Talk:Ripon, Wisconsin
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[edit] Birthplace of Republican Party
Meeting in a Congregational Church in Ripon on February 28, 1854, some thirty opponents of the Nebraska Act called for the organization of a new political party and suggested that Republican would be the most appropriate name (to link their cause with the Declaration of Independence). -- I have always been told/taught that the meetings took place in the Little White Schoolhouse... not the Congregational Church..... This should probably be changed....
According to Ripon's Chamber of Commerce: "In this schoolhouse, on March 20, 1854, the first mass meeting in the country was held that definitely and positively cut loose from old parties and advocated a new party under the name "Republican." " (http://www.ripon-wi.com/ripon-wi/little_white_schoolhouse.asp)
Jackson, Michigan also publicly bills itself as the official birthplace of the Republican Party.LoyolaDude 02:49, 12 December 2006 (UTC)
