Public/Personal

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A place that is public but very personal to me is the State Capitol. I was born and raised in Madison, moving to Milwaukee only after high school graduation to attend school. Although not all of my feeling are positive regarding Madison, the Capitol Square is where I can recall some of my fondest memories growing up. Every Saturday morning throughout the summer, the Capitol Square closes down to traffic as farmers from around the area fill the streets with vegetable stands and others goods. When I was younger my Mom would drag us out of bed, which I of course hated at the time, and downtown for the Farmers Market. Although I may have despised getting up so early on a Saturday when I was younger, I can even begin to count how many games of tag I played with my brothers on the Capitol Lawn. These you're more likely to see me protesting Walker on the Capitol Lawn creating new memories than playing tag. Yet none the less, every time I'm there I feel like that same kid running circles around the Capitol with my brothers not a care in the world.