Nelson memorial service on C-Span Saturday

The memorial service for former Gov. and Sen. Gaylord Nelson will be broadcast on C-Span at 7 p.m. CDT Saturday, July 30, on C-Span's "American Perspectives" series.

The event, which drew 4,000 people to the Capitol, was the largest such service since a 1925 tribute to Robert M. (Fighting Bob) LaFollette.

Other resources: An excellent slide show by the Capital Times, and a good quality webcast from Wisconsin Public Television via WisPolitics.

If anyone still wishes to make a contribution as a memorial to Gaylord Nelson, the family has suggested the following organizations:

Gaylord Nelson Memorial Fund
c/o The Wilderness Society
1615 M Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20036

Gaylord Nelson Chair,
Institute for Environmental Studies
c/o University of Wisconsin Foundation
P.O. Box 8860
Madison, WI 53708-8860

Friends of the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore
P.O. Box 1574
Bayfield, WI 54814

Gaylord Nelson Studio of WisconsinEye
P.O. Box 949
Madison, WI 53701

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Finally, VHS or DVD copies of the service are available for purchase at a cost of $25 from Wisconsin Public Television. Interested people should contact Evey Fleming, WPT, 608-263-4575.