WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM AND PARTNERS TO HOST “WORLD WAR 100: A CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM”

...and initiatives. To learn more about the Commission activities, visit worldwar1centennial.org # # # Wisconsin Veterans Museum · 30 West Mifflin Street, Madison, WI 53703 · 608.267.1799 www.WisVetsMuseum.com · www.facebook.com/WisconsinVeteransMuseum...

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WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM PUTS ORAL HISTORY RECORDINGS ONLINE

...the recorded interview online. The primary purpose for OHMS is to empower users to more effectively and efficiently discover information in an online oral history. OHMS is an open source,...

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A Lesson in Resiliency From the Bataan Death March

...2020. https://www.nps.gov/ande/learn/education/classrooms/upload/VFW_FULL_CURRICULUM.pdf. [4] Ibid. [5] L. Willard Freeman, “Mayo General Hospital,” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984) 44, no. 1 (Spring 1951): 26. Accessed April 25, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/40189110....

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Tarra Gundrum on What is Possible

...to just cause like organized chaos. They don't breathe. Like that's your job. All drill instructors do that to some level, but when you have four, you can kind of...

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The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence – November 1917

...it all to me from the garden & garage to the cellarette (where he whitewashed & scrubbed the floor). The boys are mighty nice chaps but regular boys. Saturday morning...

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Corporate/Nonprofit Membership

...event Leadership Society Member - $5,000 All regular corporate/organizational member benefits Permanent name plate on League of Honor Wall Smithsonian PLUS annual membership benefits Special assistance scheduling a private museum...

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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...

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March Madness 2021

...he helped organize troops in New York and Michigan before resigning his commission as brevet Major General in July 1865. Cutler returned to Milwaukee and died of a stroke on...

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WISCONSIN HISTORY TOUR ALONG WITH THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM CELEBRATES VETERANS DAY

...7:30 pm, doors open at 7:00 pm. For information visit https://www.wisconsinhistorytour.org/Route/Cities/Kenosha.aspx. About Wisconsin Historical Society The Wisconsin Historical Society, founded in 1846, ranks as one of the largest, most active...

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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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