A CENTENNIAL YEAR FOR OUR

1412
00:59:08,700 --> 00:59:10,033
CAPITOL, SOMETHING WE CAN ALL BE

1413
00:59:10,033 --> 00:59:11,000
SO VERY PROUD OF.

1414
00:59:11,000 --> 00:59:12,966
AND WE'D LOVE FOR YOU TO BE

1415
00:59:12,966 --> 00:59:15,700
PARTICIPATING IN ALL OF THIS

1416
00:59:15,700 --> 00:59:16,300
CENTENNIAL HAPPINESS.

1417
00:59:16,300 --> 00:59:18,766
SO GIVE US A CALL, BE PART OF IT

1418
00:59:18,766 --> 00:59:21,966
ALL AT 1-800-236-3636.

1419
00:59:21,966 --> 00:59:24,200
>> WE HAVE JUST A FEW MINUTES

1420
00:59:24,200 --> 00:59:26,333
LEFT IN THIS PARTICULAR

1421
00:59:26,333 --> 00:59:27,233
CHALLENGE BREAK.

1422
00:59:27,233 --> 00:59:29,400
AGAIN, OUR GOAL IS 50 GOALS.

1423
00:59:29,400 --> 00:59:31,500
THAT WAS 43 THAT JUST CAME IN.

1424
00:59:31,500 --> 00:59:32,733
THE CHALLENGE MEANS THAT YOUR

1425
00:59:32,733 --> 00:59:35,066
GIFT WILL BE MATCHED UP TO

1426
00:59:35,066 --> 00:59:36,433
$2,000 WITH A SPECIAL FUND

1427
00:59:36,433 --> 00:59:37,833
THAT'S BEEN SET UP.

1428
00:59:37,833 --> 00:59:39,366
IT'S A GOOD REASON TO CALL RIGHT

1429
00:59:39,366 --> 00:59:39,666
NOW.

1430
00:59:39,666 --> 00:59:41,500
BUT ACTUALLY THE BEST REASON TO

1431
00:59:41,500 --> 00:59:44,200
CALL IS BECAUSE YOU'VE ENJOYED

1432
00:59:44,200 --> 00:59:45,733
THE PROGRAM AND YOU WANT TO

1433
00:59:45,733 --> 00:59:48,166
SUPPORT THESE KINDS OF PROGRAMS,

1434
00:59:48,166 --> 00:59:48,966
PROGRAMS ABOUT WISCONSIN THAT

1435
00:59:48,966 --> 00:59:50,233
TELL THE STORY OF WISCONSIN IN A

1436
00:59:50,233 --> 00:59:51,133
PARTICULAR WAY.

1437
00:59:51,133 --> 00:59:53,600
AND I THINK THAT THIS PROGRAM

1438
00:59:53,600 --> 00:59:54,466
DID THAT SUCCESSFULLY.

1439
00:59:54,466 --> 00:59:56,166
AND I THINK YOU AGREE.

1440
00:59:56,166 --> 00:59:57,966
SO NOW IS THE TIME TO CALL.

1441
00:59:57,966 --> 00:59:59,366
THE PHONE NUMBER THAT'S ON YOUR

1442
00:59:59,366 --> 01:00:01,366
SCREEN AND SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR

1443
01:00:01,366 --> 01:00:02,433
WISCONSIN PUBLIC TELEVISION.

1444
01:00:02,433 --> 01:00:06,400
THIS IS THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY OF

1445
01:00:06,400 --> 01:00:07,800
PUBLIC BROADCASTING HERE IN

1446
01:00:07,800 --> 01:00:08,266
WISCONSIN.

1447
01:00:08,266 --> 01:00:12,600
IT'S ALSO THE 100TH ANNIVERSARY

1448
01:00:12,600 --> 01:00:13,700
OF THE CAPITOL BUILDING THAT

1449
01:00:13,700 --> 01:00:15,800
STANDS TODAY IN THE CENTER OF

1450
01:00:15,800 --> 01:00:16,300
MADISON.

1451
01:00:16,300 --> 01:00:19,466
TWO GOOD REASONS TO CALL AND

1452
01:00:19,466 --> 01:00:20,433
SHOW YOUR SUPPORT TO WISCONSIN

1453
01:00:20,433 --> 01:00:20,833
PUBLIC TELEVISION.

1454
01:00:20,833 --> 01:00:21,866
I WAS ABLE TO WORK ON THE

1455
01:00:21,866 --> 01:00:22,533
PROGRAM.

1456
01:00:22,533 --> 01:00:25,333
I ENJOY IT IMMENSELY.

1457
01:00:25,333 --> 01:00:27,166
I'M VERY GRATEFUL THAT WISCONSIN

1458
01:00:27,166 --> 01:00:28,366
PUBLIC TELEVISION DOES THIS KIND

1459
01:00:28,366 --> 01:00:30,566
OF STUFF, THAT THEY DO PROGRAMS

1460
01:00:30,566 --> 01:00:33,166
ABOUT WISCONSIN AND ABOUT OUR,

1461
01:00:33,166 --> 01:00:34,300
AS WE SAY, BUILT ENVIRONMENT.

1462
01:00:34,300 --> 01:00:36,766
THAT'S MY PARTICULAR INTEREST,

1463
01:00:36,766 --> 01:00:38,200
BUILDINGS, ARCHITECTURE, DESIGN.

