Originally published in March of 1930, “Nothing Will Matter” displays Peterson’s frequent themes of lost love and melancholy. Moe, Lawrence. “The Poetry of Colorado Pete.” Shevlin, MN: Clearwater County Historical Society, 2008.
A flyer advertising a rally held on September 4, 2008, at the Minnesota State Capitol and sponsored by the Anti-War Committee. The rally took place during the 2008 Republican National Convention, held in St. Paul at the Xcel Energy Center, at a time of elevated conflict in Iraq.
A soldier in Bravo Co., Second Battalion, 136 Infantry Regiment (2-136) surveys the area in Al Naumyah, Al Anbar province, Iraq during operation Sledgehammer, December 2006. Photograph by the Minnesota National Guard.
Sign made by student Isabel Dobier and used during the Minnesota High School Walkout and March For Our Lives (organized to draw attention to gun violence in schools) at the Minnesota State Capitol on March 7, 2018.