27. May Day, 1950: When the USSR Invaded Wisconsin w/ Nick Graf
Researcher Nick Graf joins The State Between Us to talk about the strangest May Day celebration the Midwestern United States ever had. In 1950, the American Legion organized a "high-effort LARP", transforming the small town of Mosinee, Wisconsin into the avant-garde of the "United Soviet States of America", complete with borscht, detention camps, and mock executions on "Red Square".
*note: Nick points out that he said the editor's name was "Bill Schweinler" when in fact it was "Francis Schweinler".
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