The Monticello Historical Society will hold their August Meeting at the Zwingli United Church of Christ lounge in Monticello on August 25, 2016, at 7:00 p.m.

Following a short business meeting, speaker Paul Rieder will give a presentation on family member Ezra Babler and his role in the Spanish American War, the rifle he carried (which Rieder now owns), and a letter from Ezra which reveals lots of interesting information. Discover how long it took a letter to get from Jacksonville, Florida, to Monticello, Wisconsin, in 1898; what camp life was like as soldiers prepared for an attack on Cu...