The Price of a Name by Kevin Hampton
“The last terrible battle has reduced this brigade to a mere skeleton; there being scarcely enough members to form half a regiment, the 2nd Wisconsin, which but a few weeks since, numbered over nine hundred men, can now muster but fifty-nine. This brigade has done some of the hardest and best
WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES LINEUP OF FALL 2014 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 10, 2014 Contact: Carla Vigue (608) 266-0517 Carla.Vigue@dva.wisconsin.gov WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES LINEUP OF FALL 2014 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES MADISON, Wis. (Sept. 10, 2014) – Each season, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison offers a variety of events, activities and presentations to bring visitors even closer
Fall 2014
Cover Stories: Wisconsin Travels the World | In the Great Footsteps of the Red Arrow Division
World War WHERE? by Russ Horton
When Janesville native Louis Wayne Tyler was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II, he probably imagined eventually being deployed to the European or Pacific Theaters. He might have considered the possibility of going to North Africa or the China-Burma-India Theater. He may have even heard stories of
The Polar Bear Expedition by Andrea Hoffman
While France and Germany served as the battleground for the vast majority of Wisconsin troops during World War I, some soldiers–including Captain Ralph E. Ramsay of Beloit, Wisconsin–found themselves stationed far away from the Western Front. During the summer of 1918, President Woodrow Wilson acquiesced under pressure from Great Britain
The Archivist Chronicles: A Union Addition by Andrew Baraniak
The use of wallpaper as a substitute for newsprint was a common occurrence for some printers in Louisiana and Mississippi during the Civil War. Most paper mills were in the North, and printers in those regions looked to wallpaper as an alternative to dwindling paper supplies as the war dragged
WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM LAUNCHES NEW CAMPAIGN, HOSTS BOOTH AT EAA AIRVENTURE IN OSHKOSH
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JULY 15, 2014 Contact: Carla Vigue (608) 266-0517 Carla.Vigue@dva.wisconsin.gov WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM LAUNCHES NEW CAMPAIGN, HOSTS BOOTH AT EAA AIRVENTURE IN OSHKOSH MADISON, Wis. (July 15, 2014) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison has launched a four-week advertising campaign with billboards and radio focused in the
D-Day + 70: Honoring Wisconsin’s Heroes by Kevin Hampton
“Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force! You are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hopes and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you.” – General Dwight D.