American Legion donates historical mural to the City of South Milwaukee

A painting that is “symbolical of the American way of life” and the American Legion now hangs in South Milwaukee’s city hall. That phrase is part of a caption below a photo engraved onto a plaque depicting the 4-foot-by-8-foot painting’s presentation to the commander of the South Milwaukee Van Eimeren-Kolonka American Legion Post 27, Everett Cook, by artist Robert Cassidy. The photo was originally published in the Milwaukee Journal in 1959, according to former South Milwaukee Ald. Ramon Navarro, who has been part of the American Legion for 24 years....