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Milwaukee, Wisconsin (view source)
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'''Milwaukee''' is the largest city in the state of [[Wisconsin]] and with a population of 586,941 in 2003 <ref>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/55/5553000.html 2003 Census Estimate]</ref> and the metropolitan area has a population of 1,753,355 making it the 25th largest city in the United States. Milwaukee is located on the shores of [[Lake Michigan]]. The city is home to the Miller Brewing Company, and historically had three other major breweries in the city.
'''Milwaukee''' is the largest city in the state of [[Wisconsin]] and with a population of 586,941 in 2003 <ref>[http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/55/5553000.html 2003 Census Estimate]</ref> and the metropolitan area has a population of 1,753,355 making it the 25th largest city in the United States. Milwaukee is located on the shores of [[Lake Michigan]]. The city is home to the Miller Brewing Company, and historically had three other major breweries in the city.
With the retirement of Mayor Frank Zeidler in 1960, [[Socialist]]s had occuppied the mayor's office for 38 of the previous 50 years, attesting to Milwaukee's reputation as the preeminent Socialist stronghold in the [[United States]].<ref>[http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/wmh&CISOPTR=21754&CISOSHOW=21702&REC=6 ''The Socialist party and the union in Milwaukee, 1900-1912,'' Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 44, number 2, winter 1960-1961.</ref>
With the retirement of Mayor Frank Zeidler in 1960, [[Socialist]]s had occuppied the mayor's office for 38 of the previous 50 years, attesting to Milwaukee's reputation as the preeminent Socialist stronghold in the [[United States]].<ref>[http://content.wisconsinhistory.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/wmh&CISOPTR=21754&CISOSHOW=21702&REC=6 ''The Socialist party and the union in Milwaukee, 1900-1912],'' Wisconsin magazine of history: Volume 44, number 2, winter 1960-1961.</ref>
The [[Milwaukee Brewers]] baseball team and the [[Milwaukee Bucks]] basketball team are professional sports teams in the city.
The [[Milwaukee Brewers]] baseball team and the [[Milwaukee Bucks]] basketball team are professional sports teams in the city.