November 15, 1930, Appleton Post-Crescent
Hearkening back to Monday's installment, detailing the Menasha-Neenah football game of 1930, we follow up with the dedication of Butte des Morts Field amid pageantry and speeches from Twin City dignitaries. In the spirit of past joint events, community leaders brought their citizenry together under the aegis of a simple football game, while lauding the unity of purpose that brought them together as one. At least for that one evening, parochial differences were forgotten while simultaneously celebrating the identity of each town.
My father said that the Packers played at Butte des Morts many times. I never saw anything that proved him accurate.
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