2000: Submarine gets a Snoopy mascot

2000: Submarine gets a Snoopy mascot

2000 – 25 years ago The first temporary home of the National Eagle Center opened in Wabasha Saturday, with James Stokes, the great-great-great grandson of Chief Wapashaw of the Dakota Tribe, as guest speaker. Snoopy, from the Peanuts comic, has been chosen as the new mascot of the USS Minneapolis/St. Paul submarine. Snoopy was created by the late Charles Schulz, who grew up in St. Paul. 1975 – 50 years ago In accordance with the state’s new Cl…