WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM FEATURES “WAR : RAW HEALING MILITARY TRAUMA THROUGH EXPRESSIVE ART” EXHIBIT
May 19, 2015 Exhibit shines a light on the healing process of veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Traumatic Brain Injuries FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (May 19, 2015) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum today announced that it will host “WAR : RAW Healing Military Trauma Through Expressive Art,”
Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud Jr
Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr – Ho-Chunk Nation Warrior Medal of Honor Recipient North Korea, 1950 By the time Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr. wrapped his arm around a tree so he could remain upright, he’d already been shot eight times. The Korean War was in its early stages. Red
WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HOSTS FREE SCREENING OF VIETNAM DOCUMENTARY
April 12, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (April 12, 2015) – The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs today announced that it will host a free screening of the Academy Award-nominated documentary “Last Days in Vietnam” on Tuesday, April 7 at 7 p.m. at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Union South
Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day
“I am very happy about hering [sic] that you are back from the war, and others. Things have changed as you were gone. Things like football”. Matt Cain, 2nd grade, Elvehjem Elementary, February 22, 1973. On May 15, 1967, Madison native Major Donald L. Heiliger was hit by anti-aircraft fire
WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM HOSTS “THE LIFE OF A SCOUT SNIPER IN IRAQ” PRESENTATION
March 5, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (March 5, 2015) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum today announced that it will host “The Life of a Scout Sniper in Iraq” presentation, featuring Milwaukee-native and 1st Sgt. Timothy La Sage on Thursday, March 19 at 7 p.m. La Sage was stationed
Spring 2015
Cover Story: Wisconsin's Military Women | Making History: SSG Sonia Buchanan
Out of the Ordinary by Russ Horton
There are still service members who, for a variety of reasons, write the occasional letter with pen and paper. Sometimes, they even choose to write letters because they have something out of the ordinary on which to write. Andrew Brady, a Poynette native who served with the 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines
WWI Sheet Music by Laura Farley
WWI Sheet Music by Laura Farley When the United States entered WWI, sheet music was very popular on the home front and a new form of pop music called “jazz” was beginning to emerge. Families, neighbors, and friends would gather around pianos to sing their favorite tunes popularized by larger-than-life vocal
A Soldier’s Sacrifice by Emily Irwin
On January 1, 1866, Governor Lucius C. Fairchild delivered his inaugural address and emphasized the Civil War’s impact on Wisconsin. A million of men have returned from the war, been disbanded in our midst, and resumed their former occupations… The transition from the citizen to the soldier was not half so rapid, nor