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# Wisconsin Veterans Museum

Every Veteran is a Story

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## Posts

- [Archive](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/archive-old/) - Blog Media Alert: U.S. MARINE CORPS CELEBRATES 250TH BIRTHDAY IN MADISON November 6, 2025 Media Alerts 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 Read more Tribute to Fallen Wisconsin Sailor Opens at Veterans Museum October 8, 2025 Press
- [Crossing a Line with the U.S. Navy](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/crossing-a-line-with-navy/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Media Alert: U.S. MARINE CORPS CELEBRATES 250TH BIRTHDAY IN MADISON](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/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 to the defense of the
- [Tribute to Fallen Wisconsin Sailor Opens at Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/tribute-to-fallen-wisconsin-sailor-opens-at-veterans-museum/) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum opened a temporary exhibit to remember a WI sailor, Marc Nieto of Fond du Lac killed in the bombing of the USS Cole (DDG 67).
- [Talking Spirits Cemetery Tours Media Day](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/talking-spirits-cemetery-tours-media-day/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [U.S. ARMY CELEBRATES 250TH BIRTHDAY  IN MADISON](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/u-s-army-celebrates-250th-birthday-in-madison/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Herbert Hanneman: Prisoner of War in the Pacific](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [A Behind-the-Scenes Peek at the D-Day Exhibit](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/a-behind-the-scenes-peek-at-the-d-day-exhibit/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [4th Wisconsin Cavalry](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/4th-wisconsin-cavalry/) - The 4th Wisconsin Cavalry first organized as the 4th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment at Camp Utley, Racine, WI. Regiment active from July 2, 1861 - June 14,1866.
- [Honoring Thomas J. Lucas on National Airborne Day](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/honoring-thomas-j-lucas-on-national-airborne-day/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [D-Day Exhibit features Keith Rocco Paintings](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/d-day-exhibit-features-keith-rocco-paintings/) - The D-Day exhibit features paintings from master of the historical narrative, Keith Rocco. Four dioramas paired with stories and artifacts of Wisconsin men who survived the invasions poignantly presents the battles from the perspective of the soldiers, sailors, and airmen who were there.
- [Valdor W. John, Sr on the Battle of Taejon (75th Anniversary)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/valdor-w-john-sr-on-the-battle-of-taejon-75th-anniversary/) - Seventy-five years ago, the North Korean military invaded South Korea. Here is the story from veteran Valdor W. John, Sr., who fought at the Battle of Taejon.
- [Old Abe Wisconsin's War Eagle](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/old-abe-the-war-eagle/) - Old Abe, an icon in Wisconsin's Civil War history, was an American Bald Eagle who served as the mascot for the Eighth Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry Regiment.
- [Gay Veterans Reflect on Their Service Experiences](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/gay-veterans-reflect-on-their-service-experiences/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Wisconsin Connections to the American Revolution](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsins-connections-american-revolution/) - Explore Wisconsin's ties to the American Revolution through stories of veterans buried in the state, and the legacy of service passed down through generations.
- [Unique Bonds that Come from Serving Together](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/unique-bonds-that-come-from-serving-together/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [A Succession of U.S. Army Kings](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/a-succession-of-u-s-army-kings/) - Many Wisconsin families have ties to the Revolutionary War. One such family is the Kings. "A succession of U.S. Army Kings" tells their rich service history.
- [IMLS Grants Preserve Delicate Photographs, Improve Public Access](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/imls-grants-preserve-delicate-photographs-improve-public-access/) - IMLS Grants - The image digitization makes delicate images globally available while limiting access and protecting the originals from potential damage.
- [Jessica E. Williams on Leading with Empathy](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/jessica-e-williams-on-leading-with-empathy/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [MEDIA PREVIEW OF NEW EXHIBIT Traditions: Stories of Service to Country & Community](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-preview-of-new-exhibit-traditions-stories-of-service-to-country-community/) - View “Traditions: Stories of Service to Country & Community” to see how Wisconsin veterans helped build a nation during and after service.
- [The Story of Millie and Clarence](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-story-of-millie-and-clarence/) - Taken prisoner by German troops, Clarence Beltmann kept a diary throughout his captivity, including poems to his future wife, Mildred.
- [2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/2nd-wisconsin-infantry-regiment-2/) - The Second Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (2nd Wisconsin) mustered into U.S. service on June 11, 1861, in Madison, WI, and mustered out on July 2, 1864.
- [2nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/2nd-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Second Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (2nd Wisconsin) mustered into U.S. service on June 11, 1861, in Madison, WI, and mustered out on July 2, 1864.
- [Willie B. Williams: We Were Like Family](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/willie-b-williams-we-were-like-family/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [The Malmedy Massacre: the Survivor Story of Sergeant Henry "Roy" Zach](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-malmedy-massacre-the-survivor-story-of-henry-roy-zach/) - Malmedy Massacre survivor Henry "Roy" Zach tells of his capture by the Germans, and how he survived a firing squad and being raked by Nazi machine gun fire.
- [Wisconsin Veteran Holiday Vignettes](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veteran-holiday-vignettes/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [The Desert Storm Doc: Steven L. Oreck](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/steven_oreck/) - Captain Steven L. Oreck, a career medical officer in the U.S. Naval Reserve was among the 940 people sent to run a hospital during the Operation Desert Storm.
- [6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/6888th-battalion/) - The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion was a predominantly black battalion of the Women’s Army Corps (WAC) that cleared a massive mail backlog in WWII.
- [IT STILL MATTERS: COLLECTION INSPIRES KISSERS MUSIC](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/it-still-matters-collection-inspires-kissers-music/) - It Still Matters: Amplifying the stories of WI veterans through modern music with help from WVM Archivist and Curator of History, and rock band the Kissers.
- [John Garrett: A Veteran in the Spotlight](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/john-garrett-a-veteran-in-the-spotlight/) - Born on July 6, 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois, John W. Garrett was in a fraternity studying Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Illinois when he heard about the attack on Pearl Harbor. Knowing they were at war, John decided to enlist in the spring of 1942. As an engineer by education, John was sent
- [Gatekeeper of Collections: This Is Brittany Strobel](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/brittany-strobel/) - In the State Archive Preservation Facility in Madison, Brittany Strobel, the Processing Archivist, preserves significant events and thoughts of veterans.
- [Doug Mauritz: A Passion for Community](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/doug-mauritz-a-passion-for-community/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [The Leyte Landing: Wisconsin Veterans on MacArthur's Return](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-leyte-landing-wisconsin-veterans-on-macarthurs-return/) - Wisconsin Veterans discuss MacArthur's return to the Pacific Theatre during World War II. with the Leyte Landing. Listen to their first-hand accounts here
- [Evolution of Absentee Voting from the Civil War to WWII](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/evolution-of-absentee-voting-from-the-civil-war-to-wwii/) - By Russell Horton Reference Archivist World War II brought changes to many aspects of the United States military. The sheer scale of the conflict forced government leaders and military officials to seek new and different ways to carry out the war effort, from equipment and arms to tactics and strategy. Military voting was also among
- [The Football Military Connection](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-football-military-connection/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Army Tanker Turned Museum Educator: This Is Erik Wright](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/erik-wright/) - Veteran Erik Wright has been the education specialist at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, shaping tours, trivia, programs, and cemetery walks.
- [Keeper of the Stories: This Is Russ Horton](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/russ-horton/) - Ever wonder where Google finds its answers? Experts like Russ Horton, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Archivist, sift through primary sources to provide them.
- [Touching Virtually Everything That Happens in the Museum: This Is Jennifer Van Haaften](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/jennifer-van-haaften/) - From Iowa's cornfields to museum work, Jennifer Van Haaften has 30 years of experience enhancing visitor experiences. She's the Assistant Director at the WVM.
- [Behind the Scenes: The State Archive Preservation Facility](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/state-archive-preservation-facility/) - The State Archive Preservation Facility (SAPF), built in 2017, is a space for Wisconsin's historical artifacts, including the Veterans Museum's collections.
- [James Megellas: Meeting a Hero; Knowing the Person](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/james-megellas/) - James Megellas is one of Wisconsin's WWII war heroes. Born in Fond du Lac, he is considered the most highly decorated officer of the 82nd Airborne Division.
- [Raul Waters: My Duty. I Never Regretted That.](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/raul-waters-my-duty-i-never-regretted-that/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [WISCONSIN’S HIGHLY-DECORATED WWII VETERAN MEGELLAS FEATURED IN NEW DISPLAY](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsins-highly-decorated-wwii-veteran-megellas-featured-in-new-display/) - Archives and artifacts of one of Wisconsin’s legendary World War II heroes, James Megellas, have been added to collection at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum.
- [Veterans Bike Ride Across Minnesota and Wisconsin Finishes at State Capitol](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/veterans-bike-ride-across-minnesota-and-wisconsin-finishes-at-state-capitol/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [The Admirals Wept: Billy Mitchell and the Atlantic Bombing Tests of 1921](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/billy-mitchell/) - Airpower is a crucial part of the U.S. Armed Forces. U.S. air supremacy began in 1921, due to the foresight of General William L. “Billy” Mitchell of Wisconsin.
- [Staff Profile: Luke Sprague](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/staff-profile-luke-sprague/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Brownie the WWII War Dog from Wisconsin](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/brownie-the-wwii-war-dog-from-wisconsin/) - Brownie served in the K-9 Corps in World War II. Brownie was buried with military honors in the Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery near King, Wisconsin.
- [Exhibit Selected for National Award](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/souvenirs-of-service-exhibit-selected-for-national-award-of-excellence/) - American Association for State and Local History announced the Wisconsin Veterans Museum received an Award of Excellence for the Souvenirs of Service exhibit.
- [Milo G. Flaten: the Battle of Saint-Lô, July 7-19, 1944](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/milo-g-flaten-the-battle-of-saint-lo-july-7-19-1944/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Catherine Pampel on the Importance of Helping Others](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/catherine-pampel-on-the-importance-of-helping-others/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Akira R. Toki on being Japanese American during World War II](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/akira-r-toki-on-being-japanese-american-during-world-war-ii/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Chester Krause on the Liberation of Buchenwald Concentration Camp](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/chester-krause-on-the-liberation-of-buchenwald-concentration-camp/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [19th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/19th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Nineteenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (19th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized in Madison, mustered in April 30, 1862, and mustered out August 9, 1865.
- [Alannah McReavey on Giving Back](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/alannah-mcreavey-on-giving-back/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Tarra Gundrum on What is Possible](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/tarra-gundrum-on-what-is-possible/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [3rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/3rd-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Third Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (3rd Wisconsin) mustered into U.S. service on June 29, 1861, in Madison, WI, and mustered out on July 18, 1865.
- [Urban A. Sippel with the First Special Service Force at Anzio](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/urban-a-sippel-with-the-first-special-service-force-at-anzio/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Looking for Light](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/looking-for-light/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [William L. Sims: A Lifetime of Service](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/william-l-sims-a-lifetime-of-service/) - In the Vietnam Era and to this day, Sims works to insure African American veterans receive the same benefits as other veterans and aren't discriminated against.
- [Betty M. Prieve: A Song for the Holiday](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/betty-m-prieve-a-song-for-the-holiday/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Happy 103rd Birthday, Lt. Col. Harry Baker !](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/happy-103rd-birthday-lt-col-harry-baker/) - Wisconsin World War II veteran, Harry Baker will celebrate his 103rd birthday on October 9th. The museum staff is asking you to send a birthday card to him.
- [14th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/14th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Fourteenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (14th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) mustered on January 30, 1862 at Fond du Lac and mustered out on October 9, 1865.
- [37th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/37th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 37th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment organized at Camp Randall in April 1864, they mustered out on July 26, 1865.
- [The Green Bay Tribes: Volunteer Service in the Civil War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-green-bay-tribes-volunteer-service-in-the-civil-war/) - The Menominee, Oneida, and Stockbridge-Munsee Mohicans - The Green Bay Tribes - volunteered for the Union Army. Their bravery and perseverance in the face of tremendous obstacles are remembered.
- [Oneida Warrior James K. Overman on racism and rescuing pilots](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/oneida-warrior-james-k-overman-on-racism-and-rescuing-pilots/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [47th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/47th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 47th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, on February 27, 1865.
- [42nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/42-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 42nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment organized at Camp Randall. They mustered in on September 7, 1864, and mustered out on June 20, 1865.
- [24th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/24th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Twenty-Fourth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (24th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized at Camp Sigel, mustering in August 15, 1862, and out June 10, 1865.
- [22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/22nd-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Twenty-Second Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (22nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized at Camp Utley, mustering in September 2, 1962, and out June 12, 1865.
- [20th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/20th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Twentieth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (20th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized at Camp Randall, mustering in August 23,1862, and out July 14, 1865.
- [18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/18th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Eighteenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (18th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) mustered in U.S. service March 15, 1862 in Milwaukee, and out July 18, 1865.
- [17th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/17th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Seventeenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (17th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) mustered in U.S. service on March 15, 1862 at Camp Randall and out July 14, 1865.
- [53rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/53rd-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 53rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment organized at Madison, WI, in March and April, 1865. They transferred to the 51st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment.
- [52nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/52nd-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 52nd Wisconsin Regiment Infantry organized at Madison, Wisconsin in April 1865. They mustered out on July 28, 1865.
- [51st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/51st-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 51st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Washburn, Milwaukee, WI in late March and early April, 1865. They mustered out in late August 1865.
- [50th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/50th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 50th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment organized at Madison in March/April 1865. They mustered out of service April - June 1866.
- [49th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/49th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 49th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment organized at Madison, Wisconsin, from December 24, 1864, to March 5, 1865. They mustered out November 8, 1865.
- [48th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/48th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 48th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment organized in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in early 1865, and mustered out in late 1865/early 1866.
- [46th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/46th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 46th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, on March 1, 1865.
- [WDVA Secretary and Veterans Museum Staff Deliver 600+ Birthday Wishes to WWII Veteran](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wdva-secretary-and-veterans-museum-staff-deliver-600-birthday-wishes-to-wwii-veteran/) - More than 600 birthday cards were sent from around the world to WWII veteran and soon-to-be 103-year-old Lt. Col. (Ret.) Harry Baker.
- [45th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/45th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 45th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment organized in Madison, WI, mustering in on November 8, 1864, and out on July 17, 1865.
- [44th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/44th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 44th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment organized at Madison, WI, mustering in at various points October-November 1864. They mustered out on August 28, 1865.
- [43rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/43rd-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 43rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment organized at Camp Washburn in September and October 1864. They mustered out June 24, 1865.
- [41st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/41st-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 41st Wisconsin Infantry regiment organized at Camp Washburn, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, June 8, 1864 and mustered out September 24, 1864.
- [40th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/40th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 40th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, on June 14, 1864. hey mustered out and disbanded September 16, 1864.
- [33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/33rd-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 33rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (Thirty Third Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized at Camp Utley mustering into service October 18, 1862, and out August 8, 1865.
- [36th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/36th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 36th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment organized in Madison, Wisconsin and mustered into service on March 23, 1864, mustering out on July 12, 1865.
- [39th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/39th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 39th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment organized in Milwaukee, WI, and mustered in on June 3, 1864, and out on September 22,1864
- [38th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/38th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 38th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment mustered into service on April 15, 1864, at Camp Randall, and mustered out on June 26, 1865.
- [35th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/35th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Thirty Fifth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (35th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized at Camp Washburn in February 1864, and mustered out on March 15, 1866.
- [34th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/34th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 34th Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Washburn in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on December 31, 1862, and mustered out of service on September 8, 1863.
- [5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/5th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment-2/) - The Fifth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (5th Wisconsin) mustered into service on July 13, 1861 at Camp Randall, Madison, WI, and mustered out on July 20, 1865.
- [32nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/32nd-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 32nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Bragg in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and mustered into the service of the U.S. on September 25, 1862.
- [31st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/31st-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 31st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was first organized at Prairie du Chien, and six companies mustered into the service of the U.S. on October 9, 1862.
- [30th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/30th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 30th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into the service of the United States on 21 October 1862.
- [29th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/29th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 29th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, and mustered into the service of the U.S. on September 27, 1862.
- [23rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/23rd-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Twenty Third Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (23rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized at Camp Randall, mustering in August 30, 1862, and out July , 1865.
- [21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/21st-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Twenty-First Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (21st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized at Camp Bragg, mustered in September, 5,1862, and out June 8, 1865.
- [16th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/16th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Sixteenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (16th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized at Camp Randall, mustering in January 31, 1862, and out on July 12, 1865.
- [15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/15th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Fifteenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (15th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) mustered into U.S. service February 14, 1862, at Camp Randall, and mustered out at various times in 1865.
- [13th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/13th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Thirteenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (13th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) mustered at Janesville on October 17, 1861, and mustered out on November 24, 1865.
- [11th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/11th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Eleventh Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (11th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) mustered in October 16, 1861, at Camp Randall, and mustered out September 5, 1865.
- [12th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/12th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Twelfth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (12th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) was organized at Camp Randall in late 1861. They mustered out on July 20, 1865.
- [10th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/10th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Tenth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (10th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) mustered in at Camp Holton on October 14, 1861 and mustered out on October 25th, 1864.
- [9th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/9th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Ninth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (9th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) organized in Milwaukee, WI, on October 26, 1861, and mustered out on February 14,1866.
- [8th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/8th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Eighth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment mustered into U.S. service on September 13, 1861, at Camp Randall, and mustered out of the service on September 5, 1865.
- [7th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/7th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Seventh Regiment Infantry (7th Wisconsin Regiment Infantry) mustered into U.S. service at Camp Randall on September 16, 1861, and mustered out July 2, 1865.
- [Juneteenth: How Wisconsin Was There at the Beginning](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/juneteenth-how-wisconsin-was-there-at-the-beginning/) - As is the case with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, the origin of Juneteenth lies in the US Civil War. Two formerly enslaved Wisconsinites served with the USCT.
- [6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/6th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 6th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment ( mustered into US service on July 16, 1861 at Camp Randall. They disbanded at Madison on July 16, 1865.
- [28th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/28th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 28th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Washburn in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on September 13, 1862. The regiment disbanded in September of 1865.
- [1st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/1st-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The First Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (1st Wisconsin Infantry Regiment) mustered into the service of the U.S. on October 19, 1861, at Camp Scott, Milwaukee.
- [27th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/27th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 27th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Sigel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on March 7, 1863. The 27th fought at the siege of Vicksburg.
- [26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/26th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 26th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Sigel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and mustered into the United States Army on September 17, 1862.
- [25th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/25th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The 25th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment was organized at Camp Salomon in La Crosse, Wisconsin on 9/14/1862. On 2/17/1863 the regiment left Wisconsin for Cairo, IL.
- [Wisconsin Women in Combat: Garza Recounts Being Under Fire at FOB Masum Ghar](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/garza-under-fire-at-fob-masum-ghar/) - Wisconsin Women In Combat: Garza recalls her experience being under fire a FOB Masum Ghar in Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.
- [Wisconsin World War II Veteran Harry Baker to Celebrate 103rd Birthday](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-world-war-ii-veteran-harry-baker-to-celebrate-103rd-birthday/) - Wisconsin WW II veteran, Harry Baker will celebrate his 103rd birthday on October 9th. At the request of his family, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff is asking you to send him a birthday card.
- [Federal Grant Awarded to Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/federal-grant-awarded-to-wisconsin-veterans-museum/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Desegregation in the Military](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/desegregation-in-the-military/) - On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed Executive Order 9981: The Desegregation of the Armed Forces, which brought about military desegregation.
- [5th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/5th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/) - The Fifth Wisconsin Infantry Regiment (5th Wisconsin) mustered into service on July 13, 1861 at Camp Randall, Madison, WI, and mustered out on July 20, 1865.
- [Remembering the Korean Armistice: 1,100 Days as a Prisoner of War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/remembering-the-korean-armistice-1100-days-as-a-prisoner-of-war/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [12th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/12th-wisconsin-light-artillery-battery/) - The 12th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (Twelfth Wisconsin) organized at St. Louis, Missouri. They served from around February/March 1862 to June 26, 1865.
- [13th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/13th-wisconsin-light-artillery-battery/) - The 13th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (Thirteenth Wisconsin) organized at Camp Washburn, Milwaukee, WI, serving from December 29, 1863 to July 20, 1865.
- [11th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/11th-wisconsin-light-artillery-battery/) - The 11th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (Eleventh Wisconsin) organized at Madison, WI, February 22, 1862, then transferred to 1st Illinois Light Artillery.
- [10th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/10th-wisconsin-light-artillery-battery/) - The 10th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (Tenth Wisconsin) organized at New Lisbon, Wisconsin. They served from February 10, 1862 to April 26, 1865.
- [9th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/9th-wisconsin-light-artillery-battery/) - The 9th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (Ninth Wisconsin) organized at Burlington, WI, and served from January 17, 1862 to September 30, 1865.
- [8th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/8th-wisconsin-light-artillery-battery/) - The Eight Wisconsin Light Artillery (8th Wisconsin) organized in Racine, Wisconsin. They mustered in January 8, 1862 and mustered out August 10, 1865.
- [7th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/7th-wisconsin-light-artillery-battery/) - The Seventh Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (7th Wisconsin) organized at Camp Utley, Racine, Wisconsin, and served from October 4, 1861 to July 20, 1865.
- [6th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/6th-wisconsin-light-artillery-battery/) - The 6th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (Sixth Wisconsin) organized at Camp Utley, Racine and served in the Civil War from October 2, 1861 to July 18, 1865.
- [5th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/5th-wisconsin-light-artillery-battery/) - The Fifth Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (5th Wisconsin) organized at Camp Utley, Racine, WI. They served from October 10, 1861 to June 6, 1865.
- [4th Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/4th-wisconsin-light-artillery-battery/) - The Fourth Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (4th Wisconsin) organized at Beloit, Wisconsin. They served from October 1, 1861 to July 3rd, 1865.
- [3rd Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/3rd-wisconsin-light-artillery-battery/) - The Third Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (3rd Wisconsin) was organized at Racine, Wisconsin. They served from October 10, 1861, to July 20, 1865.
- [Dunday Recalls Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell (DADT)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/dunday-recalls-dont-ask-dont-tell-dadt/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Ho-Chunk Nation and WDVA/WVM Sign Historic Agreement](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/ho-chunk-nation-agreement/) - The Ho-Chunk Nation and the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff sign agreement to gather with cultural sensitivity the oral histories from Ho-Chunk Nation veterans.
- [The Iron Brigade & the Black Hat](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-iron-brigade-the-black-hat/) - “There are them damned black hatted fellows again!” This cry, and others like it, were made by disheartened Confederate troops on the first day of fighting at the Battle of Gettysburg Under the impression that they faced untrained militia, the Rebel troops quickly recognized the distinctive black Model 1858 “Hardee” hat worn by the famed
- [Marking Time at 30 West Mifflin](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/marking-time-at-30-west-mifflin/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Memories of War with Nao Tou Lor](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/memories-of-war-with-nao-tou-lor/) - Nao Tou Lor of La Crosse shares memories fighting the Secret War in Laos in the Special Guerilla Unit (SGU) against the N. Vietnamese as an ally of the U.S.
- [Talking Spirits Cemetery Tour XVII Recap](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/talking-spirits-cemetery-tour-xvii-recap/) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum would like to share the thank you cards from Ms. Alt’s 5th Grade class at Huegel Elementary (Madison) for the Talking Spirits Cemetery Tour XVII at Forest Hill Cemetery. We look forward to seeing more classes this October 4th-7th for Talking Spirits Cemetery Tour XVIII! Thank you to all who attended, volunteered and
- [2nd Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/2nd-wisconsin-light-artillery-battery/) - The 2nd Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (2nd Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery) was organized at La Crosse and mustered into service on September 10, 1861.
- [1st Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/1st-wisconsin-light-artillery-battery/) - The First Wisconsin Light Artillery Battery (1st Wisconsin) of LaCrosse organized at Camp Utley in Racine. They served from October 10, 1862 to July 18, 1865.
- [1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/1st-wisconsin-heavy-artillery/) - The First Wisconsin Heavy Artillery Regiment (1st Wisconsin) was made up Co. K of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry & men mustered at Camp Washburn and Camp Randall.
- [1st Wisconsin Cavalry](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/1st-wisconsin-cavalry/) - 1st Wisconsin Cavalry (First Wisconsin) represented Wisconsin in the Civil War from Mar 8 1862 to Dec141865. They were involved in the Jefferson Davis capture.
- [The Battle of Ramadi, April 6, 2004: The Day Things Changed for Coalition Forces and Brandon Winneshiek](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-battle-of-ramadi-april-6-2004-the-day-things-changed-for-coalition-forces-and-brandon-winneshiek/) - Marine veteran Brandon Winneshiek, F “Foxtrot” Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, relates his experiences in Ramadi, Iraq, on April 6, 2004.
- [W. Jerome Frautschi Gives $10 million to Building a New Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/w-jerome-frautschi-gives-10-million-to-building-a-new-wisconsin-veterans-museum/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [50th Anniversary of End of Vietnam War Marked at Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/50th-anniversary-of-end-of-vietnam-war/) - To mark the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, the WI Veterans Museum exhibits in its Capitol Square window, “Our Vietnam Veterans: Then and Now.”
