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[[Image:Wisconsin ref 2001.jpg|300 px|thumb|right|Geographic map of Wisconsin]]

[[Image:Wisconsin ref 2001.jpg|300 px|thumb|right|Geographic map of Wisconsin]]

'''Wisconsin''', the "Badger State", or unofficially "America's Dairyland", was the thirtieth state to enter the union, on May 29, 1848. The capital city of Wisconsin is [[Madison]].   

'''Wisconsin''', the "Badger State," or unofficially "America's Dairyland," was the thirtieth state to enter the union, on May 29, 1848. The capital city of Wisconsin is [[Madison]].   

The town of Ripon was the birthplace of the [[Republican Party]] in 1854.

The town of Ripon was the birthplace of the [[Republican Party]] in 1854.  The [[Republican National Convention]] of 2024 will be held in [[Milwaukee]], Wisconsin.

The state tree is the sugar maple, the state song is "[[On Wisconsin]]", the state flower is the wood violet, the state bird is the American [[robin]], the state animal is the [[badger]], the state [[fossil]] is the [[trilobite]], and the state fish is the muskellunge.<ref>http://www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/scc/kids/facts.htm</ref>

The state tree is the sugar maple, the state song is "[[On Wisconsin]]," the state flower is the wood violet, the state bird is the American [[robin]], the state animal is the [[badger]], the state [[fossil]] is the [[trilobite]], and the state fish is the muskellunge.<ref>http://www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/scc/kids/facts.htm</ref>

The state Constitution of Wisconsin, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''.  It says:

The state Constitution of Wisconsin, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the ''Sovereign Ruler of the Universe''.  It says: