FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 2011 Wisconsin Veterans Museum and W. Britain’s Military Miniature Company Team-Up to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War   (MADISON) ― On Saturday, May 7, 2011, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and W. Britain Military Miniature Company will host an event that includes the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 2011 New York Times Best-Selling Author Jeff Shaara to Speak at Wisconsin Veterans Museum (MADISON) – New York Times Best-Selling Author Jeff Shaara will serve as keynote at the 2011 Wisconsin Veterans Museum Gala. The event is scheduled for Thursday, May 5, 2011 from 5:00

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 5, 2011 VFW Ladies Auxiliary National President to Visit Wisconsin Veterans Museum (MADISON) – VFW Ladies Auxiliary National President Cortina Barnes will be visiting Madison on April 11, 2011. Following a morning meeting with state legislators, President Barnes will visit the Wisconsin Veterans Museum for an

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 1, 2011 Wisconsin Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Kicks Off the 150th Commemoration of the Civil War with a Special Program at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum   (MADISON) – The Wisconsin Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission will open a statewide four-year commemoration of events of 1861-1865 with a

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2011 Native Words, Native Warriors: Native American Code Talkers   (MADISON) – Join Professor of History from Missouri State University, William Meadows, at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum as he discusses the origins and development of Native Americans as code talkers in World War I and II,

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 17, 2011 2011 Spring Programs at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War    (MADISON) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has a number of interesting programs planned this spring to kick off the commemoration of the 150th Anniversary of the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 11, 2011 Museum Acquires Medal of Honor    (MADISON) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum recently acquired a Medal of Honor.  Staff Sergeant Gerald Endl was with the 128th Infantry Regiment of the 32nd Division and was originally from Fort Atkinson. In July 1944, Endl acted heroically

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 4, 2011 Wisconsin Photographer Chronicles Operation Desert Storm New Exhibit Opening at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum    (MADISON) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will open The Scorching Desert Sun: A Wisconsin Photographer Chronicles Operation Desert Storm exhibit on Friday, January 14, 2011. The exhibit will remain

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 3, 2010 Madison artist Michael Hecht tells the story of Walt Whitman and his Civil War involvement through new exhibit at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum (MADISON) ― On Tuesday, March 9, 2010, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum will debut “The Good Gray Nurse: Walt Whitman and the

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 1, 2010 Michael Telzrow to Serve as Director of Wisconsin Veterans Museum   (MADISON) ― The Wisconsin Veterans Museum welcomes a new director, beginning March 1, 2010.  Michael Telzrow has been working in the museum field for over fifteen years, most recently as executive director of