- [Remembering Operation Iraqi Freedom 20 Years Later, Part I](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/remembering-operation-iraqi-freedom-20-years-later/) - In March 2003, the U.S. sent 222,500 troops to Operation Iraqi Freedom By April 284,450 were there including about 3,900 Wisconsinites.
- [Operation Iraqi Freedom: Wisconsin Women Were There Proving Their Skill](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/remembering-operation-iraqi-freedom-wisconsin-women-were-there/) - In March 2003, the U.S. sent 222,500 troops to Operation Iraqi Freedom By April 284,450 were there including about 3,900 Wisconsinites.
- [Andreé L. Griffin: Bagram and Back](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/andree-l-griffin-bagram-and-back/) - Andreé L Griffin is a U.S. Army Reservist from Slinger, WI. She is a veteran of Operation Enduring Freedom. War in Afghanistan.
- [Ho-Chunk Warrior Owen C. Mike](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/ho-chunk-owen-c-mike/) - Interview with Ho-Chunk warrior, Owen Mike, leader of the Buffalo Clan, Ho-Chunk Nation & decorated Vietnam veteran. Discusses racism, spirituality and service.
- [Virtual! Drink & Draw February 2023](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/virtual-drink-draw-february-2023/) - Grease Pencil Gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. We will be learning about grease pencils and art crayons. This event is free of charge and open to anyone who registers. We will send you a link to join the
- [James M. Cocroft: Advocating for Veterans](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/james-m-cocroft-advocating-for-veterans/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [2nd Wisconsin Cavalry](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/2nd-wisconsin-cavalry/) - The Second Wisconsin Cavalry (2nd Wisconsin Cavalry) was organized at Camp Washburn, Milwaukee. Is served from 1862-1865 in MS, TN, AK, and Texas.
- [3rd Wisconsin Cavalry](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/3rd-wisconsin-cavalry/) - The Third Wisconsin Cavalry (3rd Wisconsin Cavalry) was organized at Camp Barstow in Janesville between Nov 30 1861 and Jan 31 1862. It served until Nov 1865.
- [Wisconsinites Serving During the Holidays](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsinites-serving-during-the-holidays/) - Serving in the U.S. military over the holiday season brings back poignant memories for Wisconsin veterans. Hear their stories about holiday military service.
- [Corporal Mitchell Red Cloud Jr](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/mitchell-red-cloud/) - Ho-Chunk Nation Warrior, Mitchell Red Cloud, Jr. Wisconsin Medal of Honor recipient. Medal is on view at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum.
- [Indigenous Veterans of Wisconsin](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/indigenous-wisconsin-veterans/) - By Russell Horton Reference Archivist The Indigenous Peoples of Wisconsin have a long and proud history of serving in the United States military. From the American Revolution, in which the Oneida were one of the few Native nations to side with the colonists, to the present, when Wisconsin Native men and women serve in every branch of the
- [Roses of No Man's Land - Base Hospital 22](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/roses-of-no-mans-land/) - When WWI began the Army Nursing Corps consisted of 235 regulars and 165 reserve members. By the end it swelled to 21,480 including those at Base Hospital 22.
- [Souvenirs Prohaska Quote](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/souvenirs-prohaska-quote/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [FOX VALLEY VETERANS TELL THEIR STORIES](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/fox-valley-veterans-tell-their-stories/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [GUEST BLOG BY RICK BERRY, VIETNAM VETERAN AND WVM VOLUNTEER](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/guest-blog-by-rick-berry-vietnam-veteran-and-wvm-volunteer/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Micabil Diaz Talks About His Experience in Sarajevo](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/micabil-diaz-talks-about-his-experience-in-sarajevo/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Wisconsin Rapids Mark E. Anderson Reflects on Iraq](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-rapids-mark-e-anderson-reflects-on-iraq/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [I AM NOT INVISIBLE 3.0: WOMEN VETERANS TELL THEIR STORIES](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/28846-2/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TO UNVEIL A PIECE OF NEW COLUMBIA CLASS USS WISCONSIN NUCLEAR SUBMARINE](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/28173-2/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [History of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/28222-2/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum: A Living Memorial by Dr. Richard Zeitlin](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-a-living-memorial-by-dr-richard-zeitlin/) - When state legislators passed Chapter 125 Laws in 1901 few would have guessed how important that enactment was. The law mandated that state officials establish a memorial dedicated to commemorating Wisconsin’s role in the Civil War and “any subsequent war.” The law obligated the state to provide space for purchasing display equipment to exhibit war
- [Part V: THE END OF THE WAR](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/part-v-the-end-of-the-war/) - On June 18, the day General Buckner was killed, President Harry Truman met with his senior military and civilian advisors to discuss the next steps in the war against Japan. General MacArthur estimated 100,000 U.S. losses in the first 30 days of an invasion of the Japanese home islands, while Army planners in Washington estimated
- [What's It All For? a Reflection on Empathy and Our National Discourse](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/whats-it-all-for-a-reflection-on-empathy-and-our-national-discourse/) - Written by Kevin Hampton, Curator of History This time of year, with patriotic holidays like Memorial Day, the anniversary of D-Day, Flag Day, Juneteenth, and the 4th of July, there is always a natural focus on the American historical identity. This interest usually comes in the form of a passive reflection on deeds done and
- [A Lesson in Resiliency From the Bataan Death March](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/a-lesson-in-resiliency-from-the-bataan-death-march/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Month of the Military Child: Augustus Patchin and Family](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/month-of-the-military-child-augustus-patchin-and-family/) - By Russell Horton, Reference & Outreach Archivist The Wisconsin Veterans Museum focuses on preserving the stories of men and women who serve in the US military. But very often, in the letters, photographs, and objects from those veterans, we can learn much of the families and children who remained home, anxiously awaiting their safe return.
- [Part I: Okinawa: Genesis of a Battle](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/okinawa-genesis-of-a-battle/) - In 1945, 75 years ago, World War II in the Pacific ended with the Battle of Okinawa and the atomic bombing of Japan. These important events, in which Wisconsin service members did their full duty, still impact the world today. From April until August 2020, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff will explore World War II's
- ["These Numbers All Mean Something"](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/these-numbers-all-mean-something/) - By Russell Horton, Reference & Outreach Archivist “I’ve got documents that I brought out of Korea… just pieces of paper with numbers on them. They are very old. These numbers all mean something.”
- [Rearguard at Gettysburg](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/rearguard-at-gettysburg/) - By Kevin Hampton, Curator of History On the afternoon of July 1, 1863, the 7th Wisconsin played a pivotal role as the rear guard of the Union Army during the retreat through the town of Gettysburg. Though the regiment held their position as long as possible along a rail fence barricade on the slopes of
- [A Son's Service](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/a-sons-service/) - More than 122,000 Wisconsin men and women served in the military during World War I, in all branches of service and in hundreds of different units. However, the largest concentration of Wisconsinites served in the 32nd Division, which consisted of the Wisconsin and Michigan National Guards. Much like today, individual Wisconsin National Guard units were
- [The Story of One Wisconsin WASP: Happy Landings, the Jeanette Kapus Story](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-story-of-one-wisconsin-wasp-happy-landings-the-jeanette-kapus-story-2/) - Whether they were WACs, SPARs, WAVES, or WASPs, no witty acronym or cute nickname could belie the fact that women performed dangerous jobs across the country and around the globe during World War II. By 1945, there were women serving in every branch of the United States military, standing a remarkable 350,000 strong. Many of these women
- [The Life-Saving Gift to Majil Steiner](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-life-saving-gift-to-majil-steiner/) - By Andrea Hoffman, Collections Manager On November 21, 1944, the B-29 “Snafuperbomber” with the 40th Bomb Group was attacked over Japan while approaching its target city of Omura. While badly damaged, the crewmembers managed to keep the B-29 airborne back across the China Sea. But when the aircraft’s usable fuel supply began to run low,
- [Veteran Sweethearts~Rose Jrolf and Fred Ray](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/veteran-sweethearts/) - Part of the Rose Ray WVM Collection This formal portrait is of Rose Jrolf and Fred Ray on their wedding day in 1945. Rose is wearing a large lily and ribbon corsage and Fred is wearing a carnation boutineer. Rose enlisted in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps in 1943 and received training at Daytona Beach,
- [If Dreams Come True...~The Wanserski Family](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/if-dreams-come-true/) - Part of the George Wanserski WVM Collection by Laura Farley This is a love story about Wisconsin natives George Wanserski and Florence Lange that spans nearly five years of separation and struggle to raise their family. Married July 18, 1934, the Wanserskis set up home in the Milwaukee area and had two boys, George Jr.
- [Poetry and Proverbs](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/ingersoll/) - By Russell Horton, Reference Archivist “If I die a prisoner of war, I would like to have this diary sent to my Father, A. Ingersoll, Waupun, Wis.” -Frank J. Ingersoll, Diary Entry, ca. September 1864 In the first two years of the Civil War, soldiers from either side of the conflict who were taken prisoner
- [Finis la Guerre: The Eleventh Hour and the End of World War I](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/november11/) - By Kevin Hampton, Curator of History On this Veterans Day, we mark the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I and a closing of the official centennial commemorations. As the days and weeks around Veterans Day will be busy with various programs and ceremonies, when you hear the bells toll across the
- [Harold Schmitz](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/harold_schmitz/) - By Yvette Pino, Traveling Art Exhibit Coordinator In June 1942, Milwaukee artist Harold F. Schmitz was drafted into the U.S. Army and served with the 955th Topographic Engineer Company. At the time of his conscription, he was working in the art department of Hammersmith-Kortemeyer (H & K) Publishing. The company, which predominantly published law briefs
- [Here Lies Lieutenant Wemple](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/here_lies_lt_wemple/) - By Gregory Krueger, Curator of Exhibits At the start of the Civil War, Union forces were under the command of Winfield Scott. Scott, an old Army veteran, outlined a plan to defeat the southern states based upon the premise of a naval blockade of southern ports. Hoping to suffocate Southern trade, Scott’s plan was derisively
- [Vietnam Veterans Day](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/vietnam-veterans_day/) - On March 29, 1973, the last US combat troops were withdrawn from Vietnam, and the last prisoners of war held in North Vietnam returned to American soil. Since then, Vietnam Veterans Day has been established to welcome home Vietnam veterans, acknowledge their service and remember the men and women who died during the Vietnam War. In recognition of Vietnam
- [Military Appreciation Month by Ellen Brooks](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/military-appreciation-month-by-ellen-brooks/) - “It takes about eight or ten people behind the lines to support one person in the front lines.” (Thomas Diener, Oral History Interview, 2005) Thomas Diener never saw combat while serving during World War II with the Army Air Corps, but he was one of the essential troops supporting those at the front. And behind
- [A Veteran's First Vehicle: Incorporating the Automobile into the Army during WWI](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/a-veterans-first-vehicle-incorporating-the-automobile-into-the-army-during-wwi/) - By Bobby Brito, Oral History Intern The Great War inaugurated the twentieth century, while the proliferation of the internet can be thought of as one of the events that bookended the twentieth century. Conventional conversations would not typically involve both events in relation with each other. However, through my work at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum
- [Holiday Greetings from the Field by Mary Kate Kwasnik](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/holiday-greetings-from-the-field-by-mary-kate-kwasnik/) - A wise man once crooned that this is the most wonderful time of the year. As the winter holidays roll in, cheer seems to surround us. Coffee shops break out their festive red cups , the radio croons out classic holiday songs and the city is suddenly frosted in tiny, little light bulbs. It’s everywhere.
- ["Walking Point with London" by Kylee Sekosy](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/walking-point-with-london-by-kylee-sekosy/) - Just as servicemen and women often befriend one another, war dogs and their handlers often share a deep bond from their experiences in combat. James Hooker, a Wisconsin veteran of the United States Marine Corps, spent three full tours of service in Vietnam. A young man “tired of school” and “brainwashed by John Wayne movies,”
- [In Recognition of Aviation Month - The Story of Robert Balliet](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/in-recognition-of-aviation-month-the-story-of-robert-balliet/) - By Jeff Javid, Wisconsin Veterans Museum Archives Assistant Robert Balliet of Appleton, Wisconsin served with the 776th Squadron, 464th Bomb Group, Fifteenth Air Force, United States Army Air Force in the European theatre during World War II. An employee of Wisconsin Bell Telephone Company, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in December 1942. Balliet received basic
- [Listening to Learn: Oral Histories from Women in Service](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/listening_to_learn/) - By Ellen Brooks, Oral Historian 2018 marks seventy years since the passage of the Women's Armed Services Integration Act which enabled women to serve as regular members of every branch of the military. In 1978 the Women's Army Corp was officially disbanded. In January 2013 the restriction on women serving in combat zones was lifted.
- [Jeff Carnes: Veteran in the Spotlight](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/jeff-carnes-veteran-in-the-spotlight-2/) - As a military linguist, Jeff Carnes provided a critical link between American troops, foreign forces, and the local population, establishing trust in treacherous times. Fluent in Arabic, Carnes connected intimately with the local people during his tour in Iraq in 2003. He recalls a conversation with an Iraqi civilian named Muhammad who had undergone horrific
- [Helen Bulovsky-The Wild Nightmare](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/in-celebration-of-womens-history-month-2/) - by Kevin Hampton, Curator of History “…the thing that seems to do the boys most good is to see and hear American girls talk.” Helen Bulovsky always wanted to care for others. When war came, she was determined to do her part. Despite a chronic heart condition that all but ensured an early death,
- [The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence - January 1918](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-life-and-letters-of-world-war-i-aerial-observer-lt-mortimer-m-lawrence-january-1918/) - No. 1 Det. Aerial Observers A.E.F. Dear Folks:- This is not going to be much of a letter for the simple reason that there is nothing to write. Of course there is lots I’d like to say but it is no use for it will be all cut out. I just want you to
- [Pearl Harbor Remembered through Oral Histories](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/pearl-harbor-thomas-butler/) - In this 14 minute clip, Thomas Butler, a quartermaster in the Navy, recounts his experience aboard the USS Tennessee on December 7, 1941. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Oral History Collection contains more than 15 interviews with veterans who were stationed at Pearl Harbor on that fateful day. It also includes interviews with hundreds of veterans
- [The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence - December 1917](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-life-and-letters-of-world-war-i-aerial-observer-lt-mortimer-m-lawrence-november-1917-2/) - Christmas Day Dec. 25, 1917 Dear Mother:- Received your night letter this morning. Thank you for all your good wishes. I hope you received my message O.K. We had our Christmas dinner at three o’clock this afternoon and it sure was a dandy. I enclose my place card & menu also a little note
- [The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence - November 1917](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-life-and-letters-of-world-war-i-aerial-observer-lt-mortimer-m-lawrence-november-1917/) - Tuesday Nov. 27, 1917 Dear Mother:- Yesterday’s letter was intended to take the place of the one I didn’t have a chance to write Sunday. Jack Bainbridge’s brother, wife and family are mighty fine people and were certainly nice to me. The brother is about forty-one or so and his wife is about thirty-seven.
- [William Stark and the Church Pennant](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/william-stark-and-the-church-pennant/) - While serving aboard a landing craft (USS LCI (L)-23) in the Solomon Islands during World War II, William Stark of Waukesha was saved by what he must have believed was partly “divine intervention.” In 1943, when his landing craft beached to unload, Motor Machinist’s Mate Second Class William Stark was at his station as a
- [USS Cole Bombing: The Road to 9/11](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/uss-cole-bombing-the-road-to-911/) - On the morning of October 12, 2000, the USS Cole was attacked in Yemen’s Aden harbor by two suicide bombers piloting a small boat loaded with an estimated 700 pounds of explosives. The subsequent blast tore a 40-by-60-foot gash in the side of the guided-missile destroyer, claimed the lives of 17 sailors and wounded 39
- [The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence - October 1917](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-life-and-letters-of-world-war-i-aerial-observer-lt-mortimer-m-lawrence-october-1917/) - Sunday Oct 28th Dear Folks:- The box containing the sweater and the candy came this morning. Thank you for sending the sweater. Thank Will for the candy, it sure tastes fine and I appreciate his thinking of me. There hasn’t been anything particularly new here this week. We have been going along at the
- [Wisconsin Veterans and September 11, 2001](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-and-september-11-2001/) - It has been sixteen years since the events of September 11, 2001. That fateful day prompted the nation into action, and within two years the United States was involved in two conflicts in the Middle East, participating in what has been termed "the Global War on Terrorism." With the sudden attacks on the nation,
- [The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence - September 1917](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-life-and-letters-of-world-war-i-aerial-observer-lt-mortimer-m-lawrence-september-1917/) - Fort Sill, Sept. 23rd Dear Folks:- Well the suit case arrived yesterday noon and everything was O.K. Thank you for all the trouble you took in packing it, also for the chocolate papers, etc. The cookies also came and were very welcome. We all enjoyed them. Thank you and come again. Yesterday afternoon we went
- [A War by Invention by Kevin Hampton](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/a-war-by-invention-by-kevin-hampton/) - Commonly referred to at the time as the “War to End All Wars,” World War I was in fact not a “last” but a “first.” Innovations in technology, tactics, and equipment ushered in a new era of warfare that defined how wars were fought for the next one hundred years. While most people associate World
- [The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence - August 1917](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-life-and-letters-of-world-war-i-aerial-observer-lt-mortimer-m-lawrence-august-1917/) - Co. C. 41st Infantry, Fort Snelling, Minn., Aug. 2, 1917. Dear Folks:- Received your letters and yesterday afternoon received by parcel post a bundle of Saturday Evening Posts from April 7th to July 28th inclusive. They were all labeled B.K. Mills and had a Western Malleables tag so I judged they came from Mill and
- [The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence - July 1917](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-life-and-letters-of-world-war-i-aerial-observer-lt-mortimer-m-lawrence-july-1917/) - July 3, 1917. Dear Folks:- Well tomorrow is a holiday and I think we will all appreciate it. Some of the men are going to march in the parade at Highland Park but I didn’t volunteer so I am not going. If this letter gets home before my laundry goes please look up my
- [Above and Beyond the Call of Duty by Emily Irwin](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/above-and-beyond-the-call-of-duty-by-emily-irwin/) - On July 11, 1944, Gerald L. Endl made the ultimate sacrifice while in service to his country. “For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty,” Endl was awarded the Medal of Honor, America’s highest military honor. Today, 70 years later, we recognize Staff Sergeant Endl and his
- [The La Crosse Light Guard Flag](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-la-crosse-light-guard-flag/) - When the Civil War began and President Lincoln called for volunteers in April 1861, Wisconsin’s volunteer militia companies answered the call. Among the first to offer their services to Wisconsin’s Governor Alexander Randall, the La Crosse Light Guard marched into Madison under a beautiful white silk flag made for them by the ladies of La
- [The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence - June 1917](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/june-1917-mortimer-lawrence/) - June 3rd [1917] Dear Folks:- Another week gone by. Soon it will be time to split up into the different branches and have to work harder than ever. Before I forget it, I want to broach a subject which may make you very angry, and if it does let me know and I’ll say no
- [The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence - May 1917](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/may-1917-mortimer-lawrence/) - May 15, 1917 Dear Folks- Reached here this A.M. and went right to work. We are almost settled now, in the new barracks. Please send me some Bath Towels and some face towels – old ones preferably and when you send my laundry – don’t send any pajamas. Address me- M.M. Lawrence, Co. N –
- [A Shared Experience](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/a-shared-experience/) - Written By: Andrea Hoffman, Collections Manager While there are numerous reasons Wisconsin residents have joined the military over the last 150 years—each generation met with unique historical events and changing social expectations—serving one’s country has also been a shared experience within families. Whether a parent and child, siblings, or spouses, serving simultaneously or successively, answering
- [A Fateful Day](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/a-fateful-day/) - By Andrea Hoffman, Collections Manager The Wisconsin Veterans Museum is rich with stories of World War II veterans who eagerly and patriotically answered the call to service following the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor. Fewer are the accounts of Wisconsin service members who had already enlisted prior to the decisive moment in history.
- [Remembering Pearl Harbor The Story of Herbert "Herb" Buehl](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/remembering-pearl-harbor-the-story-of-herbert-herb-buehl/) - By Jenna Madsen, Wisconsin Veterans Museum Assistant Curator Herbert “Herb” Buehl from Monroe, Wisconsin was in the Navy aboard the USS Arizona when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. Herb served as an electrician in power distribution on the Arizona. His post was at the bottom of the center of the ship where there were no port-holes
- [Like Angels in the Sky: A Combat Medic's Story](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/like-angels-in-the-sky-a-combat-medics-story/) - As I stepped off the plane into the dark Kuwaiti desert a wave of hot moist air hit me. I was in the Middle East, all of those months of endless training had led me to this. For the next three weeks we sat in Kuwait and tried to “adjust” to our new environment.
- [The Army Olympian: Carleton L. Brosius](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-army-olympian-carleton-l-brosius/) - By Russ Horton, Reference Archivist Wisconsin has a long and proud Olympic tradition—one that is often associated with the Winter Games. Athletes from the Badger State like Bonnie Blair, Eric Heiden, Dan Jansen, Mark Johnson, and others gained fame in speed skating and ice hockey. But ninety-six years ago, four years before the first Winter
- [Mexican Expedition](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/mexican-expedition/) - By Russ Horton, Reference Archivist. One hundred years ago today, President Woodrow Wilson ordered the mobilization of the Wisconsin National Guard for military service. However, he did not send them to Europe, where a World War raged. Instead, he sent them to Texas to protect our border. While their service during this time did not
- [CALL SIGN: GRIM REAPER](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/grim-reaper/) - By Andrea Hoffman, Collections Manager Part of fulfilling our museum’s mission to commemorate Wisconsin veterans includes gathering as complete a story as possible in our donation process. Ideally, we supplement our object collections with archival components like letters and photographs and vice versa. When Vietnam veteran James Mosel of Chippewa Falls partook in an oral
- [Lincoln's Railcar Plate](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/lincolns-railcar-plate/) - By: Andrea Hoffman (Collections Manager) In November of 1864, the United States Military Railroad’s car shop in Alexandria, Virginia began construction of a new official railcar for President Abraham Lincoln. When it was completed a few months later, the new car, dubbed the “United States,” was considered the most opulent private railcar of its day. This
- [A Story of a World War II Fighter Pilot Fritz Emil Wolf](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/a-story-of-a-world-war-ii-fighter-pilot-fritz-emil-wolf/) - By RICHARD WOLF, Guest Columnist, THE BUGLE Winter 2011 Cover Story (a Quarterly Publication of the WVM). With the Flying Tigers Fritz E. Wolf was born in Shawano, Wisconsin on February 8, 1916. He attended Shawano High School where he excelled in leadership, character and athletics, graduating in 1933. His athletic prowess on the gridiron and basketball
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum conducted its 2,000th interview for its Oral History Program](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-conducted-its-2000th-interview-for-its-oral-history-program/) - On July 10, 2015 the Wisconsin Veterans Museum conducted the 2,000th interview for the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Oral History Program. Volunteer interviewer Ellen Bowers Healey interviewed Dennis F. Kinney, who served in both the U.S. Army and the U.S. Air Force and retired in 1968 after 20 years of service. Below are the interviewer’s summary of
- [Making History by Guest Author SSG Sonia Buchanan](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/making-history-by-guest-author-ssg-sonia-buchanan/) - My decision to join the military came a little later in life than most. The military has always played a major role in my life. My father served in the Navy for 27 years. In fact, out of nine children, seven of us joined a branch of service or married someone who was in the
- [Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/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 during a dangerous night mission
- [John Greening: A Veteran in the Spotlight by Andrea Hoffman](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/john-greening-a-veteran-in-the-spotlight-by-andrea-hoffman/) - This handmade variation on the Type B-1 Summer Flying cap was worn by the donor, Senior Airman John A. Greening, while he was based in Okinawa, Japan during the Korean War. The painted portions record his service on the brim, including bombs representing the 28 missions he flew over Korea between December of 1952 and
- [Out of the Ordinary by Russ Horton](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/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 in Iraq during the early
- [A Soldier's Sacrifice by Emily Irwin](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/a-soldiers-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 half so wonderful, as has
- [Together in War by Emily Irwin](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/together-in-war-by-emily-irwin/) - Born twenty minutes apart in Kiel, Wisconsin, identical twins Willard and Wilbur Diefenthaler share a story of duty and sacrifice during World War II. They were drafted together on December 7, 1942 and after induction at Fort Sheridan, Wilbur joined the 919th Field Artillery and Willard went to the 101st Airborne Division. After three months,
- [A Date Which Will Live in Infamy by Emily Irwin](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/a-date-which-will-live-in-infamy-by-emily-irwin/) - Today marks the 73rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, where an estimated 200 Wisconsin men and women were stationed on December 7, 1941. One such Wisconsinite was Gunner’s Mate Stanley Gruber. A Butler, Wisconsin native, Gruber entered the Navy in 1939 and was stationed aboard the USS Maryland. In April 1940, the battleship left Long Beach,
- [Jeff Carnes: Veteran in the Spotlight](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/jeff-carnes-veteran-in-the-spotlight/) - As a military linguist, Jeff Carnes provided a critical link between American troops, foreign forces, and the local population, establishing trust in treacherous times. Fluent in Arabic, Carnes connected intimately with the local people during his tour in Iraq in 2003. He recalls a conversation with an Iraqi civilian named Muhammad who had undergone horrific
- [An Interview with Britain's Foremost Military Historian and Defense Commentator by Michael Telzrow](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/an-interview-with-britains-foremost-military-historian-and-defense-commentator-by-michael-telzrow/) - Museum Director Michael Telzrow recently interviewed Allan Mallinson, one of Britain’s foremost military historians and defense commentators whose book, The Making of the British Army (2009) was described by Antony Beevor in The Times as the acutest study of the army in a generation. Serving for thirty-five years in the army worldwide, Allan Mallinson will be back in Madison
- [Theresa M. Dischler: A WAAC's Story](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/theresa-m-dischler-a-waacs-story/) - Even before the attack on Pearl Harbor, plans were underway to form a military-affiliated organization for women. Its goal was to train women for noncombatant military positions, thereby freeing men for combat. Final approval passed Congress in May 1942 and established the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) “for the purpose of further making available to the national
- [The Price of a Name by Kevin Hampton](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/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 fighting in the service. It
- [World War WHERE? by Russ Horton](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/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 other Wisconsin men and women
- [The Polar Bear Expedition by Andrea Hoffman](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/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 and France to assist them
- [The Archivist Chronicles: A Union Addition by Andrew Baraniak](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/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 on. The most famous of
- [D-Day + 70: Honoring Wisconsin's Heroes by Kevin Hampton](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/d-day-70-honoring-wisconsins-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. Eisenhower, in a letter to
- [The Statue on the Square by Guest Author Bob Drane](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-statue-on-the-square-by-guest-author-bob-drane/) - Have you ever noticed, amidst the festivities of a Farmer’s Market Saturday on Madison’s Capital Square, the moment when visitors come upon the statue of that soldier on King Street – a young man in uniform, standing tall, eyes fixed on the horizon, somehow intent on moving forward on behalf of the flag fluttering in
- [Wisconsin's Fighting Flag by Kristine Zickuhr](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsins-fighting-flag-by-kristine-zickuhr/) - Although Wisconsin became a state on May 29th, 1848, it did not have a state flag until decades later. You might not know that the first version of Wisconsin’s state flag participated in the hardest battles of the Civil War. The ladies of a community often sewed flags for the first regiments leaving the state. Their
- [The "Grand Old Lady of Memorial Days" by Jennifer Carlson](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-grand-old-lady-of-memorial-days-by-jennifer-carlson/) - Did you know that Memorial Day was first established as “Decoration Day” by the Grand Army of the Republic (G.A.R.) in May of 1868? Just three years after the Civil War, with so many soldiers lost, it was a way to pay tribute to those killed during America’s bloodiest war. To honor their loved ones on this day, many
- [Full Matching Leather Jackets](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/full-matching-leather-jackets/) - The standard issue uniform for American World War II soldiers consisted of a basic wool uniform, a field jacket or wool coat, leggings, and various other pieces. Most of the clothing was a light to medium shade of olive drab. Some soldiers even wore items from home—either because they needed to, or because they desired
- [The Archivist Chronicles: Civil War History Mystery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-archivist-chronicles-civil-war-history-mystery/) - Each of the thousands of objects in our collection has a story behind them. Ideally, our staff records that story at the time the item is donated—but sometimes we have to uncover the story ourselves, even after more than 100 years have passed. These “history mysteries” are a challenging but fun aspect of museum work. Several years
- [Spencer Bronson: Witness to Murder](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/spencer-bronson-witness-to-murder/) - On April 14, 1865, during a performance of the play Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theater, actor and Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth slipped into the theater box and shot President Abraham Lincoln at point blank range before fleeing. Lincoln died on April 15th, becoming the first American president to be assassinated. Booth was eventually captured and killed
- [Remembering the USS Cole (DDG 67) 20th Anniversary](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/remembering-the-uss-cole-ddg-67-20th-anniversary/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Ghost Mountain Commander from Neillsville](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/ghost-mountain-commander-from-neillsville/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Virtual! Drink & Draw April 2022](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/virtual-drink-draw-april-2022/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [On Wisconsin – a New Meaning!](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/on-wisconsin-a-new-meaning/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Marcia Gates: Angel of Bataan in the Lost Battalion](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/marcia-gates/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Virtual! Drink & Draw May 2022](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/virtual-drink-draw-may-2022-2/) - Landscapes Gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. We will be drawing landscapes with colored pencils. This event is free of charge and open to anyone who registers. We will send you a link to join the event after you register.
- [Eau Claire Veteran J. Birney Dibble Recalls Korean War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/eau-claire-veteran-j-birney-dibble-recalls-korean-war/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Coulee Region Veteran Gary Castona Remembers](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/coulee-region-veteran-gary-castona-remembers/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Veteran Art Exhibition Opens 3/16/22](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/25553/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wisconsin Veterans Museum to Open Veteran Art Exhibition in Conjunction with the Southern Graphics Conference International Hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, Wis. (March 3, 2022) — On March 16, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum will open a new exhibit, “Wisconsin Was There: Sharing the Legacies of Printmakers Who Served in the Military.”
- [Marcia Anderson, the Trailblazer](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/marcia-anderson-the-trailblazer/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [FEB 2022 Virtual! Drink & Draw: Colored Pencils](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/feb-2022-virtual-drink-draw-colored-pencils/) - Cold days, warm colors. Grab your colored pencils and draw images of the cold using warm tones. Gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. This event is free of charge and open to anyone who registers. We will send you a
