Knute Nelson Memorial (front view)

Knute Nelson Memorial (front view)

The Knute Nelson Memorial outside the Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul. Photograph by Flickr user Photo Phiend, March 24, 2013. CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Knute Nelson Memorial, St. Paul

In December of 1928, the Knute Nelson Memorial was unveiled on the grounds of the Minnesota State Capitol. The memorial celebrates the impact of Norwegian immigration in Minnesota by portraying Nelson as a Norwegian American hero.

Brown Berets march in step

Brown Berets march in step

Brown Berets march in step, May 1, 1970. Place unidentified. Photo by Wikimedia Commons user Patricia Borjon Lopez. CC BY-SA 4.0

Brown Berets marching in St. Paul’s Mexican Celebration Parade

Brown Berets marching in St. Paul’s Mexican Celebration Parade

Brown Berets marching in St. Paul’s Mexican Celebration Parade, September 15, 1972.

Brown Berets marching in St. Paul’s Mexican Celebration Parade

Brown Berets marching in St. Paul’s Mexican Celebration Parade

Brown Berets marching in St. Paul’s Mexican Celebration Parade, September 15, 1972.

Tom Aquilar

Tom Aquilar

Tom Aquilar in his Brown Beret uniform, ca. 1972.

Brown Berets in Minnesota

The Brown Berets in Minnesota were a chapter of a national Chicano organization founded in Los Angeles in 1968. They emerged from the Mexican American barrio of Westside St. Paul and came together in 1969. Members took pride in their ethnic and racial identities as Chicanos while focusing on outreach to prevent Mexican American youth from engaging in criminalized activities.

Sarah Burger Stearns

Sarah Burger Stearns

Sarah Burger Stearns in Duluth, 1895.

Sarah Burger Stearns

Sarah Burger Stearns

Engraving of Sarah Burger Stearns, undated. From History of Woman Suffrage, Ida Husted Harper et al., eds (Rochester, NY: Susan B. Anthony, 1889).

Sarah Burger Stearns

Sarah Burger Stearns

Sarah Burger Stearns in Duluth, 1880.

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