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Trees are Like People, They Do Not Like To Be Alone: Jens Jensen

Posted on May 1, 2014

By Ryan Gesme University of Wisconsin–Madison Architecture is more than just designing buildings; it is also about the landscaping. One of the most influential landscape architects was Jens Jensen. Jensen was a unique American landscape …

Posted in Essay, Non-FictionTagged Architecture, Danish American, Denmark, Jens Jensen, Ryan Gesme, Trees are Like People

Handshake That Made History

Posted on April 29, 2014

By Ellen Ahlness Minnesota State University, Mankato During the 2013 annual reciprocal troop exchange between Norway’s Heimevernet Home Guard and the Minnesota National Guard at Camp Ripley, Minnesota, Norwegian General Kristin Lund addressed her fellow …

Posted in Essay, Non-FictionTagged 99th Infantry Battalion, Ellen Ahlness, Norway, Norwegian American, The Handshake That Made History
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