On behalf of the Walworth County Board of Supervisors America 250 Committee, Al Stanek and Pat Blackmer presented the Whitewater Unified School District (WUSD) with America 250 proclamations and flags. Accepting these gifts were WUSD Superintendent Samuel Karns and School Board President Stephanie Hicks. The flags will be distributed to the high school, middle school, Lakeview, Lincoln, and Washington elementary schools across the district.

Superintendent Karns proposed that the five schools might coordinate a simultaneous celebration, raising and flying the newly gifted flags for the first time at 2:50 p.m. on a day that will be chosen in the near future.

The Walworth County Board has purchased 100 flags, which are being distributed to schools and municipal governments throughout the county. This initiative commemorates the 250th anniversary of the birth of the United States, marked by the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

The America 250 Committee is currently planning a celebratory event open to all, to be held on the Thursday during the Walworth County Fair week.

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Above is a photo that was taken April 13 at UW-Whitewater when the proclamation and flag were presented to the Student Body Government on behalf of the Walworth County Board of Supervisors America 250 Committee.

Editor’s note: This announcement was provided by Pat Blackmer. Photos are courtesy of Tom Ganser.