Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEMBERS OF THE NEW ULM BATTERY FIRING A SALUTE IN NEW ULM MINNESOTA. THE BATTERY WAS FORMED AS A DEFENSE

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Records of the Environmental Protection Agency. 1944 - 2006. DOCUMERICA: The Environmental Protection Agency's Program to Photographically Document Subjects of Environmental Concern. 1972 - 1977. MEMBERS OF THE NEW ULM BATTERY FIRING A SALUTE IN NEW ULM MINNESOTA. THE BATTERY WAS FORMED AS A DEFENSE MEASURE IN 1863 AFTER THE GREAT SIOUX UPRISING KILLED RESIDENTS AND DESTROYED A PART OF THE TOWN IN 1862. THE INDIANS NEVER ATTACKED AGAIN, AND THE UNIT HAS NEVER HAD TO FIRE IN SELF DEFENSE. THE BATTERY SERVES A CEREMONIAL FUNCTION AND FIRES SALUTES ON HOLIDAYS SUCH AS MEMORIAL DAY AND THE FOURTH OF JULY. THE TOWN SUPPORTS THE GROUP FINANCIALLY

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Schulke, Flip, 1930-2008

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Flip Schulke (b. Graeme Phelps Schulke, June 24, 1930, Cornish, N.H.-d. May 15, 2008, West Palm Beach, Fla.), was one of America’s premier photojournalists for more than 40 years. A native of New Ulm, Minnesota and a graduate of Macalester College in St. Paul, Schulke moved to Miami in the 1950s, where he developed specialties in underwater photography, auto racing, the space program and the history of the Berlin Wall. Through his close friendship with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Schulke became ...