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

...History, University of Wisconsin-Madison Bruno Cabanes, Professor, Donald G. & Mary A. Dunn Chair in Modern Military History, The Ohio State University Holly Case, Associate Professor of History, Brown University...

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March Madness 2021

...1832 in New York. By 1860, he was living in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. On June 1, 1861, the 5’10”, brown haired, blue eyed farmer volunteered for service in Company B,...

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum and W. Britain’s Military Miniature Company Team-Up to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War

...Affairs and is located at 30 W. Mifflin St., across the street from the State Capitol. For more information go to www.wisvetsmuseum.com. -30- 201 West Washington Avenue | Madison, Wisconsin...

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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 VETERANS MUSEUM TO END 150 YEAR OLD DEBATE BY REVEALING RESULTS OF DNA ANALYSIS TESTING GENDER OF FAMED CIVIL WAR MASCOT “OLD ABE”

...icon’s gender debate At 10 a.m. on Thursday, July 14, The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will solve a 150 year old mystery by revealing the results of a DNA analysis testing...

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MEDIA ALERT: WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM PARTNERS WITH UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-MADISON BIOTECHNOLOGY CENTER MOLECULAR ARCHAEOLOGY GROUP (MAG) TO SOLVE 150 YEAR OLD DEBATE BY REVEALING RESULTS OF DNA ANALYSIS

...country until its death in 1881.The bird’s legendary story took a turn in 1889, however, when well-known suffragette Lillie Devereux Blake began giving speeches about Old Abe having laid eggs,...

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FAMED BALD EAGLE MASCOT “OLD ABE” CONFIRMED AS MALE DNA TESTING OF MASCOTS FEATHERS ANSWERS 150 YEAR OLD DEBATE

July 14, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DNA TESTING OF MASCOT’S FEATHERS YIELD CONCLUSIVE RESULTS MADISON, Wis. (July 14, 2016) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum and University of Wisconsin-Madison Biotechnology Center...

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Tarra Gundrum on What is Possible

...that I've described, which are love for, you know, God, Corps and country. The core values of the Marine Corps, which is honor, courage, and commitment. I think that having...

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WORLD WAR I STORIES FROM A CENTURY AGO TOLD IN VETS’ OWN WORDS IS A FIRST FOR WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM

...23, 2017) – The most powerful storytelling is first-person, unfiltered, heartfelt, and, at times, heart-wrenching. In days leading up to the United States’ entry into World War I a century...

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Like Angels in the Sky: A Combat Medic’s Story

...demanding and the business we took part in was very serious. November 1, 2008 was a day that started out similar to most, the platoon woke up, worked out, and...

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