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Brodhead

Veterans Memorial Park Bandstand
Picture3/4/2018

The Bandstand located in Veterans Memorial Park (formerly South Side Park until 1990) was built in 1933.  The Brodhead Historical Society reports in Brodhead's Independent Register, 11/16/1933,  "Brodhead's new band stand pictured above was completed last summer.  Storage rooms, as well as restrooms have been built into the basement.  The total cost of the new structure was between $800 and $900."  Funding came from the  Works Progress Administration (WPA).   On 5/31/1934, the ​Independent Register reported that it was used for the first time by the Brodhead High School as part of a community Memorial Service. 

The historic bandstand is built of concrete with steps leading to the stage area.  No roof structure covers it, so it is easy to miss from the road.  The current paintings on the walls next to the steps of the bandstand were added recently. 

One painting is of the First Brigade Band, organized in 1857.  It was a highly regarded band which took part in the Civil War as a regimental band and participated in the Grand Review in Washington DC in May 1865.  The band has been recreated and uses instruments from the Civil War era and has performed at the park, either on or near the Brodhead bandstand.

The second painting is of the Clarence Covered Bridge, which was built in 1866 over the Sugar River southwest of Brodhead on what is now Highway 11.  The bridge collapsed in 1931 when a heavy truck drove over it.  A replica of the bridge has been built
over the Norwegian Creek on the Sugar River State Trail. 

 
​Concerts in the Park are held every Sunday evening.  



OTHER PARK HISTORICAL FEATURES
Picture
3/4/2018
Picture3/4/2018
 
A statue of a Civil War soldier stands in the middle of the park, "Erected in Honor to the Defenders of the Union, From 1861-1865 by W.W. Patton, Relief Corps Dept. of Wis. and Other Patriotic Citizens", June 18, 1914.  
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​Other bench memorials to the various branches of service sit in front of the Civil War statue and surround a fountain.



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    • Belleville
    • Beloit
    • Berlin
    • Black River Falls
    • Brandon
    • Brillion
    • Brodhead
    • Burlington
    • Cedarburg
    • Chilton
    • Chippewa Falls Irvine Park
    • Chippewa Falls Riverfront Park
    • Clear Lake
    • Crivitz
    • DeForest
    • Delavan
    • Durand
  • Information about Sites E - J
    • Eagle River
    • East Troy
    • Eau Claire
    • Edgerton
    • Egg Harbor
    • Elkhorn
    • Ephraim
    • Florence
    • Fond du Lac Buttermilk Creek Park
    • Fond du Lac Lakeside Park
    • Fort Atkinson
    • Franklin
    • Galesville
    • Germantown
    • Glendale
    • Grafton
    • Green Bay Botanical Garden
    • Green Bay St. James Park
    • Green Lake
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    • Marinette
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    • Rib Mountain State Park
    • Rice Lake
    • Richland Center
    • Ripon
    • River Falls
    • Rome
    • St. Francis
    • Sauk City
    • Saukville
    • Seymour
    • Shawano
    • Sheboygan City Green
    • Sheboygan Fountain Park
    • Sheboygan Lake View Park
    • Sheboygan Taylor Park
    • Shell Lake
    • Shullsburg
    • Siren
    • Sister Bay Gazebo/ Bandstand
    • Sister Bay Bandshell
    • Solon Springs
    • Sparta
    • Spring Green
    • Stevens Point
    • Stoughton
    • Stratford
    • Sturgeon Bay
    • Sun Prairie
    • Superior
  • Information about Sites T - Z
    • Thiensville
    • Tigerton
    • Tomah
    • Two Rivers Central Memorial Park
    • Two Rivers Neshota Park
    • Verona
    • Wabeno
    • Waterloo Firemen's Park
    • Waterford
    • Waterloo Veteran's Memorial Park
    • Watertown
    • Watertown Bentzin Family Town Square
    • Waukesha - Frame Park
    • Waukesha
    • Waunakee
    • Waupaca
    • Waupaca Rotary Riverview Park
    • Wausau 400 BLOCK
    • Wausau Hammond Park
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    • West Bend Old Settlers Triangle Park
    • West Bend Silver Lining Stage
    • West Bend Strachota Bandstand
    • West Salem
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