Is five Tommy G. Thompson monuments in WI enough?

I knew we had the Tommy G. Thompson Commerce WHEDA Center in Madison - - where once was housed the state's Department of Commerce which Scott Walker remade into the scandal-plagued and mission-failing Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation.

And the Tommy G. Thompson Youth Center on the Wisconsin State Fair Park grounds.

And the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership on the UW-Madison campus.

And the Governor Tommy G. Thompson Fish Hatchery, operated by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.

But I confess I'd missed Governor Thompson State Park, featured in a DNR list of out-of-the-way gems: 

Governor Thompson State Park, Crivitz, Marinette County. Launch a boat on the Caldron Falls Reservoir for a selfie with a view of the changing leaves from the water, or hike the more than 16 miles of trails for various backdrops, from the rock outcroppings scattered throughout the park to stretches of prairie with blooming purple and pink aster in the fall.

Is five enough?

Historical note: Thompson had been a big booster of Amtrak - - before he fell into line with Scott Walker and opposed Amtrak extension in Wisconsin he'd long championed - - and served as Amtrak's Board President which earned him a named locomotive.

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