Historical society requests $20,000 from county to support a scaled America’s 250th program

Oct 3, 2025

Marathon County Historical Society presented three scaled funding options for America's 250th anniversary programming and the committee voted to send the scalable $20,000 option to HR Finance.

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The Marathon County Historical Society asked the Economic Development Committee on Oct. 2, 2025, for a one-time county contribution to support America’s 250th-anniversary programming in 2026 and presented three scaled funding approaches ranging from sponsorship-only to a $60,000 county contribution that would support a legacy project.

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