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June 18, 2013
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MADISON ― There is still time to play at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation’s 9th Annual Golf Outing. Sponsored by Spacesaver Corporation, the outing will be held on Monday, July 15th at the Oaks Golf Course in Cottage Grove. The event begins at 11:00 a.m. and the cost to play is $125 per individual or $500 per foursome.
June 18, 2013
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MADISON ― The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will open The Last Full Measure: Wisconsin in the Civil War, 1863 – 1865 on Friday, July 12, 2013. An exhibit to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War, The Last Full Measure will display never before seen Civil War artifacts from the Museum’s collection.
April 29, 2013
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(MADISON) ― The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will feature two new exhibits, Arthur Szyk: An Artist at War and John Vlossak: Wartime Cartoons from Calcutta. An exhibit opening is
scheduled for Gallery Night on Friday, May 3, 2013 from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum.
April 4, 2013
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(MADISON) ― Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary John Scocos today announced that historian and New York Times Best-Selling author Victor Davis Hanson will be guest speaker at the 2013 Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s Gala. The event is scheduled for Thursday, May 2, 2013 from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.
January 10, 2013
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(MADISON) ― The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has a number of interesting programs planned this spring. All programs are free and open to the public. They are hosted in the Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s 2nd Floor Education Center, unless otherwise noted.
November 7, 2012
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MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) today announced that it will host four Veterans Day ceremonies throughout the state. The WDVA invites the public to attend. The theme for this year is “The Year of the Veteran.”
September 13, 2012
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MADISON – Did you know that at the beginning of the Civil War, Wisconsin troops trained at Camp Randall with wooden sticks rather than rifles? Were you aware that soldiers lined up for battle by height or that Petersburg, Virginia had one of the largest populations of freed slaves in the south in 1860?
June 26, 2012
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MADISON – Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) Secretary Scocos today invited the public to attend an event celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the dedication of the Camp Randall Arch and Memorial Park on Saturday, June 30, 2012 as part of the Year of the Veteran. Camp Randall was the initial training site for over 70,000 Wisconsin troops during the Civil War and also served as the stockade and hospital for 1,400 Confederate
soldiers.
November 1, 2011
(MADISON) ― The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has a number of interesting
programs in November. All programs are free, and open to the public.
They are hosted in the Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s 2nd Floor Education
Center, unless otherwise noted.
October 12, 2011
(MADISON) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum opened A Vision from Another Sky: The Paintings of Vietnam Veteran Jim Walktendonk exhibit on October 1, 2011. The exhibit will remain on display through the end of the month, until October 31st.
September 9, 2011
(MADISON)— Five influential people from Civil War times will be featured
during the Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s thirteenth annual Talking
Spirits: Forest Hill Cemetery Tour. This award-winning living history
program illuminates the lives of many prominent—and lesser known—figures
in Wisconsin history.
August 23, 2011
(MADISON) ― The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has a number of interesting
programs coming up this fall. All programs are free, and open to the
public. They are hosted in the Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s 2nd Floor
Education Center, unless otherwise noted.
July 19, 2011
(MADISON) – On Saturday, July 23, 2011, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum
will host the visit of a live bald eagle from the National Eagle Center
at the Museum program “Eagles on the Square.”
June 27, 2011
(MADISON) – There is still time to play at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum
Foundation’s 7th Annual Golf Outing. Sponsored by Spacesaver
Corporation, the outing will be held on Monday, July 11th at the Oaks
Golf Course in Cottage Grove. The event begins at 11:00 a.m. and the
cost to play is $125 per individual or $500 per foursome. Golfers with
at least three first-time players can golf for $100 per person. Space is
limited to the first 120 players.
June 27, 2011
(MADISON) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s promotional video was
honored with a Silver Telly Award in the 32nd Annual Telly Awards
Competition. The video was shot and directed by Reel Wave Media, a
Madison-based video production company. This is their sixth Telly Award.
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