- [Smithsonian Chooses Museum for Community Engagement Program](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/smithsonian-chooses-museum-for-community-engagement-program/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wisconsin Veterans Museum to Collaborate with Smithsonian and International Coalition of Sites of Conscience on Year-Long Community Engagement Initiative MADISON, Wis. (Feb. 10, 2022) This Smithsonian Institution has selected the Wisconsin Veterans Museum to participate in the Fostering Critical Conversations with Our Communities program. The museum is one of nine organizations
- [March 2022 Virtual! Drink & Draw: Trace Monoprint Memory Drawings](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/march-2022-virtual-drink-draw-trace-monoprint-memory-drawings/) - **SPECIAL DATE AND TIME Please join us for a special two-hour Virtual Drink & draw where we will be recording live from our storefront window in conjunction with the 2022 Southern Graphics International Printmaking Conference being held right her in Madison, Wisconsin. Using images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection, WVM’s resident artist and Army
- [January 2022 Virtual! Drink & Draw: Sumi Ink Painting](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/january-2022-virtual-drink-draw-sumi-ink-painting/) - Welcome to Sumi Ink Painting. Using an image from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection, guest artist Amber Zora will teach about Sumi Ink Painting and explore materials with essentials about paper, brushes, brush strokes, controlling water, and ways to use your brushes to the fullest abilities. You will look at the elements of composition
- [Wisconsin Was There: Pearl Harbor Survivors Talk](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/test-page/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Museum Staff Draws Out Creative Veteran Voice for Award-Winning Soldiers Home Renovation](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/museum-staff-draws-out-creative-veteran-voice-for-award-winning-soldiers-home-renovation/) - The newly renovated Soldiers Home located on the campus of the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee received an award from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). The Milwaukee Soldiers Home, Milwaukee is the recipient of the 2021 ACHP/HUD Secretary’s Award for
- [December 2021 Virtual! Drink & Draw: Remembering Pearl Harbor](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/december-2021-virtual-drink-draw-remembering-pearl-harbor/) - Welcome to December 2021 Virtual! Drink & Draw Gather your drawing supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. No experience is necessary. Feel free to reference some of the provided drawing guides below. This event is free of charge and open to
- [Badgers and the Day of Infamy](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/badgers-and-the-day-of-infamy/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Honoring Native American Veterans of Wisconsin](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/honoring-native-american-veterans-of-wisconsin/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Honoring Hispanic Veterans of Wisconsin](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/honoring-hispanic-veterans-of-wisconsin-2/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Honoring LGBTQ+ Veterans of Wisconsin](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/honoring-lgbtq-veterans-of-wisconsin/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Media Preview of New Exhibit Souvenirs of Service](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/souvenirs-of-service-opens-11-5/) - WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSUEM OPENS “SOUVENIRS OF SERVICE” EXHIBIT Wisconsin servicemembers have been collecting souvenirs since the Civil War. Learn the stories of the things they kept. MADISON, October 21, 2021 — On November 5, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum will open “Souvenirs of Service: The Things They Kept,” an exhibit featuring objects that Wisconsinites collected while serving
- [Souvenirs of Service Exhibit Opens 11/5](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/for-immediate-release-souvenirs-of-service-exhibit-opens-11-5/) - WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSUEM OPENS “SOUVENIRS OF SERVICE” EXHIBIT Wisconsin servicemembers have been collecting souvenirs since the Civil War. Learn the stories of the things they kept beginning Nov. 5. MADISON, Wis. (Oct. 18, 2021) —On November 5, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum will open “Souvenirs of Service: The Things They Kept,” a new exhibit featuring objects
- [CEMETERY TOURS BACK IN-PERSON, WILL FOCUS ON WOMEN’S STORIES](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/22955-2/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [September 2021 Virtual! Drink & Draw: One-line Drawings](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/september-2021-virtual-drink-draw-one-line-drawings/) - Welcome to September 2021 Virtual! Drink & Draw Gather your drawing supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. No experience is necessary. Feel free to reference some of the provided drawing guides below. This event is free of charge and open to
- [Two Generations of Wisconsin Veterans](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/two-generations-of-wisconsin-veterans/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TO RE-OPEN JULY 1](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/22955/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [August 2021 VIRTUAL! Drink & Draw: MARKERS](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/august-2021-virtual-drink-draw-markers/) - Welcome to the August 2021 Virtual! Drink & Draw Let's draw with markers! No experience is necessary. Gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. Feel free to reference some of the provided drawing guides below. This event is free of
- [Origins and Evolutions of Aviation Nose Art](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/origins-and-evolutions-of-aviation-nose-art/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Iraq by Way of Stoughton: A Marine's story](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/iraq-by-way-of-stoughton-a-marines-story/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [July 2021 VIRTUAL! Drink & Draw: WATERCOLOR](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/july-2021-virtual-drink-draw-watercolor/) - Welcome to the JULY 2021 Virtual! Drink & Draw In honor of World Watercolor Month we will be working on watercolors this Drink & Draw. No experience is necessary. Gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. Feel free to reference
- [Reflecting on PTSD: Experiences and Recovery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/reflecting-on-ptsd-experiences-and-recovery/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Overhead at Omaha Beach with D-Day Flier Leonard Schutta](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/overhead-at-omaha-beach-with-d-day-flier-leonard-schutta/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Remember Pearl Harbor](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/pearlharbor/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Generations of Service](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/generations-of-service/) - Military service ripples in families beyond an individual servicemember. Often over the past 150 years, it is not uncommon to have a parent serve followed by a child emulating their example. Sometimes this legacy of service extends into grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Just as some families run a commercial enterprise over generations, for others the “family
- [Flag Day, U.S. Army Birthday and Father's Day Post](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/flag-day-u-s-army-birthday-and-fathers-day-post/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [June 2021 VIRTUAL! Drink & Draw with Guest Artist M.B. Dallocchio](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/june-2021-virtual-drink-draw-with-guest-artist-m-b-dallocchio/) - Mixed-Media Sketchbooks with special guest artist M.B. Dallocchio Date: June 11, 2021 Time: 7-8PM We are thrilled to announce M.B. Dallocchio as our guest artist for the June 2021 Drink & Draw. Grab your drawing supplies and your sketchbook to learn how to create a mixed-media sketch book. This month’s format will be a little
- [Honoring Hmong Veterans of Wisconsin](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/honoring-hmong-veterans-of-wisconsin/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Wisconsin Veterans Remember the Holocaust](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-remember-the-holocaust/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Carolyn Morgan: In Her Own Words](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/carolyn-morgan-in-her-own-words/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [March Madness 2021](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/march-madness-2021/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Women's Unequaled Service](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/womens-unequaled-service/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [March 2021 Virtual! Drink & Draw](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/march-2021-virtual-drink-draw/) - Welcome to the March 2021 Virtual! Drink & Draw No experience is necessary. Gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. Feel free to reference some of the provided drawing guides below. This event is free of charge and open to
- [A video interview with Brigadier General Robert Andrew Cocroft](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/a-video-interview-with-brigadier-general-robert-andrew-cocroft/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Wisconsin Was There: Desert Storm Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Persian Gulf War, Part I](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-was-there-desert-storm-commemorating-the-30th-anniversary-of-persian-gulf-war-part-i/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Wisconsin Was There: Desert Storm Commemorating the 30th Anniversary of Persian Gulf War, Part II](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-was-there-desert-storm-commemorating-the-30th-anniversary-of-persian-gulf-war-part-ii/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [February 2021 Virtual! Drink & Draw](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/february-2021-virtual-drink-draw/) - Welcome to the Wisconsin Veterans Museum's February 2021 Drink & Draw. We always enjoy sharing Valentines Day with all of you, and even though we cannot be together in person, we can still remember our loved ones in a special and unique way. This February, we will focus on drawing a portrait of a service member
- [Stories of a M.A.S.H. Dr. in the Buna Campaign](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/stories-of-lieutenant-colonel-stanley-hollenbeck-a-m-a-s-h-dr-during-the-buna-campaign/) - This blog post from Gregory Krueger our curator of exhibits, is based on a written account by Lieutenant Colonel Stanley Hollenbeck. Lieutenant Colonel Hollenbeck served with one of the first mobile army surgical hospitals, the 14th Portable Surgical Hospital, within the Buna Campaign, from October 1942 to March 1943. Graduating from Marquette University’s Medical College in
- [Wisconsin’s veterans remember 9/11](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsins-veterans-remember-9-11/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Fall 2020](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/BUGLE_Fall_2020_Web.pdf#new_tab)
- [Winter 2020](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/FINAL-FOR-WEBSITE-UPLOAD-2.pdf#new_tab)
- [Spring 2020](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/BUGLE_Spring-2020_FINAL-3-31-20-SPEADS.pdf#new_tab)
- [Summer 2020](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/BUGLE_Summer-2020_web-1.pdf#new_tab)
- [January 2021 Virtual! Drink & Draw](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/january-2021-virtual-drink-draw/) - DAZZLE CAMOUFLAGE There's nothing better than starting the new year with a little dazzle. Join us for January's Virtual Drink & Draw where we will have fun experimenting with the shapes and colors of Dazzle Camouflage inspired by a crazy, but genius attempt to protect ships from deadly submarine warfare in WWI. No experience is
- [Lieutenant John D. Winner](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/john-winner/) - While May 8, 1945 marked the end of World War II in Europe, it also marked the beginning of an extensive period of reconstruction across the war-torn continent. The period immediately following Germany’s surrender was fittingly dubbed “Stunde Null” —Zero Hour— by those whose decimated homeland faced total political and economic restructuring. For many American
- [DECEMBER 2020 VIRTUAL! DRINK & DRAW](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/december-virtual-drink-draw/) - Holiday Greetings It looks like we will all be staying home this year for the Holiday Season so what better way to share festive tidings of cheer than to create some homemade greetings? Join us for a special Holiday Drink & Draw where we will sip eggnog and make things merry and bright. At the end
- [World War WHERE?](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/world-war-where/) - By Russell Horton Reference Archivist When Janesville native Louis Wayne Tyler was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War II, he probably imagined he would eventually deploy 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
- [Suffrage Through Service: How Military Service Expanded Voting Rights](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/suffrage-through-service-how-military-service-expanded-voting-rights/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Just a Few C.B.I. G.I.s Back from the War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/just-a-few-c-b-i-g-i-s-back-from-the-war/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Cemetery Tours Continue Virtually, Share History with Broader Audience](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/talking-spirits-cemetery-tours-2020/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, WISCONSIN, September 23, 2020 —For a 22nd year, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum will continue its renowned “Talking Spirits Cemetery Tours,” but with a different spin. The “Talking Spirits Cemetery Tours: Myths and Realities” will be presented as a 360-degree virtual tour, launching October 15, 2020 at MadisonCemeteryTours.com. In order to keep
- [OCTOBER 2020 VIRTUAL! DRINK & DRAW](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/october-2020-virtual-drink-draw/) - UPSIDE DOWN DRAWING Sometimes the world feels like it is turned upside-down, so let's draw it that way! Drawing upside-down is an easy exercise to help you develop your ability to recognize shapes and lines in a picture. Here’s your opportunity to be an “artist-in- residence” at our virtual Drink and Draw. We will lead
- [Fall Event Schedule Announced](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/fall-event-schedule-announced/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Virtual Events Schedule Fall 2020 MADISON, WIS, September 23, 2020 — Although the Wisconsin Veterans Museum (WVM) remains closed for the safety of our communities, the museum staff invites the public to participate in WVM’s intriguing and informative programming through virtual platforms. "Despite being closed, we can still make our mission to
- [Origins of Absentee Voting](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/origins-of-absentee-voting/) - By Russell Horton Reference Archivist …justice seems to demand that they should be rewarded in a different manner for their patriotism than by a loss of the most important right of citizenship. - Governor Edward Salomon When the Civil War began in April 1861, many people thought it would be a short affair, probably over
- [September 2020 Virtual! Drink & Draw](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/september-2020-virtual-drink-draw/) - Cartoons and Comedic Relief- PART II Here’s your opportunity to be an “artist-in- residence” at our virtual Drink and Draw. Our guest artist, Hannah Sandvold, will lead you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. Gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we
- [Victory in the Pacific Part VI: A Better World Shall Emerge](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/victory-in-the-pacific-part-vi-a-better-world-shall-emerge/) - Four days after Emperor Hirohito’s broadcast, a delegation of Japanese officials flew via Ie Shima to the Philippines to receive instructions about putting the surrender info effect. General Douglas MacArthur would govern Japan as Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers. On August 30 he flew to still-armed Japan in an unarmed transport. At 9
- [Service, Sacrifice, Incomplete Citizenship](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/19th-amendment/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [August 2020 Virtual! Drink and Draw](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/august-virtual-drink-and-draw/) - Cartoons and Comedic Relief Here’s your opportunity to be an “artist-in- residence” at our virtual Drink and Draw. Our guest artist, Hannah Sandvold, will lead you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. Gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the
- [Wisconsin and the Bombing of Hiroshima](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-and-the-bombing-of-hiroshima/) - On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima became the first victim of an atomic attack. For the first time, nuclear weapons had been used in war. Wisconsin was there. Twelve days before, on July 25, the War Department instructed General Carl Spaatz, commander of Strategic Air Forces in the Pacific, to use the two atomic bombs on
- [JULY 2020 VIRTUAL! DRINK & DRAW](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/virtual-drink-draw-july-2020/) - Navy Week 2020 July 13-17, 2020 is Navy Week in Madison. This year, the programs will be hosted virtually. In honor of the celebration we have chosen images with a naval theme. #NavyWeek We would also like to welcome tonight's guest artist, Hannah Sandvold. Please view Hannah's work here: https://www.hcsandvold.com
- [Part IV: Okinawa: Victory](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/part-iv-okinawa-victory/) - The remnants of Ushijima’s army, now reduced to 30,000 men, only 11,000 of whom were trained infantrymen, desperately dug in along a range of hills six miles south of Shuri. This position, which Ushijima ordered to be held to the death, centered on Kunishi Ridge and two hills named Yuza-Dake and Yaeju-Dake. The Americans
- [June 2020 Virtual! Drink & Draw](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/june-2020-virtual-drink-draw/)
- [Gather Stories of Your Family's Veterans with Research Resources from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/gather-stories-of-your-familys-veterans-with-reseach-resources-from-the-wisconsin-veterans-museum/) - Genealogy, or learning about one’s ancestors, has been growing in popularity lately with the addition of so many resources to the internet. It has never been easier to search census records, ship passenger lists, or burial records from the comfort of your own home. And with so many people staying home, now is a great
- [Part III: Okinawa: Decision at Shuri](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/part-iii-okinawa-decision-at-shuri/) - One hundred feet below Shuri Castle, in the tunnel that functioned as Ushijima’s headquarters, debate raged over whether to launch an offensive or stay on defense. Ushijima decided to attack with his reserve units in an effort to push back the Americans past Kakazu Ridge. In addition to the ground assault, two sea raiding
- [Virtual Drink and Draw](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/virtual-drink-and-draw/) - Francis Brewster Elmer Homburg: B-24 Liberator https://youtu.be/7z2mgTRMzfs Roberta Wells Norbert S. Szymczak Donald Kaiser https://youtu.be/6bKyXoeLVDc Martin Gutekunst Roberta Wells Collection- VE Day Parade, Hawaii, 1945
- [Victory in Europe, 1945](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/victory-in-europe-1945/) - By the last day of April 1945, it was clear that Allied victory over Nazi Germany was not far off. Russian armies were in Berlin, while American, British, and French armies slashed their way across Germany toward Austria, Denmark, and Czechoslovakia. This situation was the culmination of simultaneous attacks from the west, south, and east
- [Sergeant Beauford T. Anderson](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/sergeant-beauford-t-anderson/) - Born July 6, 1922, in Eagle, Wisconsin, Beauford T. Anderson had turned 19 years old by the time the U.S. entered the Second World War. He enlisted in the United States Army on October 8, 1942 and entered service with the newly activated 96th Infantry Division—one of the "draftee divisions" because their ranks were filled
- [Part II: Okinawa: The Battle Builds](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/victory-in-the-pacific-part-ii/) - In 1945, 75 years ago, World War II in the Pacific ended with the Battle of Okinawa and the atomic bombing of Japan. These important events, in which Wisconsin service members did their full duty, still impact the world today. From April until August 2020, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff will explore World War II's
- [Elizabeth O'Hara Baehr](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/serving-those-who-served-immense-personal-satisfaction-and-incredible-hardship/) - https://youtu.be/2PEwyWcEYDM Serving Those Who Served: Immense Personal Satisfaction and Incredible Hardship Guest Author, Assistant Gift Shop Manager, Michael Olson France, July 1944−German buzz bombs fly overhead and the ambulances rush in their first patients. Many are in need of immediate surgery and many of them are German soldiers. “I thought if this is what
- [WINTER 2019](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/BUGLE_WINTER-2019_FINAL-12-20_WEB.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Gold Star Pilgrimage
- [SUMMER 2019](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Bugle_2019_Summer_SPREADS-forWEB.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Gold Star Pilgrimage
- [Fall 2019](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/BUGLE_FALL_2019-Final_SMALL.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Gold Star Pilgrimage
- [NEW TRAVELING EXHIBIT: I AM NOT INVISIBLE EXHIBIT UNVEILING](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/i-a-n-i-exhibit-unveiling/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2019 GOV. TONY EVERS, WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM UNVEIL ‘I AM NOT INVISIBLE’ EXHIBIT HIGHLIGHTING WOMEN VETERANS MADISON, Wis. – On Thursday, November 7th, The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs’ (WDVA) Wisconsin Veterans Museum and Gov. Tony Evers today unveiled a unique educational exhibit highlighting the military service of dozens of
- [MEDIA COVERAGE FOR WVM SUMMER CAMP 2019](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-coverage-for-summer-camp-2019/) - July 8, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (July 8, 2019) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has received the following media coverage for the WVM Summer Camp, When I Group Up I Want to Work in a Museum (July 8, 2019). Wisconsin State Journal: July 8, 2019
- [MEDIA COVERAGE OF NEW EXHIBIT–"IN MY SPARE MOMENTS: THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ"](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-coverage-harold-schmitz/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (June 14, 2019) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has received the following media coverage for the new exhibit – “In My Spare Moments: The Art of Harold F. Schmitz.” Wisconsin Regional Arts Blog , May 15, 2019 Isthmus, March 15, 2019 Isthmus, June 6, 2019 JSOnline, March 18, 2019
- [MEDIA COVERAGE FOR NEW DISPLAY CASE COMMEMORATING 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-coverage-for-d-day-june-6-2019/) - June 10, 2019 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (June 10, 2019) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has received the following media coverage for new display case commemorating 75th anniversary of D-Day (June 6, 2019). AP: May 31, 2019 The Morning Call, May 31st, 2019 570 News, May 31st, 2019 660 News, May 31st, 2019 The
- [MEDIA ALERT: NEW DISPLAY CASE: COMMEMORATING 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-alert-75th-anniversary-of-d-day/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 31, 2019 NEW DISPLAY CASE: COMMEMORATING D-DAY 75TH ANNIVERSARY FEATURES ARTIFACTS OWNED BY MILWAUKEE NATIVE AND NAVY RADIOMAN MARTIN F. GUTEKUNST, WHO SERVED IN NORMANDY LANDINGS, ON JUNE 6, 1944 ON UTAH BEACH. MADISON — At 9 a.m. on Thursday, June 6, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum will host a public unveiling
- [Spring 2019](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/April_2019-Bugle_2019_NEW-WEB.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: 75 Years After D-Day
- [A Shared Experience](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/a-shared-experience-martin_family/) - By: Andrea Hoffman, Collections Manager While there are numerous reasons Wisconsin residents have joined the military over the last 150 years—each generation met with unique historical events and changing social expectations—serving one’s country has also been a shared experience within families. Whether a parent and child, siblings, or spouses, serving simultaneously or successively, answering the
- [Robert C. McCoy at the Battle of Buna](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/robert_c_mccoy_battle_of_buna/) - By Kevin Hampton, Curator of History Robert C. McCoy of Sparta, Wisconsin came from a long lineage of military service. Grandson of Captain Bruce E. McCoy and son of Major General Robert B. McCoy (both namesakes of Wisconsin’s Fort McCoy), Robert C. grew up with a strong sense of duty to country, and service in
- [Liaison Officer Karl Hanson](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/liaison-officer2/) - By Gregory Krueger, Curator of Exhibits After completing the Armor Officer’s Basic Course, where he made the Commandant’s List, Hanson was commissioned an Army Armor officer in 2000 as platoon leader with Task Force 1-64 Armor, Camp Dobol, Bosnia-Herzegovina. Returning stateside, he served as a tank platoon leader with Company A, 1st Battalion, 64th Armor,
- [MEDIA ALERT: NEW EXHIBIT–"IN MY SPARE MOMENTS: THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ"](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-alert-new-art-exhibit-in-my-spare-moments-the-art-of-harold-f-schmitz/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, 2019 NEW EXHIBIT: IN MY SPARE MOMENTS: THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ FEATURES MILWAUKEE NATIVE’S DRAWINGS COMPLETED WHILE SERVING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC DURING WORLD WAR II. What: The Wisconsin Veterans Museum new art exhibit, In My Spare Moments: The Art of Harold F. Schmitz, opens to the
- [NEW ART EXHIBIT: IN MY SPARE MOMENTS, THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/new-exhibit-in-my-spare-moments-press-release/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 11, 2019 NEW EXHIBIT: IN MY SPARE MOMENTS: THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ FEATURES MILWAUKEE NATIVE’S DRAWINGS COMPLETED WHILE SERVING IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC DURING WORLD WAR II. MADISON, Wis. (March 11, 2019) – On Friday, March 15th, Wisconsin Veterans Museum visitors will have the opportunity to view the artwork
- [World War II Sweethearts~Thomas F. Diener & Betty Gene Dealy](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/world-war-ii-sweethearts/) - Part of the Thomas F. Diener WVM Collection Thomas F. Diener, a Milwaukee native who served in the 2129th Engineer Fire Fighting Platoon (Aviation) during World War II, and his girlfriend (and later wife) Betty Gene Dealy during his stateside training and service in England. Thomas Diener proposing marriage to Betty Gene Dealy
- [Winter 2018](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Winter-2018.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: In My Spare Moments: The Art of Harold F. Schmitz
- [Madison artist Michael Hecht tells the story of Walt Whitman and his Civil War involvement through new exhibit at the  Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/michael-hecht/) - 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 Civil War,” a new exhibit
- [Michael Telzrow to Serve as Director of Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/telzrow-director/) - 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 the National Railroad Museum in
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum and W. Britain’s Military Miniature Company Team-Up to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/commemorate-150-civil-war/) - 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 unveiling of the first in
- [Museum Acquires Medal of Honor](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/endl-medal/) - 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 to save 11 men of
- [2013 Fall Programs at The Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/2013-fall-programs/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 3, 2013 2013 Fall Programs at The Wisconsin Veterans Museum (MADISON) ― The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has a number of interesting programs planned this fall. All programs are free, and open to the public. They are hosted in The Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s 2nd Floor Education Center, unless otherwise noted. When: Thursday,
- [Wisconsin Photographer Chronicles Operation Desert Storm New Exhibit Opening at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/2011-spring-programs-2/) - 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 on display until March 31,
- [2011 Spring Programs at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/2011-spring-programs/) - 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 Civil War. All programs are
- [Native Words, Native Warriors: Native American Code Talkers](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/native-words-native-warriors/) - 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, serving in Europe, Africa, and
- [Wisconsin Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Kicks Off the 150th Commemoration of the Civil War with a Special Program at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/150th-commemoration-of-the-civil-war/) - 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 special program at the Wisconsin
- [VFW Ladies Auxiliary National President to Visit Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/vfw-ladies-auxiliary/) - 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 exclusive behind-the-scenes tour of collections
- [New York Times Best-Selling Author Jeff Shaara to Speak at Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/jeff-shaara/) - 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 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. The
- [Point of View: The Veteran Print Project - New Exhibit Opening at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/point-of-view/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 21, 2011 Point of View: The Veteran Print Project - New Exhibit Opening at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum (MADISON) –The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will open Point of View: The Veteran Print Project exhibit on May 6, 2011. The exhibit will remain on display until July 31, 2011. Point of View connects
- [From Paper To Iron: Wisconsin Joins the Civil War New Exhibit Opening at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/paper-to-iron/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2011 From Paper To Iron: Wisconsin Joins the Civil War New Exhibit Opening at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum (MADISON) ― The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will open From Paper to Iron: Wisconsin Joins the Civil War on Saturday, July 2, 2011. An exhibit to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Civil
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s Video Receives a Silver Telly](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/silver-telly/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2011 Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s Video Receives a Silver Telly (MADISON) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s promotional video was honored with a Silver Telly Award in the 32nd Annual Telly Awards Competition. The video was shot and directed by Reel Wave Media, a Madison-based video production company. This is their sixth
- [2011 Golf Outing to Support Museum’s 150th Sesquicentennial Programs and Exhibits](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/2011-golf-outing/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 27, 2011 2011 Golf Outing to Support Museum’s 150th Sesquicentennial Programs and Exhibits (MADISON) – There is still time to play at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation’s 7th Annual Golf Outing. Sponsored by Spacesaver Corporation, the outing will be held on Monday, July 11th at the Oaks Golf Course in Cottage
- [Visit by Live Bald Eagle to be Featured at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum on the Capitol Square](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/live-bald-eagle/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 19, 2011 Visit by Live Bald Eagle to be Featured at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum on the Capitol Square (MADISON) – On Saturday, July 23, 2011, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum will host the visit of a live bald eagle from the National Eagle Center at the Museum program “Eagles on the
- [2011 Fall Programs at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/2011-fall-programs/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE August 23, 2011 2011 Fall Programs at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum (MADISON) ― The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has a number of interesting programs coming up this fall. All programs are free, and open to the public. They are hosted in the Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s 2nd Floor Education Center, unless otherwise noted. When:
- [Civil War Heroes “Come Alive” at Forest Hill Cemetery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/cemetery-tours-2011/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 9, 2011 Civil War Heroes “Come Alive” at Forest Hill Cemetery (MADISON) — Five influential people from Civil War times will be featured during the Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s thirteenth annual Talking Spirits: Forest Hill Cemetery Tour. This award-winning living history program illuminates the lives of many prominent—and lesser known—figures in Wisconsin
- [New Veteran Art Exhibit Opening at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum A Vision from Another Sky: The Paintings of Vietnam Veteran Jim Walktendonk](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/walktendonk-art-exhibit/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 2011 New Veteran Art Exhibit Opening at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum A Vision from Another Sky: The Paintings of Vietnam Veteran Jim Walktendonk (MADISON) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum opened A Vision from Another Sky: The Paintings of Vietnam Veteran Jim Walktendonk exhibit on October 1, 2011. The exhibit will
- [Powerful Line-up at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/2011-fall-events/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 1, 2011 Powerful Line-up at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum (MADISON) ― The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has a number of interesting programs in November. All programs are free, and open to the public. They are hosted in the Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s 2nd Floor Education Center, unless otherwise noted. When: Friday, November 4,
- [Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting to Honor Veterans and Their Service](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/capitol-christmas-tree/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 1, 2011 Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting to Honor Veterans and Their Service (MADISON) — The most anticipated annual event at the Capitol will honor veterans and their service this year. The Capitol Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony will take place on Friday, December 2, 2011 at 8:15 a.m. in the Capitol’s Rotunda
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum to Close on Mondays](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/close-on-mondays/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 12, 2012 Wisconsin Veterans Museum to Close on Mondays (MADISON)— The Wisconsin Veterans Museum announces new service hours starting Monday, January 30, 2012, when the main Museum galleries and gift store at 30 West Mifflin Street, Madison, will be open from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday, and Sunday
- [“Fritz Wolf: Badger State Ace” New World War II Exhibit to Open at Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/fritz-wolf/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 24, 2012 “Fritz Wolf: Badger State Ace” New World War II Exhibit to Open at Wisconsin Veterans Museum (MADISON) ― On Tuesday, January 31, a new exhibit will open at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum highlighting the service of Fritz Wolf of Shawano, Wisconsin, a naval aviator who flew with the famed
- [Madison’s Count This Penny Set to Debut New Civil War Songs for Record Release Party at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/count-this-penny/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1, 2012 Madison’s Count This Penny Set to Debut New Civil War Songs for Record Release Party at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum (MADISON) ― On Friday, March 9, 2012, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum will present a special Civil War 150 concert celebrating the release of a new record by Madison's
- [AUTHOR OF THE PACIFIC, HUGH AMBROSE TO SPEAK IN MADISON](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/hugh-ambrose/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 30, 2012 AUTHOR OF THE PACIFIC, HUGH AMBROSE TO SPEAK IN MADISON (MADISON) ― New York Times’ Best-Selling Author Hugh Ambrose will be guest speaker at the 2012 Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s Gala. The event is scheduled for Thursday, May 3, 2012 from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m. Hugh Ambrose is the
- [Not At Ease: A Veteran Print Project - New Exhibit Opening at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/veteran-print-project/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 26, 2012 Not At Ease: A Veteran Print Project - New Exhibit Opening at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum (MADISON) – Not At Ease: A Veteran Print Project, provides a forum for 20 female veterans from Wisconsin to share their stories by pairing them with 20 artists, who create an edition of
