Author: Lee Matz

The Golden Knights are a demonstration parachute team of the United States Army. Members of the Black Team staged precision free-fall landings at the 2017 Milwaukee Air and Water Show on July 15 and 16, to a crowd of thousands along the lakefront. Prior to the two-day event, the Milwaukee Independent was invited for a ride with the Golden Knights as they performed a practice jump over Milwaukee on July 14. Because of the wind and weather conditions, the team made several passes at the minimum altitude of 2,000 feet before scrubbing the attempt. Images from the two flight...

The 36th annual Bastille Days kicked off at Cathedral Square Park on July 13, bringing a taste of France to downtown Milwaukee over the next four days.

After nearly three decades, the only remaining African-American owned bookstore in Wisconsin closed on July 8 with the retirement of Carla Allison and her husband Robert.

Closed in 1997, the former facility of the Pabst Brewing Company’s was once as renowned in Milwaukee for its brewery tours as it was the beverage it produced there.

Tens of thousands of people attended the annual July 3 fireworks show along Milwaukee’s lakefront.