City of Red Wing Receives Historic Preservation Merit Award—May 29—6:30PM—Sheldon Theatre
The Red Wing Heritage Preservation Commission will be presenting on Award of Merit to the City of Red Wing and the Sheldon Board for the recently-completed renovation of the T. B. Sheldon Memorial Auditorium. The event will take place at the Sheldon Theatre; doors open at 6PM for seating, program begins at 6:30PM. Dr. Ronald Schirmer, will present "On the importance of this place: Ancestral Native American sites in Red Wing and their continuing relevance." There is abundant evidence of the importance of the Red Wing region in Native people's lives going back thousands of years. Many of their ancestral sites have been disturbed and destroyed, and more than a century ago most of the landscape was alienated from Native groups, but many other sites remain, and the region is still an important part of Native identity. Respecting, preserving, and interpreting the deep history of this place is about more than laws and ordinances, it is about maintaining an ethical and humane approach to history.
Dr. Michelle Terrell will also share information about discoveries made during archaeological investigations prompted by the construction of the new bridge over the Mississippi River. Through this presentation, learn about the history of Red Wing: how the city’s landscape has dramatically changed over time; how archaeologists do their work; and what the artifacts found tell us about living and working in Red Wing from the late 1800s through the 1950s. This event is Free and open to the public.