- [WDVA Announces Centennial Celebration of Camp Randall Arch as Part of the Year of the Veteran](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/centennial-camp-randall-arch/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 26, 2012 WDVA Announces Centennial Celebration of Camp Randall Arch as Part of the Year of the Veteran MADISON – Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) Secretary Scocos today invited the public to attend an event celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the dedication of the Camp Randall Arch and Memorial Park
- [History Comes Alive at Forest Hill Cemetery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/cemetery-tours-2012/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 13, 2012 History Comes Alive at Forest Hill Cemetery MADISON – Did you know that at the beginning of the Civil War, Wisconsin troops trained at Camp Randall with wooden sticks rather than rifles? Were you aware that soldiers lined up for battle by height or that Petersburg, Virginia had one
- [WDVA to Observe Veterans Day at Ceremonies Statewide](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/2012-veterans-day/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2012 WDVA to Observe Veterans Day at Ceremonies Statewide MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) today announced that it will host four Veterans Day ceremonies throughout the state. The WDVA invites the public to attend. The theme for this year is “The Year of the Veteran.” “On
- [2013 Spring Programs](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/2013-spring-programs/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE January 10, 2013 2013 Spring Programs (MADISON) ― The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has a number of interesting programs planned this spring. All programs are free and open to the public. They are hosted in the Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s 2nd Floor Education Center, unless otherwise noted. When: Thursday, February 7, 2013 at NOON
- [Author of New York Times Best-Seller 'Carnage and Culture' to Speak at Wisconsin Veterans Museum Gala](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/carnage-and-culture/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 4, 2013 Author of New York Times Best-Seller 'Carnage and Culture' to Speak at Wisconsin Veterans Museum Gala (MADISON) ― Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary John Scocos today announced that historian and New York Times Best-Selling author Victor Davis Hanson will be guest speaker at the 2013 Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s
- [ARTHUR SZYK: AN ARTIST AT WAR AND JOHN VLOSSAK: WARTIME CARTOONS FROM CALCUTTA TWO EXHIBITS OPENING AT THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wartime-cartoons/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2013 ARTHUR SZYK: AN ARTIST AT WAR AND JOHN VLOSSAK: WARTIME CARTOONS FROM CALCUTTA TWO EXHIBITS OPENING AT THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM (MADISON) ― The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will feature two new exhibits, Arthur Szyk: An Artist at War and John Vlossak: Wartime Cartoons from Calcutta. An exhibit opening is
- [The Last Full Measure: Wisconsin in the Civil War, New Exhibit Opening at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/last-full-measure/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2013 The Last Full Measure: Wisconsin in the Civil War, New Exhibit Opening at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum MADISON ― The Wisconsin Veterans Museum will open The Last Full Measure: Wisconsin in the Civil War, 1863 – 1865 on Friday, July 12, 2013. An exhibit to commemorate the 150th Anniversary
- [Tee Off for a Great Cause!](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/golf-outing-2013/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2013 Tee Off for a Great Cause! MADISON ― There is still time to play at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation’s 9th Annual Golf Outing. Sponsored by Spacesaver Corporation, the outing will be held on Monday, July 15th at the Oaks Golf Course in Cottage Grove. The event begins at
- [The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Earns 2013 TripAdvisor Certificate of Excellence](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/2013-tripadvisor/) - Honored as a Top Performing Museum as Reviewed by Travelers on the World’s Largest Travel Site FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 26, 2013 THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM EARNS 2013 TRIPADVISOR CERTIFICATE OF EXCELLENCE MADISON - The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs today announced that its Museum received a TripAdvisor® Certificate of Excellence award. The accolade, which
- [WDVA Announces Talking Spirits: Forest Hill Cemetery Tours 2013](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/cemetery-tours-2013/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2013 WDVA ANNOUNCES TALKING SPIRITS: FOREST HILL CEMETERY TOURS 2013 MADISON – The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs and the Wisconsin Veterans Museum today announced Talking Spirits: Forest Hill Cemetery Tour, an award-winning living history program in its fifteenth year. Public tours will be available on Sunday, October 6, 2013.
- [New Exhibit Profiles Four Wisconsin Medals of Honor and Coincides With Veterans Day](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/medal-of-honor-exhibit/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 7, 2013 NEW EXHIBIT PROFILES FOUR WISCONSIN MEDALS OF HONOR AND COINCIDES WITH VETERANS DAY MADISON, Wis. (Nov. 7, 2013) ― Nearly 100 years ago, on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, an armistice was declared between the Allied Nations in Germany in World
- [PEARL HARBOR ARTIFACTS FROM WISCONSIN SERVICEWOMAN BECOME ADDITIONS TO THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/rhoda-ziesler-donation/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 4, 2013 PEARL HARBOR ARTIFACTS FROM WISCONSIN SERVICEWOMAN BECOME ADDITIONS TO THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM MADISON, Wis. (Dec. 4, 2013) ― With Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day on Saturday, The Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison is proud to announce the newest pieces to enter its collection – personal items of servicewoman Rhoda
- [JEFFERSON RESIDENT’S MEDAL OF HONOR ADDED TO THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/jefferson-residents-medal-of-honor/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DECEMBER 20, 2013 JEFFERSON RESIDENT’S MEDAL OF HONOR ADDED TO THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM MADISON, Wis. (Dec. 19, 2013) – When the Gruennert family of Jefferson, Wis. heard about The Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s new Medal of Honor display profiling the stories and medals of four Wisconsin veterans, they knew something was missing. It
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM KICKS OFF 2014 WITH NEW EVENTS AND SPEAKERS](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/2014-new-events/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FEBRUARY 28, 2014 WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM KICKS OFF 2014 WITH NEW EVENTS AND SPEAKERS WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM KICKS OFF 2014 WITH NEW EVENTS AND SPEAKERS Seasonal event listing for this spring at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison MADISON, Wis. (Feb. 27, 2014) – From new art exhibits and prints, to guest
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES SMITHSONIAN AFFILIATION](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/smithsonian-affiliation/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 2, 2014 Contact: Carla Vigue (608) 266-0517 Carla.Vigue@dva.wisconsin.gov WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES SMITHSONIAN AFFILIATION MADISON, Wis., (May 2, 2014) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison recently announced its new designation as a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate. This significant title gives the Museum access to the Smithsonian’s unparalleled collections, scholarship and exhibits.
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM LAUNCHES NEW CAMPAIGN, HOSTS BOOTH AT EAA AIRVENTURE IN OSHKOSH](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/new-campaign/) - 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 Fox Cities market. The campaign,
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES LINEUP OF FALL 2014 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/fall-2014-events/) - 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 to the unique stories of
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM AWARDED GRANT BY INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/imls-grant/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 Contact: Carla Vigue (608) 266-0517 Carla.Vigue@dva.wisconsin.gov WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM AWARDED GRANT BY INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES MADISON, Wis. (Sept. 18, 2014) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum today announced that it has been awarded a $31,757 grant by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). The museum
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER 2014 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/november-2014-events/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 7, 2014 Contact: Carla Vigue (608) 266-0517 Carla.Vigue@dva.wisconsin.gov WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES NOVEMBER 2014 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES MADISON, Wis. (Oct. 7, 2014) – This November, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum celebrates Veterans Day all month long with exciting programs to help connect visitors to the unique stories of Wisconsin’s service men and
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM LAUNCHES TRAVELING EXHIBITS PROGRAM](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/traveling-exhibit-program/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 27, 2014 Contact: Carla Vigue (608) 266-0517 Carla.Vigue@dva.wisconsin.gov WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM LAUNCHES TRAVELING EXHIBITS PROGRAM UW-Platteville and UW-Whitewater kick off program with exhibits beginning Oct. 28 and Nov. 11 MADISON, Wis. (Oct. 27, 2014) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum today announced the launch of the Marching Across the State traveling exhibits
- [FAMED BALD EAGLE MASCOT "OLD ABE" CONFIRMED AS MALE DNA TESTING OF MASCOTS FEATHERS ANSWERS 150 YEAR OLD DEBATE](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/famed-bald-eagle-mascot-old-abe-convfirmed-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 Molecular Archaeology Group today announced that the Civil War bald eagle mascot “Old Abe” was a male, ending a 150 year-old controversy over the famed
- [MEDIA COVERAGE OF VETERANS DAY ACTIVITIES AT THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-coverage-wwi-veterans-day/) - November 15, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (November 15, 2018) – The Veterans Day and World War I Armistice activities of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum has received the following media coverage. Real Life Library: Veterans Edition NBC15, November 11, 2018 WKOW27, November 11, 2018 World War I Armistice Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 6, 2018
- [Fall 2018](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/FallBugle2018.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Finis la Guerre: The Eleventh Hour and the End of World War I
- [Summer 2018](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Summer2018.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Opening the Museum at King
- [Robert C. McCoy at the Battle of Buna](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/robert_c_mccoy/) - By Kevin Hampton, Curator of History Robert C. McCoy of Sparta, Wisconsin came from a long lineage of military service. Grandson of Captain Bruce E. McCoy and son of Major General Robert B. McCoy (both namesakes of Wisconsin’s Fort McCoy), Robert C. grew up with a strong sense of duty to country, and service in
- [MEDIA COVERAGE FOR SAPF MOVE](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-coverage-for-sapf-move/) - May 3, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (May 3, 2018) - The State Archive Preservation Facility, shared by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and the Wisconsin Historical Society, move process has received the following media coverage. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, April 20, 2018 Wisconsin State Journal, April 23, 2018
- [WDVA'S VETERANS HOME AT KING TO CELEBRATE GRAND OPENING OF WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM'S JAMES MEGELLAS GALLERY](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/king_museum_grand_opening/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE APRIL 18, 2018 Contact: Carla Vigue (608) 266-0517 Carla.Vigue@dva.wisconsin.gov WDVA'S VETERANS HOME AT KING TO CELEBRATE GRAND OPENING OF WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM'S JAMES MEGELLAS GALLERY KING – Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs (WDVA) Secretary Daniel J. Zimmerman and Wisconsin Veterans Museum Director Michael Telzrow are pleased to announce the grand re-opening of
- [Spring 2018](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Spring-2018.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Soldier's Stories: An Educational Partnership
- [In Celebration of Women's History Month](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/in-celebration-of-womens-history-month/) - by Ellen Brooks, Oral Historian On January 7, 2016 I had the pleasure of interviewing Julia Lannin (nee McCall) at her home in West Allis. Lannin served as a neurosurgical nurse in the Army during World War II. She was one of ten children born and raised in South Carolina. Lannin and her older sister,
- [MEDIA COVERAGE FOR SAPF RIBBON CUTTING](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-coverage-for-sapf-ribbon-cutting/) - March 8, 2018 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (March 8, 2018) - The State Archive Preservation Facility, a facility shared by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and the Wisconsin Historical Society, ribbon cutting has received the following press. WKOW (March 8, 2018) State Journal (March 8, 2018)
- [Media Advisory: Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Veterans Museum to Hold Ribbon Cutting and Media Tours of the State Archive Preservation Facility](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-advisory-sapf/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Veterans Museum to Hold Ribbon Cutting and Media Tours of the State Archive Preservation Facility Media Advisory: Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Veterans Museum to Hold Ribbon Cutting and Media Tours of the State Archive Preservation Facility When: Thursday, March 8, 2018 Time: 10:00 am to 12:00 pm 10:15
- [Winter 2017](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Winter2017.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Listening to Learn: Oral Histories from Women in Service | 100 Years: World War I
- [Mess Night at the Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/mess-night-at-the-museum/) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum is pleased to announce a new quarterly event: MESS NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM. These Mess Nights are based off of the naval military traditions, which have a long history in the Navy and Marine Corps. While the tradition and ceremonies vary from branch to branch, Mess Nights are generally formal events
- [Fall 2017](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Fall2017.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: USS Cole Bombing and the Road to 9/11 | Developing Art Programs
- [WORLD WAR I STORIES FROM A CENTURY AGO TOLD IN VETS' OWN WORDS IS A FIRST FOR WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/world-war-i-stories-from-a-century-ago-told-in-vets-own-words-is-a-first-for-wisconsin-veterans-museum/) - March 23, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WORLD WAR I STORIES FROM A CENTURY AGO TOLD IN VETS’ OWN WORDS IS A FIRST FOR WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM MADISON, Wis. (March 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
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TO END 150 YEAR OLD DEBATE BY REVEALING RESULTS OF DNA ANALYSIS TESTING GENDER OF FAMED CIVIL WAR MASCOT "OLD ABE"](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-to-end-150-year-old-debate-by-revealing-results-of-dna-analysis-testing-gender-of-famed-civil-war-mascot-old-abe/) - July 13, 2016 DNA TESTING OF MASCOT’S FEATHERS YIELD CONCLUSIVE RESULTS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE What: Wisconsin Veterans Museum to announce results of DNA analysis testing gender of Civil War mascot “Old Abe” When: 10 a.m. Where: Wisconsin Veterans Museum Civil War Exhibit 30 W. Mifflin St. Madison, WI 53703
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM PUTS ORAL HISTORY RECORDINGS ONLINE](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-puts-oral-history-recordings-online/) - April 19, 2016 MADISON, Wis. (April 19, 2016) – For the first time, visitors of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum website can go to the oral history section to listen to interviews recorded with local veterans. The museum is enhancing access to oral history online by incorporating the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS) program. OHMS is
- [WISCONSIN HISTORY TOUR ALONG WITH THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM CELEBRATES VETERANS DAY](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-history-tour-along-with-the-wisconsin-veterans-museum-celebrates-veterans-day/) - October 29, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The public is invited to a full day of free events Kenosha, WI (Nov. 11, 2015) – The Wisconsin Historical Society’s History Tour along with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum will host A Salute to Veteran History, a full day of free events for the public on Nov. 11 to
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES FALL EVENTS](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-announces-fall-events/) - October 1, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (Oct. 1, 2015) The Wisconsin Veterans Museum has a number of interesting programs planned this fall. Programs are located at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 30 West Mifflin St., Madison, unless otherwise noted. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum is an educational activity of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs.
- [WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HOSTS "RETURN TO CAMP RANDALL" CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT AND MONUMENT DEDICATION](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-department-of-veterans-affairs-hosts-return-to-camp-randall-civil-war-encampment-and-monument-dedication/) - June 29, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (June 29, 2015) – The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs today announced that it will host “The Return to Camp Randall,” a Civil War encampment and monument dedication, on July 18 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Camp Randall Memorial Park in Madison. During the free
- [MEDIA ALERT FOR SATURDAY, JULY 18: WI DEPT. OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HOSTS "THE RETURN TO CAMP RANDALL" CIVIL WAR EVENT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-alert-for-saturday-july-18-wi-dept-of-veterans-affairs-hosts-the-return-to-camp-randall-civil-war-event/) - July 1, 2015 Event features Civil War encampment, Union re-enactors and new monument unveiling WHAT: “THE RETURN TO CAMP RANDALL” CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT AND MONUMENT DEDICATION WHEN: SATURDAY, JULY 18 11 a.m. - Monument unveiling and dedication ceremony WHERE: CAMP RANDALL MEMORIAL PARK 132 N. RANDALL AVE. MADISON, WI While today Camp Randall is home
- [MEDIA ALERT FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11: WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM PRESENTS, "TALKING SPIRITS CEMETERY TOUR XVII"](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-alert-for-sunday-october-11-wisconsin-veterans-museum-presents-talking-spirits-cemetery-tour-xvii/) - October 11, 2015 Attendees can interact with local actors portraying Wisconsin Civil War soldiers and citizens WHAT: TALKING SPIRITS CEMETERY TOUR XVII WHEN: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 12 – 4 P.M. (Tours leave every 20 minutes) WHERE: FOREST HILL CEMETERY 1 SPEEDWAY RD. MADISON, WI 53705 Forest Hill Cemetery is home to the gravesites of hundreds
- [MEDIA ALERT FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11: WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM PRESENTS, TALKING SPIRITS CEMETERY TOUR XVII](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-alert-for-sunday-october-11-wisconsin-veterans-museum-presents-talking-spirits-cemetery-tour-xvii-2/) - October 11, 2015 Attendees can interact with local actors portraying Wisconsin Civil War soldiers and citizens WHAT: TALKING SPIRITS CEMETERY TOUR XVII WHEN: SUNDAY, OCTOBER 11 12 – 4 P.M. (Tours leave every 20 minutes) WHERE: FOREST HILL CEMETERY 1 SPEEDWAY RD. MADISON, WI 53705 Forest Hill Cemetery is home to the gravesites of hundreds
- [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](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/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-ana/) - July 14, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DNA TESTING OF MASCOT’S FEATHERS YIELD CONCLUSIVE RESULTS What: Wisconsin Veterans Museum partners with UW-Madison Biotechnology Center Molecular Archaeology Group (MAG) at UW-Madison to announce results of DNA analysis testing gender of Civil War mascot “Old Abe” When: 10 a.m. Where: Wisconsin Veterans Museum Civil
- [MEDIA COVERAGE FOR WARRIOR BOOK CLUB](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-coverage-for-warrior-book-club/) - March 28, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (March 29, 2017) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum's event Warrior Book Club has received the following media coverage. University of Wisconsin-Madison News (March 28, 2017) NBC 15 (April 19, 2017)
- [TALKING SPIRITS: FOREST HILL CEMETERY TOUR  PRESENTED BY THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/talking-spirits-forest-hill-cemetery-tour-presented-by-the-wisconsin-veterans-museum/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Julie Embling (414) 270-7187 jembling@laughlin.com TALKING SPIRITS: FOREST HILL CEMETERY TOUR PRESENTED BY THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM What: Talking Spirits Cemetery Tour XIX This annual event offers the public a chance to connect with the spirits of Wisconsin’s Civil War veterans and citizens buried at Forest Hill Cemetery. Actors portraying
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM AND PARTNERS TO HOST “WORLD WAR 100: A CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM”](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-and-partners-to-host-world-war-100-a-centennial-symposium/) - Contact: Karen Burch Senior Marketing Specialist (608) 264-6086 karen.burch@dva.wisconsin.gov FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM AND PARTNERS TO HOST “WORLD WAR 100: A CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM” Conference marks centennial observance of WWI; National and international scholars examine Great War’s legacy MADISON, Wis. (Sept. 26, 2017) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum today announced that it will host
- [THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM JOINS SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE'S 13th ANNUAL MUSEUM DAY LIVE!](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/the-wisconsin-veterans-museum-joins-smithsonian-magazines-13th-annual-museum-day-live/) - September 15, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Joins Smithsonian magazine’s 13th Annual Museum Day Live! Free Admission, explore the new World War I Centennial Exhibit, and receive 20% off in-store purchase on September 23, 2017, with a Downloadable Museum Day Live! Ticket MADISON, Wis. (September 15th, 2017) — The Wisconsin Veterans Museum,
- [WWI Sheet Music by Laura Farley](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/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 stars. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum
- [MEDIA ALERT: NEW WWI EXHIBIT FACT SHEET, “WWI BEYONG THE TRENCHES: Stories from the Front”](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-alert-new-wwi-exhibit-fact-sheet-wwi-beyong-the-trenches-stories-from-the-front/) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE World War I Centennial Between the United States entering the First World War on April 6, 1917, and the armistice on November 11, 1918, more than 122,000 Wisconsin men and women served. Museum’s First Story-Based Exhibit The Wisconsin Veterans Museum marks the centennial of the Great War with the opening of
- [Summer 2017](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Summer-2017.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Badger Boys in Kansas | World War I Oral Histories
- [Spring 2017](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Spring_2017.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: The Legacy of Wisconsin in World War I | Year in Review
- [Winter 2016](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/Winter_2016.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Entertaining the Troops in World War II | Remember Pearl Harbor
- [Fall 2016](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Bugle-Fall-2016.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Stories: Old Abe Mystery Solved | Lawrence Roberts and his Sleepy Time Gal
- [Spring 2008](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/March08Bugle.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: In Honor of a Soldier
- [Summer 2008](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/June08Bugle.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Eyes of the Army
- [Fall 2008](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Sept08Bugle.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Forward: Wisconsin's Civil War Battle Flag Website Unfurled
- [Spring 2009](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/March09Bugle.pdf#new_tab) - In Memoriam: Dr. Richard H. Zeitlin, Ph.D
- [Summer 2009](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/June09Bugle.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Their Experiences. Their Words. Our War. "Faces in the Sand" Now open!
- [Fall 2009](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Sept09Bugle.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Talking Spirits XI: A New Birth of Freedom
- [Winter 2009](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Dec09Bugle.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Zeitlin Memorial Symposium
- [Spring 2010](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Spring10Bugle.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Hooch Living: Wish You Were Here . . . and I Weren't!
- [Fall 2010](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Sept10Bugle.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Talking Spirits XII: With Malice Toward None; With Charity for All
- [Winter 2010](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Dec10Bugle.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: From Paper to Iron: New Exhibit in 2011
- [Spring 2011](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Spring11Bugle.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Interview with Jeff Shaara, Author of Gods and Generals
- [Summer 2011](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Summer11Bugle.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: From Paper to Iron: Never before seen Civil War artifacts make their debut on July 2nd
- [Fall 2011](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/3101970-NEW-602364-31.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Coming Home: A Story of Two Brothers and a Family's Search for Resolution
- [Winter 2011](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Winter-2011-Bugle.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Fritz Emil Wolf: Story of A WWII Fighter Pilot
- [Spring 2012](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Spring-2012-Bugle.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Jeannette Kapus: A story of one Wisconsin WASP
- [Summer 2012](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Summer-2012-Bugle.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Brothers in Arms: The Story of the Thompson Brothers
- [Fall 2012](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Fall-2012-Bugle.pdf#new_tab) - Five From the Front: Wisconsin WWI Stories
- [Winter 2012](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/WINTERBugle-2012_WEB.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: The Story of a Marine Corps Scout Sniper from Wisconsin
- [Spring 2013](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/SPRINGBugle-2013_WEB.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Stories: Like Angels in the Sky: A Combat Medic's Story | The Hunt for the Most Dangerous Man
- [Summer 2013](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/BUGLE_SMR13_WEB.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Philander B. Wright Rediscovered
- [Fall 2013](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Bugle-Fall-2013.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Korea Remembered
- [Winter 2013](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Winter-2013-Bugle-Issue.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: An Unanticipated Engagement by Bob Hesselbein
- [Summer 2014](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Summer-2014-Bugle-website.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Faces of Our Veterans
- [Spring 2014](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/2014-Spring-Bugle.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: A War By Invention
- [Fall 2014](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Fall-2014-Bugle-for-Web.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Stories: Wisconsin Travels the World | In the Great Footsteps of the Red Arrow Division
- [Winter 2014](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/3101970-NEW-706907-12web.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Wisconsin Families in the Military | A Shared Experience
- [Spring 2015](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Spring15Bugle.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: Wisconsin's Military Women | Making History: SSG Sonia Buchanan
- [Summer 2015](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Summer15Bugle-1.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Stories: The Grand Review | Civil War Sesquicentennial 1865-2015
- [Fall 2015](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Fall_2015_Bugle_Web.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Stories: The History of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) | Wisconsin WWI Veteran PVT Earl Ganzow | Memoirs of former POW PFC Ray Sherman
- [Winter 2015](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Winter_2015_Bugle_Web.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Stories: New World War I Exhibit coming May 2016 | Japanese Propaganda in World War II
- [Spring 2016](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Spring_2016_Bugle_Web.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Stories: Lance Peter Sijan: Ever Faithful | WWI German Souvenir of William Beseler | The Pursuit of Geronimo
- [Summer 2016](https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Summer_2016_Bulge_Web.pdf#new_tab) - Cover Story: On the Mexican Border 100 Years Ago | Hansen Does His Part to Mobilize the Masses
- [MEDIA COVERAGE OF WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM'S "WAR : RAW HEALING MILITARY TRAUMA THROUGH EXPRESSIVE ART"](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-coverage-of-wisconsin-veterans-museums-war-raw-healing-military-trauma-through-expressive-art/) - June 1, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (June 1, 2015) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum's exhibit "WAR : RAW Healing Military Trauma Through Expressive Art" has received the following media coverage: La Crosse Tribune (May 27, 2015) Brodhead Independent Register (May 27, 2015) Westby Times (May 28, 2015) WKOW 27 News (June 4, 2015)
- [MEDIA COVERAGE OF WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM'S CIVIL WAR ENCAMPMENT AND MONUMENT DEDICATION](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-coverage-of-wisconsin-veterans-museums-civil-war-encampment-and-monument-dedication/) - July 18, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE18 MADISON, Wis. (July 1, 2015) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum's event The Return to Camp Randall - Civil War Encampment & Monument Dedication has received the following media coverage: Wisconsin State Journal (July 18, 2015) WKOW 27 News (July 18, 2015) Capital Times (July 19, 2015)
- [MEDIA COVERAGE OF WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM'S TALKING SPIRITS CEMETERY TOUR XVII](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-coverage-of-wisconsin-veterans-museums-talking-spirits-cemetery-tour-xvii/) - October 13, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (October 13, 2015) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum's event Talking Spirits Cemetery Tour XVII has received the following media coverage. Wisconsin State Journal (October 9, 2015) WKOW 27 News (October 10, 2015) WKOW 27 News (October 11, 2015)
- [MEDIA COVERAGE OF WISCONSIN VETERANS-SUNDAY MORNING SPOTLIGHT WITH MIKE STREHLOW CBS 58 MILWAUKEE](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-coverage-of-wisconsin-veterans-sunday-morning-spotlight-with-mike-strehlow-cbs-58-milwaukee/) - November 8, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (November 8, 2015)- The Wisconsin Veterans Museum's received the following media coverage on CBS 58 Milwaukee-Sunday Morning Spotlight with Mike Strehlow. CBS 58 (November 8, 2015)
- [MEDIA COVERAGE OF WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM RECOGNIZING THE HMONG: THE SECRET WAR IN LAOS](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-coverage-of-wisconsin-veterans-museum-recognizing-the-hmong-the-secret-war-in-laos/) - November 20, 2015 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (November 23, 2015) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum's exhibit opening for Recognizing the Hmong: The Secret War in Laos has received the following media coverage. SUAB Hmong News (November 20, 2015)
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM FEATURED ON WISCONSINREALESTATE.COM](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-featured-on-wisconsinrealestate-com/) - February 1, 2016 MADISON, Wis. (February 1, 2016)- The Wisconsin Veterans Museum was featured on Wisconsin Real Estate. Read the article at: WisconsinRealEstate.com
- [MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM THE ART OF PERSUASION: MOBILIZING THE MASSES IN WWI](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-coverage-of-the-wisconsin-veterans-museum-the-art-of-persuasion-mobilizing-the-masses-in-wwi/) - June 2, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis (June 2, 2016) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum's exhibit opening for The Art of Persuasion: Mobilizing the Masses in WWI has received the following media coverage. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (May 27, 2016) WKOW-TV 27 (May 26, 2016) WKOW-TV (May 20, 2016) La Crosse Tribune (May 17, 2016)
- [MEDIA COVERAGE FOR THE TALKING SPIRITS CEMETERY TOUR XVIII](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/media-coverage-for-the-talking-spirits-cemetery-tour-xviii/) - October 17, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MADISON, Wis. (October 17, 2016) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum's event Talking Spirits Cemetery Tour XVIII has received the following media coverage. Wisconsin State Journal (October 7, 2016)
- [MOST SIGNIFICANT CIVIL WAR ACQUISITION YET FOR WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/most-significant-civil-war-acquisition-yet-for-wisconsin-veterans-museum/) - May 1, 2017 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MOST SIGNIFICANT CIVIL WAR ACQUISITION YET FOR WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM Circuitous Journey for 1860 Flag Reads Like Detective Novel, Back of Flag Produces Remarkable Surprise MADISON, Wis. (April 25, 2017) – It was the evening of July 4, 1860. During an annual ball, the Ladies of La Crosse bestowed
- [WISCONSIN CIVIL WAR UNIT BATTLE FLAG RETURNS TO HOME STATE](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-civil-war-unit-battle-flag-returns-to-home-state/) - September 22, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WISCONSIN CIVIL WAR UNIT BATTLE FLAG RETURNS TO HOME STATE MADISON, Wis. (September 22, 2016) – The Wisconsin Veterans Museum announced today that a descendant of a Civil War soldier from the 2nd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment has donated a battle flag (guidon) to the museum’s permanent collection. The flag
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM UNVEILS A NEW EXHIBIT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-unveils-a-new-exhibit/) - May 12, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM UNVEILS A NEW EXHIBIT THE ART OF PERSUASION MOBILIZING THE MASSES IN WWI ON MAY 27 MADISON, Wis. (May 12, 2016) – On Friday, May 27, Wisconsin Veterans Museum visitors will have the opportunity to look more than 100 years in the past and examine the
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES 2016 LIST OF EVENTS](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-announces-2016-list-of-events/) - February 24, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES 2016 LIST OF EVENTS MADISON, Wis. (Feb. 22, 2016) –The Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison is honored to help visitors connect with the unique stories of Wisconsin’s past and present service men and women by hosting several events and presentations. The upcoming 2016 programs feature
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM FEATURES "WAR : RAW HEALING MILITARY TRAUMA THROUGH EXPRESSIVE ART" EXHIBIT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/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,” an art exhibit featuring nearly
- [WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS HOSTS FREE SCREENING OF VIETNAM DOCUMENTARY](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/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 Marquis Theater. The documentary reveals
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM HOSTS "THE LIFE OF A SCOUT SNIPER IN IRAQ" PRESENTATION](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/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 in the Iraqi city of

