I Am Not Invisible: Women Veterans
Leda Zoroghlian Patrick, veteran, and participant in the I Am Not Invisible campaign at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum supports Women's History Month and as part of that effort, the museum is displaying a select set of banners in its windows to honor women veterans who participated
125 Years of Sharing Our Veterans’ Stories
Our Story Born out of the desire of Civil War veterans to honor the service of their comrades and to educate future generations about the cost of liberty and the continued effort required to protect our freedom, this organization has collected, preserved and shared the stories of Wisconsin veterans since
Breaks in Service: Roger Boeker’s Story
Roger Boeker was raised in Madison, Wisconsin by a family of military veterans. Just days before his September 1942 birth, Boeker's father Leonard enlisted in the U.S. Army for service during World War II. His uncles Orrin and Leon Slauson, brothers from Spring Green, Wisconsin, joined the U.S. Army Air
Johnson on Identifying as a Veteran
Even though she had been raised in a military family, Saprina Johnson’s choice to join the military was her own. Raised in Milwaukee, Johnson grew up around veterans in her own family.
WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM “PORTRAITS OF SERVICE” OPENS FEB. 6
MADISON, Wis. (January 26, 2026) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum is debuting a powerful new exhibit, Portraits of Service: Wisconsin Warriors from WWII, Korea, and Vietnam, opening Feb. 6, 2026. The temporary exhibit will showcase the work of award-winning photographer James Gill, who captured intimate portraits of Wisconsin veterans across
Other Duties As Assigned: Finding WVM Beyond These Four Walls
The Wisconsin Veterans Museum name may give the impression of a fixed place appealing to a captive audience. The work the museum staff accomplishes, however, reaches beyond the confines of the physical museum space in Madison, Wisconsin to offices in our State Capitol Building, exhibits at presidential libraries, historic markers
Media Alert: U.S. MARINE CORPS CELEBRATES 250TH BIRTHDAY IN MADISON
U.S. MARINE CORPS CELEBRATES 250TH BIRTHDAY IN MADISON MADISON (Nov 6, 2025) — Join the Wisconsin Veterans Museum on November 10th as we commemorate the 250th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. Mark this milestone and honor the true spirit of our American Marines through their honor, courage, and commitment
Tribute to Fallen Wisconsin Sailor Opens at Veterans Museum
MADISON, Wis — (October 8, 2025) The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has opened a temporary exhibit to remember a Wisconsin sailor killed in the bombing of the USS Cole (DDG 67) in the Yemini port of Aden on October 12, 2000. Seventeen crewmembers perished in the terrorist attack, and among them was Engineman 2nd
Talking Spirits Cemetery Tours Media Day
Media Alert Talking Spirits Cemetery Tours Begin September 29 at Forest Hills Cemetery in Madison; Media Day October 1 Live actors portray World War II Veterans from Wisconsin MADISON, September 22, 2025 — Eighty years after then end of World War II, the stories of our Greatest Generation have not been
Herbert Hanneman: Prisoner of War in the Pacific
Herbert Hanneman National Prisoner of War/Missing in Action Recognition Day is observed on the third Friday in September, established in 1979. Herbert H. Hanneman from Madison, Wisconsin, was a prisoner of war during World War II. He served in the United States Army from 1941 to 1945. Since Hanneman had