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During the 1950s, residents in small towns around Minnesota knew little about just how important they were to Cold War defense. In fact, Farmington, Isanti, and Saint Bonifacius, Minnesota, were all home to Army installations holding deadly nuclear missiles. MN90 producer Marisa Helms takes a look at how the city of Saint Bonifacius is memorializing its role in Cold War history. [Read Transcript...]
In wars past, soldiers could take part in religious services, without leaving the front lines. MN90 producer Marisa Helms tells us the Army hired chaplains to bring portable organs to soldiers as a way to boost morale during wartime. [Read Transcript...]
Minnesota is one of a few states in the country where third party candidates do well. MN90 producer Marisa Helms shows us that the success of third party candidates is attributed to a supportive public financing system, and being in the right place at the right time. Disenchantment with the major parties helps, too. [Read Transcript...]
If you’re elected governor of Minnesota at the ripe age of 31, you’ve got a long political career ahead of you. Such was the case of Harold E. Stassen. In 1938, the moderate Republican became the youngest person ever to be elected governor of the state. As MN90 producer Marisa Helms reports, after Minnesotans re-elected Stassen twice more, he decided to aim for higher office. Throughout his life, he would run for president nine times. [Read Transcript...]