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- [Home](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum is dedicated to Wisconsin veterans and honors their role in shaping Wisconsin military history and that of our nation.
- [Learning & Research](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Corporate/Nonprofit Membership](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-foundation/corporate-membership/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Membership](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-foundation/membership/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-foundation/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [School and Youth Tours](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/groups-schools/tours/schoolyouthtours-2/) - Tours for school and youth groups are free and last approximately one hour. You must reserve a date and time at least two weeks in advance.
- [School and Youth Tours](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/groups-schools/tours/schoolyouthtours/) - Tours for school and youth groups are free and last approximately one hour. You must reserve a date and time at least two weeks in advance.
- [Volunteer Opportunities](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/about-wisconsin-veterans-museum/volunteer/) - Use your unique skills and life experiences to help preserve and share the stories of Wisconsin veterans. See the volunteer opportunities below.
- [America250](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/america250/) - America250 Wisconsin Commission for the U.S. semiquincentennial commission to coordinate the commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the U.S.
- [Special Events and Sponsorship](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-foundation/special-events/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Madison Cemetery Tours](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/madison-cemetery-tours/) - Since 1998, Talking Spirits Cemetery Tours have brought to life the interesting and often unknown stories of souls interred at Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison.
- [Plan Your Visit](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/plan-your-visit/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [The Bugle Magazine](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/about-wisconsin-veterans-museum/pressroom/the-bugle-magazine/) - The Bugle is a quarterly magazine of Wisconsin military history as told thru the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collections. It's published by the museum foundation.
- [25th Anniversary of the Attack on the USS Cole (DDG 67) Virtual Exhibit Remembering Marc I. Nieto](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/exhibits/virtual-exhibits/uss-cole-nieto/) - Virtual exhibit tribute to Wisconsin sailor Marc I. Nieto who was killed in the attack o the USS Cole (DDG 67) in the Yemeni Port of Aden on October 12, 2000.
- [Virtual Exhibits](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/exhibits/virtual-exhibits/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [TOURS](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/groups-schools/tours/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [I Am Not Invisible](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/) - I Am Not Invisible (IANI) campaign increases awareness and generates dialogue about the role of women veterans. Wisconsin Women Veterans stories are told here.
- [Veteran Group Tours](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/groups-schools/vivtours/) - We are happy to offer guided tours exclusively for veterans of the new exhibit Traditions: Stories of Service to Country & Community.
- [Temporary Exhibits](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/exhibits/temporary-exhibits/) - D-Day features four Keith Rocco dioramas paired with stories and artifacts of Wisconsin men who survived poignantly presenting D-day from their perspective.
- [Past Exhibits](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/exhibits/past-exhibits/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Form Test Checkboxes](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/form-test-checkboxes/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [D-Day](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/exhibits/virtual-exhibits/d-day/) - D-Day, Operation Overlord, commenced the morning of 6 June 1944 at Normandy, France. Wisconsinites who were killed, and those who returned are remembered here.
- [Faces In The Sand](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/faces-in-the-sand/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Revolutionary War Wisconsin Connections](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/exhibits/virtual-exhibits/revolutionary-war-wisconsin/) - Listing of Revolutionary War veterans buried in Wisconsin. Stories of colonial patriots' descendants living in and serving Wisconsin. Every Veteran is a Story
- [Contact Us](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/contact/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [School & Youth Groups](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/groups-schools/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [World War II](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/transcripts/world-war-2/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Wisconsin in the Civil War: Battle Flags and Wisconsin Regimental Histories](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/collections-wisconsin-military-history/battle-flags/) - Wisconsin in the Civil War is documented with Wisconsin regimental history and battle flags. Search for photos and artifacts of Wisconsin Civil War veterans.
- [Impact of Your Gift](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-foundation/impact-of-your-gift/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Archive](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/archive/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Book a Speaker](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/speakers-bureau/) - Subject matter experts from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff welcome the opportunity to be a speaker for your event. Most presentations last 45-60 minutes
- [EXHIBITS](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/exhibits/) - Connect with veterans' stories about Wisconsin in the Civil War to present day service. Traveling exhibits bring alive Wisconsin military history.
- [Our Vietnam Veterans Then and Now](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/exhibits/virtual-exhibits/exhibits-vietnam-veterans/) - Honoring Vietnam Veterans of Wisconsin. On March 29, 1973 U.S. forces withdrew from S. Vietnam. Hear the stories of military and civilian personnel who served.
- [Traveling Exhibits](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/exhibits/traveling-exhibits-2/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Travel Trunks](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/groups-schools/travel-trunks/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Employment and Internships](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/about-wisconsin-veterans-museum/employment-internships/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Sheri A. Swokowski](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/do-tell-lgbtq/sheri-a-swokowski/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [New Museum Project](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/new-museum-project/) - Now is the time to act to honor our Wisconsin Veterans
- [Oral History](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Oral History Collection of more than 2,800 interviews of veteran experiences from Spanish-American War to present.
- [Search the Wisconsin Veterans Museum's World War I Database](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/rosters/search-the-wisconsin-veterans-museums-world-war-i-database/) - Search the World War I Roster Database You can search the database by any combination of Name, City, County, Unit, Branch, or Notes. Please contact the Reference Archivist if you have noticed an error in the database or if you have any other questions or concerns about the database. Russell Horton Reference Archivist Contact Russ:
- [Spanish-American War Roster](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/rosters/search-the-wisconsin-veterans-museums-spanish-american-war-roster/) - Search the Spanish-American War Roster Database. You can search the database by any combination of Name, Rank, Unit, City, County, and Notes.
- [Wisconsin in the Civil War Database](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/rosters/wisconsin-in-the-civil-war-database/) - Learn about individuals and regiments from Wisconsin in the Civil War here. Search the database by name, town, regiment, company or regiment for Wisconsin Civil War history.
- [Donate to the Collection](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/about-wisconsin-veterans-museum/donate-to-collection-2/) - The museum may consider a donation of military items with significant ties to Wisconsin. To donate follow the instructions on this page.
- [Cold War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/transcripts/cold-war/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [What You Can Support](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-foundation/giving-opportunities-2/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Give Now](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-foundation/give-now/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum History](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/about-wisconsin-veterans-museum/museum-history/) - The roots of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum are deeply linked to the desire of Wisconsin Civil War veterans to preserve their legacy memory of their comrades.
- [Operation OIF / Operation OEF](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/transcripts/operation-oif-operation-oef/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Operation OIF / Operation OEF](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/transcripts/operation-oif-operation-oef-old/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Persian Gulf War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/transcripts/persian-gulf-war/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Persian Gulf War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/transcripts/persian-gulf-war-old/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Vietnam War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/transcripts/vietnam-war/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Vietnam War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/transcripts/vietnam-war-old/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Cold War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/transcripts/cold-war-old/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Korean War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/transcripts/korean-war/) - Listen to the oral history interviews of Wisconsin veterans of Korea. This is a collection of Wisconsin in Korean War stories from Wisconsin troops in Korea.
- [Korean War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/transcripts/korean-war-old/) - Listen to the oral history interviews of Wisconsin veterans of Korea. This is a collection of Wisconsin in Korean War stories from Wisconsin troops in Korea.
- [World War II](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/transcripts/world-war-2-old/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [World War I](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/transcripts/world-war-1/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [World War I - OLD](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/transcripts/world-war-1-old/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [WP File download search](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wp-file-download-search/) - [wpfd_search]
- [Event Registration Success](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/about-wisconsin-veterans-museum/event-registration-success/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Event Registration Checkout](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/about-wisconsin-veterans-museum/event-registration-checkout/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Tickets Checkout](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/tickets-checkout/) - [tec_tickets_checkout]
- [Order Completed](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/tickets-order/) - [tec_tickets_success]
- [Medal of Honor Recipients](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/rosters/medal-of-honor-recipients/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [About Us](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/about-wisconsin-veterans-museum/) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum is the premier source for Wisconsin military history. The museum tells the stories from Wisconsin in the Civil War to present.
- [I Am Not Invisible (IANI)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/exhibits/traveling-exhibits-2/i-am-not-invisible-iani/) - The I Am Not Invisible exhibit highlights Wisconsin women veterans as the important segment of Wisconsin military history that they are.
- [Rosters](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/rosters/) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum holds rosters from Wisconsin in the Civil War through World War I. Find service details of Wisconsin-based veterans in your family.
- [Stories from the Front](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/stories-from-the-front/) - Hear Wisconsin veterans of WWI tell their stories of service in oral history interviews.
- [Featured Projects](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/) - In these oral history interviews hear in the veterans' own words their experiences on themed topics. New interview collections will be added periodically.
- [Transcripts](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/transcripts/) - Read what military service was really like with interviews from Wisconsinites telling Wisconsin veteran war stories. Search from World War I - Afghanistan.
- [Veteran Photo Submission](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/about-wisconsin-veterans-museum/veterans-profile-submission/) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum endeavors to collect a digital image of every Wisconsin veteran. Images may be used in a future digital exhibit.
- [Wisconsin Military History Blog](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/about-wisconsin-veterans-museum/blog/) - Dig into the blog for stories of Wisconsin veterans for Wisconsin Civil War history through to experiences of 21st c veterans. Learn Wisconsin military history.
- [Staff](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/about-wisconsin-veterans-museum/staff/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Press Room](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/about-wisconsin-veterans-museum/pressroom/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Collections of Wisconsin Military History](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/collections-wisconsin-military-history/) - As the premier source for Wisconsin military history, find artifacts, documents and photos in collections. Search Wisconsin in the Civil War to present day.
- [WISCONSIN REMEMBERS: A FACE FOR EVERY NAME](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/exhibits/traveling-exhibits-2/wisconsin-remembers-a-face-for-every-name-traveling-exhibit/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [WORKING WARRIORS: MILITARY LIFE BEYOND COMBAT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/exhibits/traveling-exhibits-2/working-warriors-military-life-beyond-combat-traveling-exhibit/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [FUR, FEATHERS AND FIDELITY: MILITARY MASCOTS–TRAVELING EXHIBIT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/exhibits/traveling-exhibits-2/fur-feathers-and-fidelity-military-mascots-traveling-exhibit/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [WWI BEYOND THE TRENCHES: STORIES FROM THE FRONT–TRAVELING EXHIBIT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/exhibits/traveling-exhibits-2/wwi-beyond-the-trenches-stories-from-the-front-traveling-exhibit/) - Sharing riveting stories of Wisconsin military history, this traveling exhibit features an up close and personal look at WWI from Wisconsin veterans.
- [Permanent Exhibits of Wisconsin Military History](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/exhibits/permanent-exhibits-wisconsin-military-history/) - Learn of Wisconsin military history in the Civil War, Spanish American War, Philippine War, and the emergence of the U.S. as a military power in the 20th c.
- [LGBTQ Do Tell!](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/do-tell-lgbtq/) - As part of Wisconsin military history, the Do Tell! Project documents LGBTQ Wisconsin veterans who served under the military’s ban of the LGBTQ community.
- [Yolanda Medina](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/yolanda-medina/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Women's Armed Services Integration Act of 1948](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/womens-integration-act/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Kimberly E. Stuart](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/do-tell-lgbtq/kimberly-e-stuart/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Raymond P. Konz-Krzyminski](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/do-tell-lgbtq/raymond-p-konz-krzyminski/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Carol A. Johnson](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/do-tell-lgbtq/carol-a-johnson/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Mary E. Hanson-Bailey](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/do-tell-lgbtq/mary-e-hanson-bailey/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Teacher Resources](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/groups-schools/teacher-resources/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Voices from Afghanistan](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/voices-from-afghanistan/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [WAR: RAW - Healing Military Trauma Through Expressive Art](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/war-raw/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Giving Opportunities in 2021-2022](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-foundation/giving-opportunities/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Media Alerts](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/about-wisconsin-veterans-museum/pressroom/media-events/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Press Releases](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/about-wisconsin-veterans-museum/pressroom/press-releases/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Recorded Events](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgU93rQqEKngjwwEPrIlQWQ)
- [Adults](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/adults/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Traveling Exhibits](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/travelingexhibits/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Permanent Exhibits](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/permanent-exhibits/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Kelli J. Carroll](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/do-tell-lgbtq/kelli-j-carroll/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Violet Armstrong](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/violet-armstrong/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Traci Earls](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/traci-earls/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Ruby Scheuing](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/ruby-scheuing/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Rose A. Kerstetter](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/rose-a-kerstetter/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Rochelle Lopez](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/rochelle-lopez/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Miriam Ben-Shalom](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/miriam-ben-shalom/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Laura Felten](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/laura-felten/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Kit D. Amidzich](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/kit-d-amidzich/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Kimberly Galske](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/kimberly-galske/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Kimberly E. Stuart](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/kimberly-e-stuart/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Gerry Y. Braxter](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/gerry-y-braxter/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Evangeline Patino](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/evangeline-patino/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Elizabeth Colle](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/elizabeth-colle/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Elizabeth Benn](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/elizabeth-benn/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Donna Kleinmaus](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/donna-kleinmaus/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Diana L. Donald](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/diana-l-donald/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Constance A. Walker](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/constance-a-walker/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Carol A. Johnson](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/carol-a-johnson/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Anna Mae Robertson](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/anna-mae-robertson/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Angela M. Russell](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/angela-m-russell/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Kelli J. Carroll](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/kelli-j-carroll/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [William Scheer at Wheeler Field](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/pearl-harbor/william-scheer/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Thomas Butler on the USS Tennessee](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/pearl-harbor/thomas-butler/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Robert Feller on the USS Oglala](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/pearl-harbor/robert-feller/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Mello Stapleton at Hickam Field](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/pearl-harbor/mello-stapleton/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [John Barger at Schofield Barracks](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/pearl-harbor/john-barger/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Floyd TeWinkel at Fort Kamehameha](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/pearl-harbor/floyd-tewinkel/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Dorwin Lamkin on the USS Nevada](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/pearl-harbor/dorwin-lamkin/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Charles Imbruglia on the USS Maryland](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/pearl-harbor/charles-imbruglia/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Pearl Harbor](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/pearl-harbor/)
- [Souvenirs of Service](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/travelingexhibits/souvenirs-of-service/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [COPY_Virtual Tour_FINAL DRAFT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/virtual-tour-test-2-2/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Veterans Day Observance 2021](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/veterans-day-observance-2021/) - Page under construction
- [Cemetery Tours School Group](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/groups-schools/cemetery-tours-3-2/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Cemetery Tours Public](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/groups-schools/cemetery-tours-2021/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [IN MY SPARE MOMENTS: THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/in-my-spare-moments-the-art-of-harold-f-schmitz/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [We Hope You Enjoyed the Tour](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-foundation/ct-donation/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Cemetery Tours](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/learning-research/groups-schools/cemetery-tours-2019/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Video Test](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/video-test/)
- [Rules and Regulations](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/research/rules-regulations/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Membership Draft](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wisconsin-veterans-museum-foundation/membership-draft/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Copy Right and Legal Information](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/copy-right-and-legal-information/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [WVM Foundation](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/wvm-foundation/) - 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 typing and shorthand skills, he
- [Join/Give](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/donate/) - Donate today to double your gift and help expand access to our collection, nurture dialogue and scholarship, and introduce new generations to all the Met has to offer. Exhibitions & Galleries Fund To maintain the regular exhibitions we always look for support of our visitors. To kep up the gallery as fresh as always you
- [Events Calendar](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/events-calendar/)

