Juneau Park

Juneau Park, located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is situated on a bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. It is popular for its short distance to downtown Milwaukee, lakefront walking path, and vantage point for fireworks displays.^[1]

Juneau Monument

Leif, the Discoverer

Located within the park is a tribute to the city's first mayor, Solomon Juneau. The Juneau Monument, designed by Richard Park, was built in 1887.^[2][3] Also within the park is the 1887 statue, Leif, the Discoverer of Leif Erikson made by sculptor Anne Whitney. It is a replica of a statue in Boston.^[4]

Gertie the Duck, an icon of Milwaukee history, was moved with her ducklings to the lagoon at Juneau Park in the mid-1940s for their safety.^[5] The story of a duck, Gertie, and her efforts to watch over nine eggs— and ultimately hatch six ducklings on a wood piling below the Wisconsin Avenue Bridge—was reported by Gordon MacQuarrie of the Milwaukee Journal and became an inspiration for many war-weary Americans near the end of World War II.^[5][6] Passers-by, the Boy Scouts, and a Wisconsin Humane Society officer watched over Gertie and her growing family.^[7] Besides local newspapers, the story was picked up in national and U.K. press.^[8] After surviving bad weather and a nearby fire, the ducks were relocated to the Juneau Park lagoon.^[5]

• John D. Buenker (April 15, 2016). Milwaukee in the 1930s: A Federal Writers Project City Guide. Wisconsin Historical Society Press. pp. 82, 84, 243, 254, 258. ISBN 978-0-87020-743-3.
• Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Milwaukee" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 18 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. pp. 492–495.
• Federal Writers' Project (October 31, 2013). "Juneau Park". The WPA Guide to Wisconsin: The Badger State. Trinity University Press. p. 205. ISBN 978-1-59534-247-8.
• Michail Takach (August 22, 2016). LGBT Milwaukee. Arcadia Publishing. pp. 22, 23, 86, 87. ISBN 978-1-4671-1728-9.

• Juneau Park Friends
• Map of Juneau Park

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