WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM AND PARTNERS TO HOST “WORLD WAR 100: A CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM”
...observance of WWI; National and international scholars examine Great War’s legacy MADISON, Wis. (Sept. 26, 2017) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum today announced that it will host “World War 100:...
The Price of a Name by Kevin Hampton
...through the bloody cornfield on the morning of September 17th at the Battle of Antietam, the brigade paid for the distinguished nom de guerre at a heavy price. Pvt. Asahel...
Giving Opportunities in 2021-2022
...the museum's battle flag collection efforts and conservation, visit https://www.wisconsinbattleflags.com/. Veterans Legacy Society For more than 100 years the Wisconsin Veterans Museum has preserved the stories of Wisconsin’s veterans. Now...
Tarra Gundrum on What is Possible
...called the flex arm hang for 90 seconds to get 100 points. A male was required to do 20 dead hang pull ups, all dependent on age and things like...
Wisconsin Was There: Desert Storm Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Persian Gulf War, Part I
...had exceeded 80,000 by February 18th and estimates of Iraqi war dead were rumored to be approaching 100,000. To date, less than 100 American soldiers had been killed in action,...
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Remembering the Korean Armistice: 1,100 Days as a Prisoner of War
On July 27, 1953, an armistice was signed that began a ceasefire between North Korea and South Korea, although occasional hostilities flare between the two countries continue to this day....
Wisconsin Rapids Mark E. Anderson Reflects on Iraq
Maj. Gen. Mark Anderson, Wisconsin’s deputy adjutant general for Army, addresses Soldiers during a welcome-home ceremony Jan. 25, 2018, for approximately 75 Wisconsin members of the 1st Battalion, 147th Aviation...
WORLD WAR I STORIES FROM A CENTURY AGO TOLD IN VETS’ OWN WORDS IS A FIRST FOR WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM
...Capitol. The website is www.WisVetsMuseum.com. Featured Profiles The stories of 20 veterans are included in the exhibit, including these four featured stories: Helen Bulovsky of Madison, an Army nurse serving...
USS Cole Bombing: The Road to 9/11
Marc I. Nieto On the morning of October 12, 2000, the USS Cole was attacked in Yemen’s Aden harbor by two suicide bombers piloting a small boat loaded with an...