## Testimonials

- [David Gray](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/testimonial/david-gray/) - Look forward to returning soon. Excellent family experience.
- [Diane Joyner](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/testimonial/diane-joyner/) - Wonderful place to track your patriotic ancestors back to Spanish American war, Civil War, etc, and connect with the history of WI's involvement in all the wars and conflicts. Extremely educational and a moving tribute to our Veterans. Beautiful place to visit with children to explore!
- [Taylor Andrea](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/testimonial/taylor-andrea/) - Wonderful exhibits and free admission for all!!!!!
- [Maggie Christians](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/testimonial/maggie-christians/) - Visited with our kids. Staff was friendly and helpful. My boys loved the interactive displays about equipment/weapons and the helicopter.
- [Maverick Kempfer](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/testimonial/teresa-barrett/) - This place is phenomenal it makes you very patriotic and proud of All soldiers. I'm telling everyone this is a must see on all Madison trips!
- [Deb Calabria-Zicari](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/testimonial/ruth-lawson/) - I was so impressed by the presentation of each war. They displayed from the civil war right up to now. It was interesting. And free! Thank you.
- [Allison Dolby](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/testimonial/hannah-hunter/) - I really appreciated the presentation and the information provided. Free admission, which was great, and really friendly staff.

## Gallery

- [Link Format](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/gallery/audio-format/)
- [Link Format](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/gallery/link-format-2/)
- [Link Format](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/gallery/link-format/)
- [Video Format](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/gallery/video-format/)
- [Slider/Gallery Format](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/gallery/slidergallery-format/)
- [Image Format](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/gallery/image-format/)

## Team

- [Gregory Krueger](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/team/gregory-krueger/)
- [Sarah Kapellusch](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/team/sarah-kapellusch/)
- [Erik Wright](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/team/gregory-lawson-2/)
- [Jen Stevenson](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/team/jen-stevenson/)
- [Michael Olson](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/team/michael-olson/)
- [Gregory Lawson](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/team/gregory-lawson/)
- [Luke Sprague](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/team/gregory-lawson-2-2/)
- [Russell Horton](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/team/russell-horton/)
- [Andrea Hoffman](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/team/andrea-hoffman/)
- [Elise McFarlane](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/team/elise_mcfarlane/)
- [Jennifer Van Haaften](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/team/jennifer_van_haaften/)
- [Chris Kolakowski](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/team/chirs_kolakowski/)

## Artworks

- [Watercolors of Corporal John Gaddis: Documenting the Civil War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/artwork/watercolors-of-corporal-john-gaddis-documenting-the-civil-war/) - While serving with the 12th Wisconsin Infantry, John Gaddis painted scenes from Wisconsin, Camp Randall, Kansas, Mississippi, and Tennessee. This traveling exhibit of fourteen framed watercolors is suitable for professionally-staffed museums and galleries. For more information or to inquire about the art exhibit email us.
- [Santos Zingale: Artist Turned Sailor](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/artwork/santos-zingale-artist-turned-sailor/) - This fine art traveling exhibit features thirteen original sketches completed by Santos Zingale while he was on board the USS Bremerton during WWII. Zingale provides an intimate view of daily life on the ship, including moments of rest and relaxation. This exhibit of framed charcoal sketches is suitable for professionally-staffed museums and galleries. For more

## Venues

- [Virtual](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/virtual/)
- [Fluno Center -- Howard Auditorium](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/fluno-center-howard-auditorium/)
- [Beloit Club](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/beloit-club/)
- [Overture Center for the Arts](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/overture-center-for-the-arts/)
- [Pyle Center](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/pyle-center/)
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/wisconsin-veterans-museum/)
- [The Grand Hotel Ballroom](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/the-grand-hotel-ballroom/)
- [Wisconsin State Capitol](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/wisconsin-state-capitol/)
- [Forest Hill Cemetery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/forest-hill-cemetery/)
- [Terrace 167, 3210 Hwy 167/Holy Hill Rd., Richfield, WI 53076](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/terrace-167-3210-hwy-167-holy-hill-rd-richfield-wi-53076/)
- [The Oaks Golf Course](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/the-oaks-golf-course/)
- [Online](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/online/)
- [Paradise North Distillery](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/paradise-north-distillery/)
- [Lisa LInk Peace Park](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/lisa-link-peace-park/)
- [Camp Randall Memorial Park](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/camp-randall-memorial-park/)
- [Wisconsin State Capitol Rotunda](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/wisconsin-state-capitol-rotunda/)
- [Wisconsin Veterans Home at King](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/wisconsin-veterans-home-at-king/)
- [Al Ringling Theatre](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/al-ringling-theatre/)
- [Barrymore Theater](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/venue/barrymore-theater/)

## Organizers

- [The Kissers](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/organizer/the-kissers/)
- [PBS Wisconsin](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/organizer/pbs-wisconsin-2/)
- [PBS Wisconsin](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/organizer/pbs-wisconsin/)
- [University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of History](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/organizer/university-of-wisconsin-madison-department-of-history/)
- [Smithsonian Affiliations](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/organizer/smithsonian-affiliations-2/)
- [WI Veterans Museum Foundation](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/organizer/wi-veterans-museum-foundation/)
- [WI Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/organizer/wi-veterans-museum/)
- [WI Veterans Museum Foundation](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/organizer/wi-veterans-museum-foundation/)
- [Downtown Madison, Inc.](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/organizer/downtown-madison-inc/)
- [Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/organizer/wisconsin-department-of-veterans-affairs/)
- [PBS Wisconsin](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/organizer/pbs-wisconsin/)

