Thursday, September 1, 2011

On This Date in 1920...

...the Fountain of Time opened as a tribute to the 100 years of peace between the United States and Great Britain following the Treaty of Ghent.  Though it wasn't until much later when The Gufs, a much underestimated and undervalued rock band from Milwaukee, used it as a backdrop for the album cover art for their album "Songs of Life", did the fountain realize it's true popularity.

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