1464
01:00:38,200 --> 01:00:40,233
BOY, THIS BUILDING HAS IT IN

1465
01:00:40,233 --> 01:00:42,033
SPADES AS I THINK YOU JUST SAW.

1466
01:00:42,033 --> 01:00:43,266
IT'S A GOOD REASON NOW AGAIN TO

1467
01:00:43,266 --> 01:00:45,100
CALL THE NUMBER THAT'S ON YOUR

1468
01:00:45,100 --> 01:00:47,266
SCREEN, 1-800-236-3636.

1469
01:00:47,266 --> 01:00:51,400
>> WONDERFUL CALLS.

1470
01:00:51,400 --> 01:00:53,400
WE'VE REACHED OUR GOAL OF 50.

1471
01:00:53,400 --> 01:00:55,300
WE WANT TO GO BEYOND 50.

1472
01:00:55,300 --> 01:00:58,733
WHY DON'T YOU JOIN US TO TAKE US

1473
01:00:58,733 --> 01:01:00,800
BEYOND OUR GOAL, 1-800-236-3636.

1474
01:01:00,800 --> 01:01:02,333
I WANT TO TELL ONE STORY.

1475
01:01:02,333 --> 01:01:03,466
WE HEARD SO MANY STORIES ABOUT

1476
01:01:03,466 --> 01:01:04,200
THIS.

1477
01:01:04,200 --> 01:01:05,566
MY FRIEND STEVE TALKED ABOUT

1478
01:01:05,566 --> 01:01:07,400
COMING WITH HIS PARENTS AND

1479
01:01:07,400 --> 01:01:08,533
GRANDPARENTS TO THE CAPITOL WHEN

1480
01:01:08,533 --> 01:01:13,066
HE WAS A KID FROM SCHOFIELD AND

1481
01:01:13,066 --> 01:01:15,366
TOURING THE CAPITOL.

1482
01:01:15,366 --> 01:01:17,033
THEY WENT AFTER TO GOVERNOR

1483
01:01:17,033 --> 01:01:17,800
DODGE STATE PARK.

1484
01:01:17,800 --> 01:01:20,966
THEY REALIZED THEY HAD LEFT

1485
01:01:20,966 --> 01:01:22,533
STEVE AT THE CAPITOL.

1486
01:01:22,533 --> 01:01:24,500
THEY HAD LEFT THEIR CHILD AT THE

1487
01:01:24,500 --> 01:01:25,500
CAPITOL BECAUSE SOMEONE THOUGHT

1488
01:01:25,500 --> 01:01:27,400
HE WAS IN THAT CAR AND SOMEONE

1489
01:01:27,400 --> 01:01:28,500
THOUGHT HE WAS IN THIS CAR AND

1490
01:01:28,500 --> 01:01:30,566
HE WAS IN EITHER CAR.

1491
01:01:30,566 --> 01:01:32,866
THEY RACE BACK AND THEY FIND

1492
01:01:32,866 --> 01:01:34,066
STEVE IS JUST LOVING THE

1493
01:01:34,066 --> 01:01:34,533
CAPITOL.

1494
01:01:34,533 --> 01:01:36,100
HE DID NOT NOTICE ANYBODY WAS

1495
01:01:36,100 --> 01:01:36,533
LEFT.

1496
01:01:36,533 --> 01:01:37,766
HE TOLD THEM THAT HE WAS GOING

1497
01:01:37,766 --> 01:01:38,566
TO WORK HERE.

1498
01:01:38,566 --> 01:01:39,933
HE DIDN'T WORK AT THE CAPITOL,

1499
01:01:39,933 --> 01:01:41,800
BUT NOW HE'S AN ARCHITECT AND

1500
01:01:41,800 --> 01:01:43,600
HIS OFFICE IS ACROSS THE STREET

1501
01:01:43,600 --> 01:01:44,633
FROM THE CAPITOL.

1502
01:01:44,633 --> 01:01:46,566
THIS BUILDING IS REALLY QUITE

1503
01:01:46,566 --> 01:01:48,200
EXTRAORDINARY AND THAT KIND OF

1504
01:01:48,200 --> 01:01:50,166
INFLUENCE, THE KIND OF VISION OF

1505
01:01:50,166 --> 01:01:51,533
THAT BUILDING CONTINUES TO

1506
01:01:51,533 --> 01:01:53,033
RESONATE IN OUR STATE FOR THE

1507
01:01:53,033 --> 01:01:54,433
CHILDREN WHO WALK IN AND JUST

1508
01:01:54,433 --> 01:01:56,566
FALL IN LOVE WITH THIS BUILDING

1509
01:01:56,566 --> 01:01:58,066
TO THE SENSE OF OUR ACCESS TO

1510
01:01:58,066 --> 01:01:59,100
OUR GOVERNMENT.

1511
01:01:59,100 --> 01:02:00,866
IT'S ALL CELEBRATED IN THIS

1512
01:02:00,866 --> 01:02:02,366
BUILDING AND WE REALLY FEEL

1513
01:02:02,366 --> 01:02:03,933
PROUD OF THE GREAT WORKS OUR

1514
01:02:03,933 --> 01:02:06,166
FOLKS DID OF CAPTURING AND

1515
01:02:06,400 --> 01:02:09,400
♪ ♪