## Events

- [Film Screening - The 32nd Infantry Division's Nightmare: The Battle of Buna](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/film-screening-the-32nd-infantry-divisions-nightmare-the-battle-of-buna/) - Please join the Wisconsin Veterans Museum for the film screening of the 32nd Infantry Division's Nightmare: The Battle of Buna. The U.S. Army's return to the offensive in the Pacific Theater occurred at the Battle of Buna. On that battlefield in New Guinea from 16 November 1942 until 22 January 1943, the untested 32nd Infantry
- [Book Talk with Joshua Shores](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-joshua-shores/) - Join us as we welcome author and veteran Joshua Shores, who will be talking about his latest work, Counting On Death: A Marine Infantryman’s Journey from the Frontlines of Combat to the Fight for Peace. This work looks at the brutal realities of his two deployments (Iraq and Afghanistan) and his quest for redemption and
- [Mess Night at the Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/mess-night-at-the-museum-3-2-2/) - “Survivor's Story: George F. Banda's Heroic Service with the 101st Airborne in Vietnam” Thursday, November 13, 2025 5:30 PM – 8 PM George F. Banda was drafted in January 1969 and served as a combat medic with the 101st Airborne Division, 2nd Battalion, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, E Company, Recon Platoon. Deployed to Vietnam in
- [America@250: The American Revolution Sneak Peek & Panel](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/america250-the-american-revolution-sneak-peek-panel/) - As we approach the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, join PBS Wisconsin and the Wisconsin Veterans Museum for an evening of community and reflection. The night will include a special preview screening of the all-new documentary series THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, directed by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt; the premiere of two new episodes of The Look Back produced by PBS Wisconsin Education; and a panel conversation exploring themes and untold perspectives related to the Revolutionary War era.
- [THE FOE AND THE FALLEN Stories from The Greatest War Featuring THE KISSERS](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/the-foe-and-the-fallen-stories-from-the-greatest-war-featuring-the-kissers/) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum assisted The Kissers with content from the museum collection and stories of our veterans for their album and upcoming “rock and roll history show.” Based on the music of the award-winning album The Foe and the Fallen: Songs from The Greatest War (The Kissers, 2024), this multimedia “rock and roll history
- [Decolonization, the Algerian War, and the Making of Modern Counterinsurgency](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/decolonization-the-algerian-war-and-the-making-of-modern-counterinsurgency/) - The Algerian War was a pivotal event in the global struggle for decolonization. In this discussion of his new book, Terrence G. Peterson highlights how the conflict also helped to transform the nature of modern warfare. As the French Army attempted to counter the struggle for Algerian independence, it fashioned a radical project of armed
- [U.S. Marine Corps 250 Birthday Celebration at the State Capitol](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/u-s-marine-corps-250-birthday-celebration-at-the-state-capitol/) - Celebrate the U.S. Marine Corps 250th birthday at the Wisconsin State Capitol Rotunda.
- [Convoy Speaker Series: Checkpoint Rock County](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/convoy-speaker-series-checkpoint-rock-county/) - Honoring Service. Inspiring Community. This fall, we are proud to present the 2025 Convoy Speaker Series in partnership with Rock County—an event designed to honor Wisconsin’s veterans, connect our community, and share stories of courage and sacrifice. 📅 Saturday, November 1, 2025 📍 The Beloit Club – Beloit, WI Featuring Keynote Speaker Major General (Ret.) Marcia Anderson
- [U.S. Navy 250 Birthday Celebration at the State Capitol](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/u-s-navy-250-birthday-celebration-at-the-state-capitol/) - Wisconsin celebrates the 250th birthday of the U.S. Navy at the State Capitol Building.
- [Talking Spirits Cemetery Tours - Candlelit and Daytime Tours](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/talking-spirits-cemetery-tours-candlelit-and-daytime-tours/2025-10-05/) - join the Wisconsin Veterans Museum for our 27th annual Talking Spirits: Forest Hill Cemetery Tours, taking place during the week of September 29 – October 5 at Forest Hill Cemetery. These 90-minute walking tours will feature 4 vignettes along the tour route, as historical actors retell some the stories from this unique era of American
- [Talking Spirits Cemetery Tours - Candlelit and Daytime Tours](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/talking-spirits-cemetery-tours-candlelit-and-daytime-tours-2/) - Join the Wisconsin Veterans Museum for our 27th annual Talking Spirits: Forest Hill Cemetery Tours, taking place during the week of September 29 – October 5 at Forest Hill Cemetery. These 90-minute walking tours will feature 4 vignettes along the tour route, as historical actors retell some the stories from this unique era of American
- [Science on the Square](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/science-on-the-square/) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum is proud to be a stop on the Science on the Square event brought to you by The Wisconsin Science Festival and Madison’s Central Business Improvement District. Join us in downtown Madison between 5 and 9 p.m. on Thursday, October 16, for fun for all ages! For more information about participating
- [Movie Discussion Night – Edge of Tomorrow (2014)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-discussion-night-edge-of-tomorrow-2014/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of the selected movie with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. For October, we will discuss the 2024 film Edge of Tomorrow. Your mission is to watch the movie, which is available from most libraries or on streaming services
- [Watch Party for the USS Wisconsin (SSBN-827) Keel Laying Ceremony](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/watch-party-for-the-uss-wisconsin-ssbn-827-keel-laying-ceremony/) - Watch Party for the USS Wisconsin SSBN-827 Keel Laying Ceremony
- ["Just Like Me: The Vietnam War/The American War" Film Screening](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/just-like-me-the-vietnam-war-the-american-war-film-screening/) - The film, "Just Like Me: The Vietnam War/The American War" follows Vietnam Veteran and Filmmaker Ron Osgood on his quest to recover fragmented and buried stories from all sides of the Vietnam War/American War, revealing multiple perspectives that are thematically interconnected.
- [21st Annual WVMF Golf Outing, Sponsored by U.S. Vet General Contracting LLC](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/21st-annual-wvmf-golf-outing-sponsored-by-u-s-vet-general-contracting-llc/) - The 21st Annual Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation Golf Outing, sponsored by U.S. Vet General Contracting LLC, is scheduled for Monday, July 14, 2025. The event will take place from 9 AM - 5:30 PM at the beautiful course at The Oaks Golf Course in Cottage Grove. Registration includes green fees, a cart with GPS, range
- [Book Talk with Michael Sullivan – The Congdon Brothers and Significant Others: Their Civil War Times](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-michael-sullivan-the-congdon-brothers-and-significant-others-their-civil-war-times/) - Join us for an afternoon talk with Wisconsin author Michael Sullivan, who will be speaking about his book, “The Congdon Brothers and Significant Others: Their Civil War Times.” Michael’s painstaking research explores the lives of three brothers from Palmyra, WI who enlisted in the Union Army and became combat soldiers in the Civil War. This
- [Mess Night at the Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/mess-night-at-the-museum-3/) - SOLD OUT "Service in the U.S. Navy Reserve Nurse & Medical Corps During OIF/OEF at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany" Thursday, June 26, 2025 5:30 PM – 8 PM Join Commander Lisa Kromanaker Registered Nurse (RN) and Commander Kathy Vrydaghs Physical Therapist (PT) and learn about their 2006/2007 Deployment to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center
- [U.S. Army Birthday Celebration at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/u-s-army-birthday-celebration-at-the-wisconsin-veterans-museum/) - Since 1775, the U.S. Army has defended our nation. Join us on June 14th at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum as we celebrate the U.S. Army's 250th birthday. This event will honor the sacrifices, achievements, and true spirit of American warriors. Meet retired U.S. Army General Lew Harned, a veteran of WWII through Desert Storm. Between noon
- [U.S. Army Birthday Celebration at the State Capitol Rotunda](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/u-s-army-birthday-celebration-at-the-state-capitol-rotunda/) - Since 1775, the U.S. Army has defended our nation. Join us on June 13th and 14th as we celebrate the U.S. Army's 250th birthday. These historic events will honor the sacrifices, achievements, and true spirit of American warriors. Mark the 250th Birthday of the U.S. Army at the Wisconsin State Capitol with remarks from public
- [Slice of History](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/slice-of-history/) - What could be more fun than a Saturday evening with free pizza, live music, and stories? Not much that we can admit and still keep our family-friendly status.
- [Brownie's Bark in the Park](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/brownies-bark-in-the-park/) - The Wisconsin Veterans Home at King and Kelly Nelson, author of Brownie the War Dog, will host 'Brownie’s Bark in the Park' on Friday, May 2. After telling Brownie’s remarkable story in her book, Nelson led the fundraising effort to create a statue in his honor and have it placed on the King campus. Made
- [Mess Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/mess-night-berry/) - SORRY - SOLD OUT Join Vietnam Huey pilot, Richard Berry, as he discusses his experiences during the Vietnam War. Mr. Berry will use the numerous photos he took during his tour and data from his flight records to describe 1st Cavalry Division airmobile operations and air assault tactics employed during the Vietnam War. This presentation
- [Two Lights for Tomorrow Ceremony at the State Capitol](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/two-lights-for-tomorrow-ceremony-at-the-state-capitol/) - The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, in collaboration with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and the Wisconsin Historical Society, is hosting a Two Lights for Tomorrow ceremony at the Wisconsin State Capitol on Monday, April 14 at noon. This event is the kickoff of a week long commemoration recognized in the 2025 Assembly Joint Resolution 17.
- [Book Talk with James Marten](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-james-marten/) - In The Sixth Wisconsin and the Long Civil War, historian James Marten reimagines one of the oldest genres of Civil War history, using the deeply personal stories of the regiment’s 2,000 men to explore not just the war itself, but its long aftermath. Drawing on an extraordinary wealth of letters, diaries, and records, Marten reveals
- [Feast of Crispian Presents Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/feast-of-crispian-presents-whiskey-tango-foxtrot/) - Come join Feast of Crispian for an afternoon of one-of-a-kind stories told by American Service Veterans - a kind of community campfire story circle, with a little taste of Shakespeare thrown in for good measure. Shared by veterans of six decades of American military conflict and peacetime service, Whiskey, Tango, Foxtrot is a gathering of
- [Movie Discussion Night – Independence Day (1996)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-discussion-night-independence-day-1996/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of the selected movie with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. For July, we will discuss the 1996 film Independence Day. Your mission is to watch the movie, which is available from most libraries or on streaming services (we
- [Movie Discussion Night – Master and Commander (2003)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-discussion-night-master-and-commander-2003/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of the selected movie with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. For March, we will discuss the 2003 film Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. Your mission is to watch the movie, which is available from
- [Movie Discussion Night – A Few Good Men (1992)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-discussion-night-a-few-good-men-1992/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of the selected movie with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. For May, we will discuss the 1992 film A Few Good Men. Your mission is to watch the movie, which is available from most libraries or on streaming services
- [Movie Discussion Night – The Hunt for Red October (1990)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-discussion-night-the-hunt-for-red-october-1990/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of the selected movie with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. For January, we will discuss the 1990 Cold War film The Hunt for Red October. Your mission is to watch the movie, which is available from most libraries or
- [On, Wisconsin! Tailgate](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/salute-to-veterans-tailgate/) - Join us for our annual 'Salute to Veterans Tailgate' on Saturday, November 16, when the @UW Badgers host the Oregon Ducks at Camp Randall Stadium. The Tailgate will be located at Camp Randall Memorial Park, east of Camp Randall, across the street from the Kwik Trip. Look for a big red and white striped tent. The starting time is TBA as the game time kick-off has yet to be announced.
- [Veterans Day Ceremony in the Capitol](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/veterans-day-ceremony-in-the-capitol/) - A Legacy of Loyalty and Service Keynote speaker will be Chris Kolakowski, Wisconsin Veterans Museum Director. 9:15am VFW Band Pre-event Concert 10:00am Event start
- [Mess Night at the Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/mess-night-at-the-museum-2/) - This event is SOLD OUT. "A Troop, 1-105th CAV 2009 Security Mission in Iraq" Thursday, November 21, 2024 5:30 PM – 8 PM Please join us for our quarterly dinner series with senior leaders from the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s Troop A, 1-105th Cavalry Squadron. CSM (Retired) Curt Patrouille, CSM (Retired) Brian Bieniek, and LTC
- ["Honor in the Air" Movie Screening](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/honor-in-the-air-movie-screening/) - SOLD OUT! Join us for a movie screening and discussion of Honor in the Air. It is a story of inspiration, dedication, valor and love, following the life of one soldier and those with whom he served. Wisconsin native, Captain Scott Alwin, served as a helicopter pilot during the Vietnam War with the 68th Assault
- [Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night-13/) - Join us for our virtual Trivia Night and test your historical knowledge. Individuals and teams welcome. Please RSVP to the event HERE. You will receive the Zoom link to the event via email. Please add the event to your calendar. Event sponsored by The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation with support for the Foundation in memory of
- [Book Talk with Mark D. Van Ells](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-mark-d-van-ells/) - Please join the Wisconsin Veterans Museum for a book talk with author Mark D. Van Ells as he discusses his newest work about the Red Arrow Division and the crucial role it played for the Allied Forces in World War II. Discover how this National Guard unit with roots in the American Midwest became on
- [Cemetery Tours](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/cemetery-tours/2024-10-12/) - For the 26th year, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum presents its renowned Talking Spirits Cemetery Tours at historic Forest Hill Cemetery in Madison. "Talking Spirits Cemetery Tours: From Soldiers to Civil Servants" will bring viewers into Wisconsin's journey through the Civil War and beyond. These tours will feature four vignettes along the route, as historical actors
- [Book Talk with Mark Faultersack](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-mark-faultersack/) - Please join the Wisconsin Veterans Museum for a book talk with Mark Faultersack as he discusses his newest work about his father, who served in the Coast Guard from 1942 until 1945. Mark has published his World War ll journal and preserved many photos, sketches and artifacts from that time on the USCG Cutters Sea
- [Movie Discussion Night - Dunkirk (2017)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-discussion-night-dunkirk-2017/) - Join us for a movie night discussion of the 2017 epic historical war thriller Dunkirk.
- [Movie Discussion Night – The Raid (1954)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-discussion-night-the-raid-1954/) - Grab your popcorn and beverage and join us for a discussion of the 1954 Civil War film The Raid. Please note that we will not be watching the film but discussing different aspects of the movie. Please RSVP to the event HERE. You will receive the Zoom link to the event via email. Please add the
- [Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night-12/) - Join us for our virtual Trivia Night and test your historical knowledge. Individuals and teams welcome.
- [Brownie’s Puppy Parade and Author Event](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/brownies-puppy-parade-and-author-event/) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum, in partnership with Downtown Madison, invites families and pet parents to Lisa Link Peace Park (452 State Street) for a Puppy Parade and author event.
- [In Her Boots Reception](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/in-her-boots-reception/) - The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs invites you to an evening reception at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum to honor the women who contributed to the "In Her Boots" window display on the Capitol Square. Wisconsin women veterans whose boots were featured in the initial rotation (June 11 - July 29) will have the opportunity to
- [20th Annual WVMF Golf Outing, Sponsored by U.S. Vet General Contracting LLC](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/20th-annual-wvmf-golf-outing-sponsored-by-u-s-vet-general-contracting-llc/) - The 20th annual Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation golf outing, sponsored by U.S. Vet General Contracting LLC, is scheduled for Monday, July 15, 2024. The event will take place from 9 AM - 5:30 PM at the beautiful course at The Oaks Golf Course in Cottage Grove. Registration includes green fees, a cart with GPS, range
- [Mess Night - SOLD OUT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/mess-night-3/) - SOLD OUT Join us as we welcome author COL (Ret) Ray Boland, who will be talking about his book, When The Bugle Calls, A Soldiers Memoir. Ray's story includes experiences from 30 years of service with the U.S. Army during peacetime and combat in Vietnam, with events ranging from triumph to tragedy. It addresses the
- [Book Talk with Steven K. Bailey](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-steven-k-bailey/) - Author Steven K. Bailey will speak about his new book, Target Hong Kong: A True Story of U.S. Navy Pilots at War (Osprey/Bloomsbury, 2024). Target Hong Kong recounts the untold story of the U.S. Navy airstrikes on Japanese-occupied Hong Kong during Operation Gratitude in 1945. The month-long operation in the South China Sea involved nearly
- [Mess Night at the Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/mess-night-3-2/) - Please join us for our quarterly dinner series with some of the women servicemembers from the State’s 54th Civil Support Team: Protecting the State from Weapons of Mass Destruction. S.Sgt. Jaclyn Sommers, S.Sgt. Ava Kielisch, and Sgt. Schuylar Hagen will provide an overview of the 54th Civil Support Team’s (CST) capabilities and mission and demonstrate
- [Virtual Movie Night Discussion – Inglourious Basterds (2009)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-movie-night-discussion-inglourious-basterds-2009/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of Inglourious Basterds (2009) with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. Please RSVP to the event and you will receive the link to the event via email. Please add the event to your calendar. REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/movie-night-virtual-discussion-inglourious-basterds-2009-tickets-873361366357 Event sponsored by The Wisconsin
- [Drink & Draw May](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/drink-draw-may/) - Gather your art supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. Please RSVP to the event and you will receive the link to the online event via email. Please add the event to your calendar. REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/drink-draw-may-tickets-873381366177 This event is suitable for all
- [Trivia Night May](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night-may/) - Join the Wisconsin Veterans Museum for our virtual Trivia Night and test your historical knowledge. Individuals and teams welcome. Please RSVP to the event and you will receive the Zoom link to the event via email. Please add the event to your calendar. REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trivia-night-may-registration-873388286877 This event is suitable for all ages Event sponsored by
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion - Ike: Countdown to D-Day (2004)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-ike-countdown-to-d-day-2004/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of the selected movie with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. For June, we will discuss the 2004 film Ike: Countdown to D-Day. Your mission is to watch the movie, which is available from most libraries or on streaming
- [Trivia Night July](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night-july/) - Join the Wisconsin Veterans Museum for our virtual Trivia Night and test your historical knowledge. Individuals and teams welcome. Please RSVP to the event and you will receive the Zoom link to the event via email. Please add the event to your calendar. REGISTER: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trivia-night-july-registration-873402459267 This event is suitable for all ages Event sponsored by
- [Distinguished Lecture Series: An Army Afire](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/distinguished-lecture-series-an-army-afire/) - Beth Bailey of the University of Kansas will lecture on her book, “An Army Afire: How the U.S. Army Confronted Its Racial Crisis in the Vietnam Era” Thursday, April 4th at 4:00 pm Pyle Center Room 232 on the UW-Madison Campus Even as US troops fought in Vietnam, Black and white soldiers battled each other
- [Drink & Draw March](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/drink-draw-march/) - Gather your art supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. Please RSVP to the event and you will receive the link to the online event via email. Please add the event to your calendar. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation. REGISTER:
- [Book Talk with Shannon McKenna Schmidt](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-shannon-mckenna-schmidt/) - Join us as we welcome author Shannon McKenna Schmidt, who will be talking about her latest work, The First Lady of WWII: Eleanor Roosevelt’s Daring Journey to the Frontlines and Back, which details a five-week, 25,000-mile mission the First Lady undertook to report on conditions in the Pacific theater, including territory that was still under
- [Show Talk - The Hello Girls: A New American Musical](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/show-talk-the-hello-girls-a-new-american-musical-4/) - Wisconsin Veterans Museum Curator of History, Kevin Hampton will be giving a preshow lecture about the Hello Girls of World War I at the Overture Center before the Four Seasons Theatre production of The Hello Girls: A New American Musical. Learn more at fourseasonstheatre.com. Tickets available through the Overture Center Box Office in person, by phone at
- [Show Talk - The Hello Girls: A New American Musical](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/show-talk-the-hello-girls-a-new-american-musical-2/) - Wisconsin Veterans Museum Curator of History, Kevin Hampton will be giving a preshow lecture about the Hello Girls of World War I at the Overture Center before the Four Seasons Theatre production of The Hello Girls: A New American Musical. Learn more at fourseasonstheatre.com. Tickets available through the Overture Center Box Office in person, by phone at (608)
- [Show Talk - The Hello Girls: A New American Musical](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/show-talk-the-hello-girls-a-new-american-musical-3/) - Wisconsin Veterans Museum Curator of History, Kevin Hampton will be giving a preshow lecture about the Hello Girls of World War I at the Overture Center before the Four Seasons Theatre production of The Hello Girls: A New American Musical. Learn more at fourseasonstheatre.com. Tickets available through the Overture Center Box Office in person, by phone at
- [Show Talk - The Hello Girls: A New American Musical](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/show-talk-the-hello-girls-a-new-american-musical/) - Wisconsin Veterans Museum Curator of History, Kevin Hampton will be giving a preshow lecture about the Hello Girls of World War I at the Overture Center before the Four Seasons Theatre production of The Hello Girls: A New American Musical. Learn more at fourseasonstheatre.com. Tickets available through the Overture Center Box Office in person, by phone at
- [Virtual Movie Night Discussion - The Imitation Game (2014)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-movie-night-discussion-the-imitation-game-2014/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of the selected movie with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. Please RSVP to the event and you will receive the Zoom link to the event via email. Please add the event to your calendar.
- [Trivia Night March](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night-march/) - Join us for our virtual Trivia Night and test your historical knowledge. Individuals and teams welcome
- [Trivia Night January](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night-january/) - Join the Wisconsin Veterans Museum for our virtual Trivia Night and test your historical knowledge. Individuals and teams welcome. Please RSVP to the event and you will receive the Zoom link to the event via email. Please add the event to your calendar. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum
- [Drink & Draw February](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/drink-draw-february/) - Gather your art supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. Please RSVP to the event and you will receive the link to the online event via email. Please add the event to your calendar. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation.
- [All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 - Pre-performance Discussion](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/all-is-calm-the-christmas-truce-of-1914-pre-performance-discussion-3/) - At select performances of “All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914” at the Overture Center, Wisconsin Veterans Museum Curator of History Kevin Hampton will lead a pre-performance discussion. He will present the historical context for the WWI Christmas Truce. With shared stories and images from the museum collection complemented by news articles from the
- [All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 - Pre-performance Discussion](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/all-is-calm-the-christmas-truce-of-1914-pre-performance-discussion-2/) - At select performances of “All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914” at the Overture Center, Wisconsin Veterans Museum Curator of History Kevin Hampton will lead a pre-performance discussion. He will present the historical context for the WWI Christmas Truce. With shared stories and images from the museum collection complemented by news articles from the
- [All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914 - Pre-performance Discussion](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/all-is-calm-the-christmas-truce-of-1914-pre-performance-discussion/) - At select performances of “All Is Calm: The Christmas Truce of 1914” at the Overture Center, Wisconsin Veterans Museum Curator of History Kevin Hampton will lead a pre-performance discussion. He will present the historical context for the WWI Christmas Truce. With shared stories and images from the museum collection complemented by news articles from the
- [Strong Women, Big Guns: Noblewomen, Artillery, and Arsenals During the French Wars of Religion](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/strong-women-big-guns-noblewomen-artillery-and-arsenals-during-the-french-wars-of-religion/) - A lecture by Professor Brian Sandberg, Northern Illinois University sponsored by War in Society and Culture Program, Wisconsin Veterans Museum, UW-Madison Department of History. Gather in Room 309.
- [Veterans Day Observance in the Capitol Rotunda](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/veterans-day-observance-in-the-capitol-rotunda/) - Join in the state observance of Veterans Day in the Capitol Rotunda. Wisconsin Veterans Museum Director, Chris Kolakowski will deliver a keynote speech.
- ["The War to End All Wars - The Movie"](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/the-war-to-end-all-wars-the-movie/) - This event is SOLD OUT! Join us at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum for an unforgettable in-person event on Veterans Day with a free screening of "The War to End All Wars - The Movie" featuring the music of Sabaton. Get ready to immerse yourself in the gripping story of WWI and then join Wisconsin Veterans
- [Virtual Movie Night Discussion – War Machine (2017)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-movie-night-discussion-war-machine-2017/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of War Machine with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. Please RSVP to the event and you will receive the link to the event via email. Please add the event to your calendar. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum
- [Virtual Movie Night Discussion – A Midnight Clear (1992)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-movie-night-discussion-war-machine-2017-2/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of A Midnight Clear with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. Please RSVP to the event and you will receive the link to the event via email. Please add the event to your calendar. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum
- [Trivia Night December](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night-11-2/) - Join the Wisconsin Veterans Museum for our virtual Trivia Night and test your historical knowledge. Individuals and teams welcome. Please RSVP to the event and you will receive the link to the event via email. Please add the event to your calendar. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation.
- [Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night-11/) - Join the Wisconsin Veterans Museum for our virtual Trivia Night and test your historical knowledge. Individuals and teams welcome. Please RSVP to the event and you will receive the link to the event via email. Please add the event to your calendar. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation.
- [Daylight Cemetery Tours: Vietnam 50 Years Later](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/daylight-cemetery-tours-vietnam-50-years-later/) - “Talking Spirits Cemetery Tours: Vietnam 50 Years Later will bring viewers to understand how the Vietnam War changed the lives of Wisconsinites forever.
- [Candlelit Cemetery Tours: Vietnam: 50 Years Later](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/candlelit-cemetery-tours-vietnam-50-years-later/) - Cemetery Tours: Vietnam 50 Years Later will bring viewers to understand how the Vietnam War changed the lives of Wisconsinites forever.
- [Book Talk with George Kohn](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-george-kohn/) - Vector to Destiny: Journey of a Vietnam F-4 Fighter Pilot goes beyond the classic Vietnam war story to give you some insight into what it was like to grow up on a farm with a big dream. George's journey takes you from farm fields in Wisconsin to the skies over Vietnam in F-4 fighter jets.
- [Trivia Night with the Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night-with-the-museum/) - Join us for our virtual Trivia Night and test your historical knowledge. Individuals and teams welcome. Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/trivia-night-with-the-museum-registration-707961972317?aff=oddtdtcreator This event is suitable for all ages Event sponsored by The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation with support for the Foundation in memory of Pat Finley.
- [Drink & Draw](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/drink-draw/) - Gather your art supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. Register Here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/drink-draw-tickets-707935944467?aff=oddtdtcreator This event is suitable for all ages Event sponsored by The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation with support for the Foundation in memory of Pat Finley.
- [Mess Night at the Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/mess-night-at-the-museum/) - Lt Col. Sandwith will be speaking on topics of the arrival of the F-35s, and the big-picture perspective of the 115th Fighter Wing at Truax Filed in Madison.
- [VIRTUAL DRINK & DRAW AUGUST](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-august-3/) - Join us for our virtual Drink & Draw events as our Artist In-Residence, Yvette Pino, leads you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. So gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. This
- [19th Annual WVMF Golf Outing, Sponsored by WPS Health Solutions & U.S. Vet General Contracting LLC](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/19th-annual-wvmf-golf-outing/) - The 19th annual Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation golf outing, sponsored by WPS Health Solutions & U.S. Vet General Contracting LLC, is scheduled for Monday, July 10, 2023. The event will take place at the beautiful course at The Oaks Golf Course in Cottage Grove. Registration includes green fees, a cart with GPS, range balls, tee
- [Book Talk with Lisa Jaster- Delete the Adjective: A Soldier's Adventures in Ranger School](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-lisa-jaster-delete-the-adjective-a-soldiers-adventures-in-ranger-school/) - Lisa Jaster will talk about her book, Delete the Adjective: A Soldier's Adventures in Ranger School, which recounts her experiences as one of the first 3 women to graduate the United States Army Ranger program. REGISTER HERE This event is virtual, free, and suitable for all ages. Event sponsored by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation
- [MOVIE NIGHT VIRTUAL DISCUSSION- CATCH-22 (1970)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-catch-22-1970/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of the selected movie with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. REGISTER HERE For September, we will discuss the 1970 film Catch-22. Your mission is to watch the movie, which is available from most libraries or on streaming services
- [MOVIE NIGHT VIRTUAL DISCUSSION- GALLIPOLI (1981)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-gallipoli-1981/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of the selected movie with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. REGISTER HERE For August, we will discuss the 1981 film Gallipoli. Your mission is to watch the movie, which is available from most libraries or on streaming services
- [MOVIE NIGHT VIRTUAL DISCUSSION- BORN ON THE FOURTH OF JULY (1989)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-born-on-the-fourth-of-july-1989/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of the selected movie with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. REGISTER HERE For July, we will discuss the 1989 film Born on the Fourth of July. Your mission is to watch the movie, which is available from most
- [MOVIE NIGHT VIRTUAL DISCUSSION- FULL METAL JACKET (1987)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-full-metal-jacket-1987/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of the selected movie with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. REGISTER HERE For June, we will discuss the 1987 film Full Metal Jacket. Your mission is to watch the movie, which is available from most libraries or on
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TRIVIA NIGHT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-25/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TRIVIA NIGHT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-26/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [MOVIE NIGHT VIRTUAL DISCUSSION- THREE KINGS (1999)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-three-kings-1999/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of the selected movie with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. REGISTER HERE For June, we will discuss the 1999 film Three Kings. Your mission is to watch the movie, which is available from most libraries or on streaming
- [Book Talk with Sara DeLuca- Heavy Marching: The Civil War Letters of Lute Moseley, 22nd Wisconsin](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-sara-deluca-heavy-marching-the-civil-war-letters-of-lute-moseley-22nd-wisconsin/) - Sara will talk about her latest book, Heavy Marching: The Civil War Letters of Lute Moseley, 22nd Wisconsin, recently published by University of Wisconsin Press. She will also describe her journey of curating, transcribing, researching, footnoting and editing the wealth of material in Heavy Marching, which kept her well occupied for over two years. REGISTER
- [A Closer Look at Operation Allies Refuge & Operation Allies Welcome](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/a-closer-look-at-operation-allies-refuge-operation-allies-welcome/) - In the aftermath of the 2021 Kabul Airport (HKIA) evacuation, the U.S. Military set up processing bases in Italy, Germany, Spain, Qatar, UAE & Kuwait. The more than 80,000 evacuees were then transported to bases stateside (VA, TX, NM, WI, IN, NJ). Two remarkable Veterans – COL Jeff Patton & BG Dan Gabrielli – who
- [Mess Night- Vietnam 50 Years Later: An Evening with Mr. Phil Hall, Vietnam Veteran](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/mess-night-philip-hall/) - Mess Night at the Museum: April 20, 2023 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm 5:30- 6:15 – Happy Hour 6:15- 7:00 – Dinner 7:00- 8:00 – Presentation $50 MEMBERS | $58 NON-MEMBERS REGISTER HERE Please join us for our quarterly dinner series with guest Phil Hall, who will be discussing his experiences of being an infantryman
- [Book Talk with Dr. Mark Moyar- Triumph Regained: The Vietnam War, 1965-1968](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-dr-mark-moyar-triumph-regained-the-vietnam-war-1965-1968/) - Triumph Regained: The Vietnam War, 1965–1968 is the long-awaited sequel to the immensely influential Triumph Forsaken: The Vietnam War, 1954–1965. Like its predecessor, this book overturns the conventional wisdom using a treasure trove of new sources, many of them from the North Vietnamese side. REGISTER HERE This event is virtual, free, and suitable for all
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TRIVIA NIGHT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-24/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [VIRTUAL DRINK & DRAW JUNE](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-june-3/) - Join us for our virtual Drink & Draw events as our Artist In-Residence, Yvette Pino, leads you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. So gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. This
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TRIVIA NIGHT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-23/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [MOVIE NIGHT VIRTUAL DISCUSSION- TIGERLAND (2000)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-tigerland-2000/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of the selected movie with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. REGISTER HERE For April, we will discuss the 2000 film Tigerland. Your mission is to watch the movie, which is available from most libraries or on streaming services
- [Book Talk with David Fitzgerald- Militarization and the American Century](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-david-fitzgerald-militarization-and-the-american-century/) - Please join us as Dr. David Fitzgerald talks about his newest work, Militarization and the American Century, which offers an introduction to the history of militarization in the United States since 1940 by exploring the ways in which war and the preparation for war have shaped and affected the United States during 'The American Century.’
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TRIVIA NIGHT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-22/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [VIRTUAL DRINK & DRAW APRIL](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-april-3/) - Join us for our virtual Drink & Draw events as our Artist In-Residence, Yvette Pino, leads you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. So gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. This
- [Book Talk with Marv Truhe- Against All Tides: The Untold Story of the USS Kitty Hawk Race Riot](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-marv-truhe-against-all-tides-the-untold-story-of-the-uss-kitty-hawk-race-riot/) - Exacerbated by cramped quarters and exhaustion due to the stress of the Vietnam War, simmering racial tensions aboard the USS Kitty Hawk came to a violent confrontation in October 1972. Marv Truhe was a JAG lawyer who defended several of the sailors and relates what really happened in his gripping, first-person account. REGISTER HERE This
- [Book Talk with Megan Bever- At War With King Alcohol: Debating Drinking and Masculinity in The Civil War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-megan-bever-at-war-with-king-alcohol-debating-drinking-and-masculinity-in-the-civil-war/) - At War with King Alcohol explores the ways that Civil War soldiers used liquor and examines the societal debates that grew out of their uses. The study looks at liquor’s medicinal uses during the war, broadens out to soldiers’ drinking habits, and ultimately focuses on the ways that society tried to regulate liquor during the
- [Mess Night- Louise Endres Moore](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/mess-night-louise-endres-moore/) - Mess Night at the Museum: January 19, 2023 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm 5:30- 6:15 - Happy Hour 6:15- 7:00 - Dinner 7:00- 8:00 - Presentation $50 MEMBERS | $58 NON-MEMBERS | $40 STUDENTS (W/ID) REGISTER HERE Please join us for our quarterly dinner series with guest Louise Endres Moore. She will be speaking on
- [MOVIE NIGHT VIRTUAL DISCUSSION- HACKSAW RIDGE (2016)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-hacksaw-ridge-2016/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of the selected movie with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. REGISTER HERE For March, we will discuss the 2016 film Hacksaw Ridge. Your mission is to watch the movie, which is available from most libraries or on streaming
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TRIVIA NIGHT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-21/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [MOVIE NIGHT VIRTUAL DISCUSSION- FOXHOLE (2021)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-foxhole-2021/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of the selected movie with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. REGISTER HERE For February, we will discuss the 2021 film Foxhole. Your mission is to watch the movie, which is available from most libraries or on streaming services
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TRIVIA NIGHT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-20/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [VIRTUAL DRINK & DRAW FEBRUARY](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-february-3/) - Join us for our virtual Drink & Draw events as our Artist In-Residence, Yvette Pino, leads you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. So gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. This
- [MOVIE NIGHT VIRTUAL DISCUSSION- THE BEAST (1988)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-the-beast-1988/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For January, we will discuss the 1988
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TRIVIA NIGHT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-19/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [Book Talk with Gwen Strauss- The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-gwen-strauss-the-nine-the-true-story-of-a-band-of-women-who-survived-the-worst-of-nazi-germany/) - The Nine follows the true story of the author’s great aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp and made a ten-day journey across the front lines of WWII from Germany back to Paris. REGISTER HERE This program is free and suitable for
- [Book Talk with Dr. Alexander Bielakowski- Proud Warriors: African American Combat Units in World War II](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-dr-alexander-bielakowski-proud-warriors-african-american-combat-units-in-world-war-ii/) - University of Houston professor Alexander Bielakowski will discuss his latest work, which focuses on the role of African Americans during World War II and how they overcame adversity to form an integrated Armed Forces. REGISTER HERE This program is free and suitable for all ages. Event sponsored by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation with support
- [Convoy Speaker Series Featuring Vietnam Veteran Don Weber](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/convoy-speaker-series-featuring-vietnam-veteran-don-weber/) - The Convoy Speaker Series is designed to connect veterans among themselves and with the museum, connect a community, and educate people about veterans’ experiences and some great stories related to Wisconsin veterans. This is a traveling speaker series that is hosted in a new community across Wisconsin each year.
- [Veterans Day Observance at the Wisconsin State Capitol Building](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/veterans-day-observance-at-the-wisconsin-state-capitol-building/) - The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs joins the Madison Veterans Council to host the Veterans Day ceremony in the Wisconsin State Capitol.
- [Mess Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/mess-night/) - Join us for Mess Night with Gregory A. Daddis, speaking on his 2020 book, Pulp Vietnam : War and Gender in Cold War Men's Adventure Magazines.
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TRIVIA NIGHT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-17/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [MOVIE NIGHT VIRTUAL DISCUSSION- THE KILLING FIELDS (1984)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-the-killing-fields-1984/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a virtual discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For November, we will discuss the 1984 film
- [BOOK TALK WITH JOHN ARMBRUSTER- TAILSPIN](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-john-armbruster-tailspin/) - John Armbruster’s latest work tells the story of Gene Moran, a tail gunner in a B-17 that was shot in half with Moran’s half plummeting 4 miles to the ground. After surviving this fall, his story only gets more intense. REGISTER HERE This program is free and may not be suitable for all ages as
- [VIRTUAL DRINK & DRAW DECEMBER](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-december-2/) - Join us for our virtual Drink & Draw events as our Artist In-Residence, Yvette Pino, leads you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. So gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. This
- [MOVIE NIGHT VIRTUAL DISCUSSION- THE HURT LOCKER (2008)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-the-hurt-locker-2008/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For December, we will discuss the 2008
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TRIVIA NIGHT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-16/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [TALKING SPIRITS CEMETERY TOURS](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/talking-spirits-cemetery-tours-3/) - Nearly 160 years ago, the Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery in the Civil War South. Did you ever wonder how that event affected Wisconsin? Join the Wisconsin Veterans Museum for their annual Talking Spirits XXIV: Forest Hill Cemetery Tours to see, hear, and experience how this document changed the lives of future Madisonians and Wisconsinites. These
- [TALKING SPIRITS CEMETERY TOURS](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/talking-spirits-cemetery-tours-2/) - Nearly 160 years ago, the Emancipation Proclamation ended slavery in the Civil War South. Did you ever wonder how that event affected Wisconsin? Join the Wisconsin Veterans Museum for their annual Talking Spirits XXIV: Forest Hill Cemetery Tours to see, hear, and experience how this document changed the lives of future Madisonians and Wisconsinites. These
- [BOOK TALK WITH ALISON EFFORD- A GERMAN FEMINIST AND THE CIVIL WAR: THE PERSONAL AND POLITICAL LIFE OF MATHILDE FRANZISKA ANNEKE](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-alison-efford-a-german-feminist-and-the-civil-war-the-personal-and-political-life-of-mathilde-franziska-anneke/) - Marquette University professor Alison Efford will discuss her latest work, which focuses on the collection of letters of Mathilde Franziska Anneke who, after moving to the United States, became a noted proponent of woman suffrage, working with Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony. Like many other refugees of the German revolutions, Anneke was deeply
- [VIRTUAL DRINK & DRAW OCTOBER](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-october/) - Join us for our virtual Drink & Draw events as our Artist In-Residence, Yvette Pino, leads you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. So gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. This
- [MOVIE NIGHT VIRTUAL DISCUSSION- THE OUTPOST (2019)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-the-outpost-2019/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For October, we will discuss the 2019
- [WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TRIVIA NIGHT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-18/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [Book Talk with Michael Hankins - Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-michael-hankins-flying-camelot-the-f-15-the-f-16-and-the-weaponization-of-fighter-pilot-nostalgia/) - Michael Hankins will be joining us to talk about his newest work, Flying Camelot: The F-15, the F-16, and the Weaponization of Fighter Pilot Nostalgia, which explores the post-Vietnam era, when the US Air Force launched two new, state-of-the art fighter aircraft: the F-15 Eagle and the F-16 Fighting Falcon. REGISTER HERE This program is
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion- The Raid (1954)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-the-raid-1954/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For September, we will discuss the 1954
- [Virtual Drink & Draw September](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-september-2/) - Join us for our virtual Drink & Draw events as our Artist In-Residence, Yvette Pino, leads you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. So gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. This
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-15/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [Book Talk with Craig Whitlock - The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-craig-whitlock-the-afghanistan-papers-a-secret-history-of-the-war/) - Craig Whitlock will be joining us to talk about his newest work, The Afghanistan Papers: A Secret History of the War, which looks at how three successive presidents and their military commanders deceived the public year after year about America’s longest war, foreshadowing the Taliban’s recapture of Afghanistan. REGISTER HERE This program is free and
- [Book Talk with John McManus - Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-john-mcmanus-island-infernos-the-us-armys-pacific-war-odyssey-1944/) - John McManus will be joining us to talk about his newest work, Island Infernos: The US Army's Pacific War Odyssey, 1944, which explores the Army’s dogged pursuit of Japanese forces, island by island, throughout 1944, a year that would bring America ever closer to victory or defeat. REGISTER HERE This program is free and suitable
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion- Is Paris Burning? (1966)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-is-paris-burning-1966/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For August, we will discuss the 1966
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-14/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [Virtual Drink & Draw August](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-august-2/) - Join us for our virtual Drink & Draw events as our Artist In-Residence, Yvette Pino, leads you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. So gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. This
- [Book Talk with William Woolley - Creating the Modern Army: Citizen-Soldiers and the American Way of War, 1919-1939](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-william-woolley-creating-the-modern-army-citizen-soldiers-and-the-american-way-of-war-1919-1939/) - William Woolley will be joining us to talk about his newest work, Creating the Modern Army: Citizen-Soldiers and the American Way of War, 1919–1939, which looks at the creation and growth of the U.S. Army during the interwar years. REGISTER HERE This program is free and suitable for all ages. Event sponsored by The Wisconsin
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion- Pork Chop Hill (1959)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-pork-chop-hill-1959/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For July, we will discuss the 1959
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-13/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [Virtual Drink & Draw July](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-july-2/) - Join us for our virtual Drink & Draw events as our Artist In-Residence, Yvette Pino, leads you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. So gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. This
- [Book Talk with John W. Coe - Rear Admiral John G. Crommelin: Naval Hero, Conspiracy Theorist, White Supremacist](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-john-w-coe-rear-admiral-john-g-crommelin-naval-hero-conspiracy-theorist-white-supremacist/) - Please join the Wisconsin Veterans Museum in-person on June 8, 2022 at 12:00 pm as we welcome author and historian John W. Coe, who will be presenting his newest book, Rear Admiral John G. Crommelin: Naval Hero, Conspiracy Theorist, White Supremacist. This book talk will be held in the museum’s Education Center and is free
- [Mess Night: Cold War Wisconsin](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/mess-night-chris-sturdevant/) - Sorry, the event is SOLD OUT Join us for our April Mess Night featuring Chris Sturdevant as he talks about his 2018 book, Cold War Wisconsin. Chris is a U.S. Air Force veteran and chairman of the Midwest Chapter of the Cold War Museum in Washington, D.C. Each MESS NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM features a
- [Live from The Storefront: Veteran Artists Create](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/live-from-the-storefront-veterans-artists-create/) - Featuring the temporary exhibit, “Wisconsin Was There: Sharing the Legacies of Printmakers Who Served in the Military” and the evening’s program will be our Live from the Storefront Window Series. Guest artists will create and discuss their artwork from the museum’s storefront windows. Passers-by can observe and are welcomed into the museum to tour the
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion- Beneath Hill 60 (2010)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-beneath-hill-60-2010/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For June, we will discuss 2010's Beneath
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion- Men in War (1957)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-men-at-war-1957/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For April, we will discuss 1957’s Men
- [Walking with William:  a Workshop Connecting Veterans, Their Stories, and Our Community Through the Words of Shakespeare](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/walking-with-william-a-workshop-connecting-veterans-their-stories-and-our-community-through-the-words-of-shakespeare/) - Together with the Feast of Crispian organization, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum is hosting the event, “Walking with William: a Workshop Connecting Veterans, Their Stories, and Our Community Through the Words of Shakespeare.” Veterans and their families are invited to work with trained actors to explore and express their personal stories through the works of Shakespeare. Shakespeare’s
- [Artists Demonstrate Printmaking](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/artist-demonstrations/2022-03-18/) - View veteran artists Shawn Ganther, Ash Kyrie, Yvette Pino as they demonstrate printing techniques from the museum front window. Anchor Press, Paper & Print in Kenosha will bring a printing press on wheels and give a live demonstration. All ages welcome.
- [Artists Demonstrate Printmaking](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/artist-demonstrations/2022-03-19/) - View veteran artists Shawn Ganther, Ash Kyrie, Yvette Pino as they demonstrate printing techniques from the museum front window. Anchor Press, Paper & Print in Kenosha will bring a printing press on wheels and give a live demonstration. All ages welcome.
- [Artists Demonstrate Printmaking](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/artist-demonstrations/2022-03-16/) - View veteran artists Shawn Ganther, Ash Kyrie, Yvette Pino as they demonstrate printing techniques from the museum front window. Anchor Press, Paper & Print in Kenosha will bring a printing press on wheels and give a live demonstration. All ages welcome.
- [Artists Demonstrate Printmaking](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/artist-demonstrations/2022-03-17/) - View veteran artists Shawn Ganther, Ash Kyrie, Yvette Pino as they demonstrate printing techniques from the museum front window. Anchor Press, Paper & Print in Kenosha will bring a printing press on wheels and give a live demonstration. All ages welcome.
- [Curator Conversations with Kenneth Smith, Jr- The Long Shadow of the Cold War: Milwaukee's Civil Defense Program](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-with-kenneth-smith-jr-the-long-shadow-of-the-cold-war-milwaukees-civil-defense-program/) - Historian Kenneth Smith, Jr. will examine the history of the Civil Defense program and the impact the Cold War had on Milwaukee’s Civil Defense plan. REGISTER HERE This program is free, open to the public, and is suitable for all ages. Event sponsored by The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation with support for the Foundation from
- [Curator Conversations with Rick Wolf: The Legacy of Fritz Wolf](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-with-rick-wolf-the-legacy-of-fritz-wolf/) - Rick Wolf, son of Wisconsin native and WWII Ace Fritz Wolf, will talk about his father’s heroics during his time as one of the first “Flying Tigers,” Navy combat aviator, and his post-war life. REGISTER HERE This program is free, open to the public, and is suitable for all ages. Event sponsored by The Wisconsin
- [Virtual Drink & Draw May](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-may-2/) - Join us for our virtual Drink & Draw events as our Artist In-Residence, Yvette Pino, leads you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. So gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. This
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion- The Keeping Room (2014)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-the-keeping-room-2014/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For May, we will discuss 2014's The
- [Virtual Drink & Draw March](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-march-2/) - REGISTER HERE Live from the museum front windows join us for a special two-hour Drink & Draw. We will be recording live from our storefront in conjunction with the 2022 Southern Graphics International Printmaking Conference being held right here in Madison, Wisconsin. Using images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum (WVM) collection, WVM’s resident artist and
- [Book Talk with David Chrisinger- The Man Who Told America The Truth About D-Day: Ernie Pyle](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-david-chrisinger-the-man-who-told-america-the-truth-about-d-day-ernie-pyle/) - In June 1944, Ernie Pyle, a 43-year-old journalist from rural Indiana, was as ubiquitous in the everyday lives of millions of Americans as Walter Cronkite would be during the Vietnam War. And what Pyle witnessed on the Normandy coast triggered a sort of journalistic conversion for him: Soon his readers — a broad section of
- [Virtual Drink & Draw April](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-april-2/) - Join us for our virtual Drink & Draw events as our Artist In-Residence, Yvette Pino, leads you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. So gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. This
- [Book Talk with Laurence Desotell - The Captured, the Sick, and the Dead: Confederate Soldiers at Camp Randall](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-laurence-desotell-the-captured-the-sick-and-the-dead-confederate-soldiers-at-camp-randall/) - Twelve hundred Confederate soldiers, mostly from Alabama and Tennessee regiments, were captured in the late winter of 1862 and taken to a POW camp in Wisconsin. In a period of six weeks, 140 of them died and were buried far from their southern homes. What were the backgrounds of these men? What were the movements
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-12/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-11/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-10/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion - Free State of Jones (2016)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-free-state-of-jones-2016/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For March, we will discuss
- [Curator Conversations: The Spanish Civil War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-the-spanish-civil-war/) - In James Madison Park sits a small monument, one of four in the United States to the International Brigades that fought in the 1936-39 Spanish Civil War. It lists the names of over forty Wisconsinites who fought for the Spanish Republic in the conflict, many seeing their first action eighty-five years ago this February and
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-9/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [Book Talk with Diane Amato - All the News From Home: A World War II Story of Family, Loyalty, and Love](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-diane-amato-all-the-news-from-home-a-world-war-ii-story-of-family-loyalty-and-love/) - All The News From Home is based on 368 government issued V Mail letters sent to Joseph G Amato (George) while he was stationed in England as an embalmer for the United States Army during WWII. REGISTER HERE Event sponsored by The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation with support for the Foundation from Generac Power Systems.
- [African American Research: Strengthening and Connecting Families Through Genealogy](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/african-american-research-strengthening-and-connecting-families-through-genealogy/) - Join the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and President of the African American Genealogical Society of Milwaukee Patricia Glover-Howard, for a workshop focusing on African American genealogy. This program is suitable for children, youth, and adults. We will provide military, local, state, federal and national resources for the genealogical journey. Case studies, DNA and other examples will
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion- Shout at the Devil (1976)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-shout-at-the-devil-1976/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For February, we will look
- [Curator Conversations with Russ Horton- How Much Can A Human Being Endure? Shell Shock in World War I](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-with-russ-horton-how-much-can-a-human-being-endure-shell-shock-in-world-war-i/) - Reference Archivist Russ Horton will address the phenomenon of shell shock during World War I. This program may not be suitable for children under the age of 16. Event sponsored by The Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation with support for the Foundation from Generac Power Systems. REGISTER HERE
- [Virtual Drink & Draw February](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-february-2/) - Cold days, warm colors. Grab your colored pencils and draw images of the cold using warm tones. Join us for our virtual Drink & Draw events as our Artist In-Residence, Yvette Pino, leads you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. So gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage,
- [Virtual Drink & Draw January with Army Veteran Guest Artist: Amber Zora](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-january/) - Welcome to Sumi Ink Painting. Using an image from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection, guest artist Amber Zora will teach about Sumi Ink Painting and explore materials with essentials about paper, brushes, brush strokes, controlling water, and ways to use your brushes to the fullest abilities. You will look at the elements of composition and
- [Curator Conversations: Dissecting the Ukraine Conflict](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-dissecting-the-ukraine-conflict/) - You've heard about the conflict over Ukraine in the news lately. Join historians Chris Kolakowski and Kevin Hampton for a timely Curator Conversation to explore why this area is contentious, the history and geography of this region, and how these factors impact the headlines today. This is a virtual event that is free and suitable
- [Book Talk with Annette Grunseth- Combat and Campus: Writing Through War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-annette-grunseth-combat-and-campus-writing-through-war/) - Join us for a Book Talk with Annette Langlois Grunseth – Combat and Campus: Writing Through War An infantryman's riveting letters from Vietnam, preserved for fifty years by his family, share experiences of living the war that are honest, raw, and graphic. A journalist and soldier with the 25th Infantry Division, riding armored personnel carriers
- [Book Talk with Mark Trapp- A Destiny of Undying Greatness: Kiffin Rockwell and the Boys who Remembered Lafayette](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-mark-trapp-a-destiny-of-undying-greatness-kiffin-rockwell-and-the-boys-who-remembered-lafayette/) - A Destiny of Undying Greatness: Kiffin Rockwell and the Boys who Remembered Lafayette – A look at the boys who volunteered to fight in France while the U.S. sought neutrality. This event is free and suitable for all ages. Program funding made possible by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation through the generous support of Generac
- [Mess Night: Shayne Jarosz](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/mess-night-shayne-jarosz/) - Join us for our first Mess Night of 2022 featuring Shayne Jarosz, Special Events Coordinator at the Iwo Jima Association of America. Iwo Jima was returned to the nation of Japan in 1968, and the U.S. maintained an agreement that veterans or family would be able to visit Iwo Jima anytime they wanted to return.
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion- Female Agents (2008)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-female-agents-2008/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a virtual discussion of the selected movie with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. For January, we will look at 2008’s Female Agents. Following the story of a five-woman task force set to rescue a British geologist from a German hospital in
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-8/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-7/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [Curator Conversations- Road to War in the Pacific: The 80th Anniversary of the Attack at Pearl Harbor](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-road-to-war-in-the-pacific-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-attack-at-pearl-harbor/) - Enjoy a virtual talk with museum director Chris Kolakowski and curator Kevin Hampton. Kolakowski and Hampton will discuss the attack on Pearl Harbor 80 years later, Wisconsinites who were there, and the path to war in the Pacific. This event is free and suitable for all ages. Program funding made possible by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation through
- [Historic Self-Guided Walking Tour of Madison](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/historic-self-guided-walking-tour-of-madison/) - Get outside, go for a walk, and learn about the places in Madison connected to our state's rich military history. The “Madison's Every Place Has a Story Walking Tour” has 19 stops around the city and was created by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff. Along the tour you can read the about the historic stops,
- [Veterans Day Ceremony at the State Capitol](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/veterans-day-ceremony-at-the-state-capitol/) - We're honored to announce that Wisconsin Veterans Museum Director Christopher Kolakowski will be speaking at a 10am Veterans Day ceremony at the State Capitol. Join us if you can. If you cannot, click here to view the live stream of the ceremony.
- [Talking Spirits Cemetery Tours: Wisconsin Women at War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/talking-spirits-cemetery-tours-wisconsin-women-at-war/) - Cemetery Tours are back for 2021. Wisconsin Women at War this the theme this year.
- [Book Talk with Dr. John W. Coe (WI Book Festival event)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-dr-john-w-coe-wi-book-festival-event/) - This book is based on a large collection of materials donated to the National Museum of Naval Aviation in Pensacola, Florida. They reveal, among other things, a highly regarded naval officer who sacrificed his career by releasing classified documents to the press and by chasing non-existent conspiracies, pursuits that eventually cost him his career.
- [Virtual Drink & Draw December](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-december/) - Join us for our virtual Drink & Draw events as our Artist In-Residence is joined by talented guest artists who lead you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. So gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion - All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-all-quiet-on-the-western-front-1930/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For November, we will be
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion - Jarhead (2005)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-jarhead-2005/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For December, we will look
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-6/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [Mess Night: Joseph Tachovsky](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/mess-night-joseph-tachovsky/) - Please join us for the return of our quarterly ‘Mess Night’ series to the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. This event features our popular dinner and lecture, presented by author Joseph Tachovsky. Mr. Tachovsky will be speaking about the formation of a specialized group of Marines and their preparations for the assault on Saipan. Author Joseph Tachovsky
- [Book Talk with Dr. Teasel Muir-Harmony - Operation Moonglow: A Political History of Project Apollo](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-dr-teasel-muir-harmony-operation-moonglow-a-political-history-of-project-apollo/) - On July 20th, 1969, over half the world’s population witnessed Neil Armstrong’s first step on the Moon. While often remembered as a scientific and technological feat, the ambitions of the Apollo program aimed far beyond the Moon. Through spaceflight, America sought to win hearts and minds, foster alliances, and shape the political trajectories of newly
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-3/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [Book Talk with Robin Williams- The Last Romantic War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-robin-williams-the-last-romantic-war/) - Reading like a historical novel, this dramatic love story, writ large against the backdrop of World War II, moves colorfully from college dance floors to the training grounds at Ft. Benning and then around the world to the Japanese-held jungles of Burma. Bo Traywick, a dashing Army officer, and Flo Neher, a popular coed, face
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-4/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and fun
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion - Mr. Roberts (1955)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-mr-roberts-1955/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. REGISTER HERE Mr. Roberts will
- [Book Talk with Dr. Brian Jordan- A Thousand May Fall: Life, Death, and Survival in the Union Army](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-with-dr-brian-jordan-a-thousand-may-fall-life-death-and-survival-in-the-union-army/) - How did ordinary soldiers navigate the extremes of war? How did they make sense of their service and sacrifices? These are the questions at the heart of Brian Matthew Jordan's A Thousand May Fall, an intimate chronicle of the Civil War from the common soldier's perspective. At the heart of the tale is the 107th
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-5/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [Historian How To: Cataloging Oral Histories Using OCLC](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/historian-how-to-cataloging-oral-histories-using-oclc/) - The purpose of this quick class is to teach the student how to use the Online Computer Library Catalog (OCLC) for cataloging oral histories on WorldCat.Org. The content covers using navigating and creating bibliographic and local holdings records for oral histories using constant data records and manual data entry. Topics include Library of Congress Subject
- [Virtual Drink & Draw September](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-september/) - Join us for our virtual Drink & Draw events as our Artist In-Residence is joined by talented guest artists who lead you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. So gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together
- [Curator Conversations- September 11, 2001: Two Decades Beyond](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-september-11-2001-two-decades-beyond/) - The terrorist attacks on 9/11 ushered in a new era of conflict with a surprise and impact reminiscent of Pearl Harbor in 1941. WVM’s Director Chris Kolakowski and Curator of History Kevin Hampton will discuss the events of that day and their after effects. REGISTER HERE This event is suitable for all ages. Program funding made
- [Mess Night: Wisconsin at Chickamauga with Dave Powell](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/mess-night-wisconsin-at-chickamauga-with-dave-powell/) - Please join us for the return of our quarterly ‘Mess Night’ series to the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. This event features our popular dinner and lecture, presented by author and Civil War historian David Powell. Mr. Powell will be speaking about Wisconsin soldiers and the impact they had on the battle of Chickamauga. Two brigade commanders
- [Curator Conversations- The Greatest Allied Fighters of WWII's European Air War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-the-greatest-allied-fighters-of-wwiis-european-air-war/) - Of all the fighter planes fielded by the Western Allies over Europe in World War II, which one has the greatest impact? Join Museum Director Chris Kolakowski, Curator of Exhibits Greg Krueger, and Curator of History Kevin Hampton for a panel discussion and consideration of two nominees: the RAF’s Spitfire and the USAAF’s P-51. This
- [Special Lecture with Francis Gary Powers, Jr.](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/special-lecture-with-gary-francis-powers-jr/) - Learn about Cold War espionage from the son of a U-2 spy plane pilot shot down over the USSR in 1960.
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [Virtual Drink & Draw August](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-august/) - Join us for our virtual Drink & Draw events as our Artist In-Residence is joined by talented guest artists who lead you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. So gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together
- [Wisconsin Veterans Museum Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-veterans-museum-trivia-night-2/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion - Zero Dark Thirty (2012)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-zero-dark-thirty-2012/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For September, we will look
- [Curator Conversations- The Admirals Wept: Billy Mitchell and the Atlantic Bombing Tests of 1921](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-the-admirals-wept-billy-mitchell-and-the-atlantic-bombing-tests-of-1921/) - In the summer of 1921, a group of fliers led by Wisconsin’s Billy Mitchell proved in a series of tests that warships could be sunk solely from the air. This development influenced many developments up to and including World War II and beyond. WVM’s Chris Kolakowski and Kevin Hampton will explore the tests, their impact, and their
- [Generations: Healing and The Music of War - Vietnam to Today - a discussion and pre-program concert](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/generations-healing-and-the-music-of-war-vietnam-to-today-a-discussion-and-pre-program-concert/) - The concert and panel discussion are free and suitable for all ages. 5:15 - 6 pm : Concert at the top of State Street. Open to the public, bring your own seating. 6:30 - 8:00 pm : Panel Discussion with the musicians. Please register in advance on Eventbrite due to limited seating at the museum.
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion- Fury (2014)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-fury-2014-2/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. June brings us into tank combat
- [Book Talk - The Party Dolls: The True, Tragic Story of Two Americans' Attempted Escape from a 1969 Hanoi POW Camp (Independently Published, 2021)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-the-party-dolls-the-true-tragic-story-of-two-americans-attempted-escape-from-a-1969-hanoi-pow-camp-independently-published-2021/) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum welcomes George Hayward to introduce his newest work, The Party Dolls. This story of escape from a Hanoi prisoner of war camp details the horrors of being a POW in Vietnam and the often tragic consequences faced by those who try to escape. George will talk about this book, the research
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion - Paths of Glory (1957)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-paths-of-glory-1957/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. Paths of Glory will be
- [Virtual Drink & Draw July](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-july/) - Join us for our virtual Drink & Draw events as our Artist In-Residence is joined by talented guest artists who lead you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. So gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together
- [Book Talk - Such Anxious Hours: Wisconsin Women's Voices from the Civil War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/book-talk-such-anxious-hours-wisconsin-womens-voices-from-the-civil-war/) - The Wisconsin Veterans Museum welcomes Jo Ann Carr to talk about her 2019 work Such Anxious Hours, which details the letters and diaries of Wisconsin women who took care of the homes, farmsteads, and families while their spouses were off fighting during the Civil War. Jo Ann will highlight the lives of 3 women during
- [WVMF Convoy Speaker Series Featuring Former SSG Eric Maddox](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wvmf-convoy-speaker-series-in-richfield-wi/) - Join us on Sunday, June 27th, 2021 for this year's Convoy Speaker Series fundraiser at Terrace 167 in Richfield, WI. The event will feature keynote speaker former Staff Sergeant Eric Maddox. SSG Maddox was the interrogator attached to a Delta Force Team in Tikrit, who gathered the intelligence that led to the capture of Saddam Hussein. He
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion - The Last Full Measure (2019)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-fury-2014/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For July, we will be
- [Curator Conversations - While You Were Away: Refreshing the Exhibit Galleries](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-while-you-were-away-refreshing-the-exhibit-galleries/) - While the Wisconsin Veterans Museum has been closed, the staff have reimagined the permanent exhibit presentation and refreshed some of the stories that are being told there. Join Chris Kolakowski, WVM Director, and Kevin Hampton, WVM Curator of History, as they discuss the project and share some of the new stories that will be on display
- [Virtual Drink & Draw: Mixed-Media Sketchbooks with special guest artist M.B. Dallocchio](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-june/) - Brief Description: We are thrilled to announce M.B. Dallocchio as our guest artist for the June 2021 Drink & Draw. Grab your drawing supplies and your sketchbook to learn how to create a mixed-media sketch book. This month’s format will be a little different because we will be showing M.B.’s pre-recorded workshop so you may
- [Curator Conversations - Tracing Private Ryan: World War II Genealogy](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-tracing-private-ryan-world-war-ii-genealogy/) - Are you interested in filling in the stories of your ancestors who are World War II veterans? Have you been trying but you’ve run into roadblocks? Let Wisconsin Veterans Museum Reference Archivist, Russ Horton help. Privacy laws, federal records destroyed in a fire, and a plethora of acronyms and military jargon can all combine to make
- [Curator Conversations - Akira Toki and the Purple Heart Battalion](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-akira-toki-and-the-purple-heart-battalion/) - Tune in to this Curator Conversations and be inspired by the bravery of Japanese-Americans who served in the United States military during World War II. Many of the 20,000 Japanese-Americans who served, including a Madison, Wisconsin native named Akira Toki, did so as part of the 442nd Regimental Combat team. This unit was made up predominantly of Japanese-Americans who fought Nazis, prejudice, and questions about their loyalty. These brave
- [June Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/june-trivia-night/) - Have fun testing your historical knowledge and join us for virtual trivia night. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head-to-head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and fun facts. For
- [May Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/may-trivia-night/) - Have fun testing your historical knowledge and join us for virtual trivia night. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head-to-head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and fun facts. For
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion - The Sand Pebbles (1966)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-the-sand-pebbles-1966/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. The Sand Pebbles will be
- [Movie Night Virtual Discussion - The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-virtual-discussion-the-bridge-on-the-river-kwai-1957/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair and join us for a Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together yet, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. Our film for April is the
- [Virtual Drink & Draw May](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-may/) - Join us for our virtual Drink & Draw events as we lead you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. Gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. This event is free of charge and open
- [Virtual Drink & Draw April](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-april/) - Join us for our virtual Drink & Draw events as we lead you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. Gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. This event is free of charge and open to
- [April Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night-10/) - Have fun testing your historical knowledge and join us for virtual trivia night. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head-to-head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and fun
- [Women in Aerospace: Stories from the Smithsonian Collection](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/women-in-aerospace-stories-from-the-smithsonian-collection/) - As a Smithsonian Affiliate, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum is proud to share this program with you. Dr. Margaret Weitekamp has researched and written on how a groundswell of support helped create a Lego set representing women’s contributions to aerospace. Join us for a discussion of how women have worked from the very beginning of aviation
- [Mess Night: Combat & Trust with Adam Holton](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/mess-night-combat-trust-with-adam-holton/) - Join us via ZOOM for a discussion with Adam Holton, former Commanding Officer of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines. In 2004 Holton took Madison-based Golf Company to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Holton arrived a few months after the situation in Iraq had turned into full-scale insurgency. Challenged with a mission in
- [How to Index Oral Histories Using the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/how-to-index-oral-histories-using-the-oral-history-metadata-synchronizer-ohms/) - This beginner-level workshop will focus on using the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS) for quickly providing access to oral histories utilizing the index function. The class explains the general purpose and uses of OHMS. This course will teach the user how to request access, set up initial metadata records, index oral histories (audio/video), and assign
- [Curator Conversation: The 30th Anniversary of Operation Desert Storm](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversation-the-30th-anniversary-of-operation-desert-storm/) - On this 30th anniversary, join director Chris Kolakowski and curator of history Kevin Hampton for a special Curator Conversations as they explore the strategies and Wisconsin stories of the 42-day air campaign and the 100-hour land war. Thirty years ago, on February 24, 1991, the final phase of Operation Desert Storm began with the launch
- [Virtual Drink & Draw February](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-february/) - Draw with inspiration from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Collection.
- [Workshop: How to Use PastPerfect 5.0 for Cataloging Oral Histories](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/workshop-how-to-use-past-perfect-5-0-for-cataloging-oral-histories/) - Wisconsin Veterans Museum Oral Historian Luke Sprague teaches a course on how to use PastPerfect 5.0 for cataloging oral histories. REGISTER HERE
- [Mess Night - The 32nd ‘Red Arrow’ Division](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/mess-night-the-32nd-red-arrow-division/) - In this lecture, World War I historian Dr. Edward Lengel looks at the exploits of the Red Arrow Division in World War I, emphasizing what the war was like from the perspective of the men who fought it. The 32nd ‘Red Arrow’ Division, based on the Wisconsin and Michigan National Guard, was one of the
- [Movie Night and Virtual Discussion – Platoon (1986)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-and-virtual-discussion-platoon-1986/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. With Vietnam Veterans Day right
- [Virtual Drink & Draw January](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw/) - Draw with inspiration from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Collection.
- [“I was Anxious to Go”: Women and the Military](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/i-was-anxious-to-go-women-and-the-military/) - Join a discussion of women veterans in service as taken from their personal letters, diaries, and reminiscences, and what service meant to them at the time and later in their lives. Jennifer Van Haaften, assistant director, and Brittany Strobel, processing archivist, will share these stories from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum archives. REGISTER HERE
- [Curator Conversations WARdrobe: Examining the Military Service Uniform for Women](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-wardrobe-examining-the-military-service-uniform-for-women/) - From ill-fitting compromises to designer couture, the quest for uniformity with male counterparts has been almost as great of a struggle as the desire for women to serve. The museum staff will discuss the military uniform designs and regulations for women in service from WWI to present and they will examine the strengths and weakness
- [Movie Night and Virtual Discussion – A Soldier’s Story](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-and-virtual-discussion-a-soldiers-story/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. In honor of African-American History
- [Movie Night and Virtual Discussion – Dr. Strangelove](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-and-virtual-discussion-dr-strangelove/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For our first Movie Night
- [Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night-9/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge.
- [Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night-8/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players. This free event will be based on 3 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics such as: history, pop culture, names and places, events, and
- [Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night-7/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge.
- [Virtual Drink & Draw March](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-march/) - Brief Description: Draw with inspiration from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Collection.
- [Virtual Drink & Draw: Holiday Greetings](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-holiday-greetings/) - It looks like we will all be staying home this year for the Holiday Season so what better way to share festive tidings of cheer than to create some homemade greetings? Join us for a special Holiday Drink & Draw where we will sip eggnog and make things merry and bright. At the end of the
- [Curator Conversations: Deployed for the Holidays](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-deployed-for-the-holidays/) - While it’s true that “there’s no place like home for the holidays,” those on military deployments don’t always get to experience that enjoyment for the holiday season. For some, the holidays are like any other day on deployment, while others are able to find some sense of normalcy amidst whatever traditions they can keep while
- [Curator Conversations: Rock Force, a Book by Kevin Maurer](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-rock-force-a-book-by-kevin-maurer/) - Tune in for a Curator Conversation with award-winning journalist and bestselling author Kevin Maurer. He’ll be talking about his latest book, Rock Force, a play-by-play of the ten days it took for U.S. troops to win back Corregidor. The story transports readers back to the heady days of WWII and into the fire with a
- [Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night-6/) - Join us for our virtual trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players from around the state. This free event will be based on 4 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics associated with Wisconsin military history, to
- [Movie Night and Virtual Discussion – Joyeux Noel (2005)](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-and-virtual-discussion-joyeux-noel-2005/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair. This month we’re discussing the 2005 film, Joyeux Noel. This holiday favorite recounts the extraordinary events of Christmas Day, 1914, when the guns fell silent and two armies met in no-man's land to share gifts, sing songs, and take time to recognize brotherhood during Christmas.
- [Movie Night: 1917](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-1917/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For this virtual discussion, we
- [TALKING SPIRITS CEMETERY TOURS](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/talking-spirits-cemetery-tours/) - CEMETERY TOURS GO 360 THIS YEAR Because we want to keep everyone safe and healthy during the pandemic, we will not be presenting in-person cemetery tours this year. While we agree that this change is a disappointment, the museum staff will present Talking Spirits Cemetery Tours: Myths and Realities through a 360-degree virtual tour of
- [Vietnam: The Indochina Wars, 1945-1975](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/20051/) - What we know today as "the Vietnam War" was actually part of a broader series of conflicts over three decades that emerged in French Indochina after World War II. Increasing United States involvement over the years culminated in a major war from 1965 to 1973 - the effects of which are still felt today. Join
- [Army Aviation in Vietnam: Flying for an Assault Helicopter Company](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/army-aviation-in-vietnam-flying-for-an-assault-helicopter-company/) - Join Vietnam Huey pilot Mr. Richard Berry as he discusses his experiences during the Vietnam War. Mr. Berry will use the numerous photos he took during his tour and data from his flight records to describe 1st Cavalry Division airmobile operations and air assault tactics employed during the Vietnam War. This presentation will not only
- [CURATOR CONVERSATIONS: THE LIFE OF A COLLECTION](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-the-life-of-a-collection/) - Have you ever wondered about the inner workings of a museum? You can find out during this session with staff from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Archivists Brittany Strobel and Russ Horton, and oral historian Luke Sprague will share how collections are received, assessed, documented, cataloged, and accessed. The staff also will answer any questions you have; submit them via email at visitor.curator@dva.wisconsin.gov or during
- [VIRTUAL DRINK AND DRAW: UPSIDE DOWN DRAWING](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-and-draw-upside-down-drawing/) - The world is turned upside down so let's draw it that way! Drawing upside-down is an easy exercise to help you develop your ability to recognize shapes and lines in a picture. Here’s your opportunity to be an “artist-in- residence” at our virtual Drink and Draw. We will lead you through a delightful drawing experience
- [Curator Conversations - Finding Those Who Served: Military Genealogy at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-finding-those-who-served-military-genealogy-at-the-wisconsin-veterans-museum/) - Join the Archives Department at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and find out how WVM can help you learn more about the veterans in your family tree. This is a free virtual panel discussion presented by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation via Zoom. REGISTER
- [MOVIE NIGHT: APOCALYPSE NOW](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-apocalypse-now/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For this virtual discussion, we
- [VIRTUAL MESS NIGHT: HONORING THE HO-CHUNK WARRIOR](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-mess-night-honoring-the-ho-chunk-warrior/) - Please join us for our first Virtual Mess Night on November 19, 2020 at 7:00 pm. While we can’t all get together for a fantastic meal yet, we can welcome Professor Tom Jones from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Professor Jones will be speaking about his experiences with the Memorial Day celebrations of Ho-Chunk Veterans, a
- [Wisconsin African Americans in the Civil War](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/wisconsin-african-americans-in-the-civil-war/) - Join us for a special Curator Conversation: Make Way for Liberty—A Conversation about Wisconsin African Americans in the Civil War with ‘Make Way for Liberty’ author Jeffrey Kannel and Wisconsin Veteran Museum staff Kevin Hampton, curator of history, Christopher Kolakowski, museum director, and museum board member Nathaniel T. Millsap, Jr, USN Ret. The event is
- [Curator Conversations - Playing War: The Evolution of Military Toys in American Childhood](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-playing-war-the-evolution-of-military-toys-in-american-childhood/) - Join Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff Greg Lawson and Mike Olson for an erudite discussion about the evolution of military toys in the American childhood from the tin soldiers of the 19th Century to the video games of the present. How military toys have affected the play of children, and how the play of children has
- [DRINK AND DRAW](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/drink-and-draw/) - Grab your pens, pencils and paper, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum is giving you a lesson in drawing cartoons. Hannah Sandvold, will lead you through a delightful cartooning experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. Gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together
- [MOVIE NIGHT: SAVING PRIVATE RYAN](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-saving-private-ryan/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor, and horrors of combat. For our fourth virtual discussion,
- [CURATOR CONVERSATIONS- A WORLD GREATLY CHANGED: THE LEGACY OF WWII](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-a-world-greatly-changed-the-legacy-of-wwii/) - In 1944 the U.S. Joint Chiefs predicted "a world greatly changed" by Allied victory. World War II left a towering legacy on the world, one still relevant and apparent 75 years after the guns fell silent in 1945. This conversation will explore the war's impact on the world and its people over the past 75
- [TRIVIA NIGHT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night-5/) - Join us Tuesday, November 17th for Trivia Night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players from around the state. This free event will be based on 4 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics associated with Wisconsin military history,
- [TRIVIA NIGHT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night-3/) - Join us Tuesday, September 15th for Trivia Night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players from around the state. This free event will be based on 4 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics associated with Wisconsin military history,
- [TRIVIA NIGHT](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night-4/) - Join us Tuesday, October 20th for Trivia Night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players from around the state. This free event will be based on 4 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics associated with Wisconsin military history,
- [VIRTUAL DRINK & DRAW](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-aug-14-2020/) - Our artist-in-residence, Yvette Pino, will lead you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. Gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. This event is free of charge and open to anyone who registers.
- [Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night-2/) - Join us for trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players from around the state. This free event will be based on 4 rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics associated with Wisconsin military history, to include: history,
- [Movie Night and Discussion: Glory](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-and-discussion-glory/) - Grab some popcorn and a seat in your favorite chair, and join us for a Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share discussion on major motion pictures that deal with the hardships, humor and horrors of combat. For our third virtual discussion,
- [Curator Conversations: End of WWII](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-end-of-wwii/) - Join Wisconsin Veterans Museum Director Chris Kolakowski and Curator of History Kevin Hampton for a discussion of the end of World War II. The staff will share stories of Wisconsin Veterans involved in the earth-shattering end of the war in the Pacific and examine how those events still matter today. This event is free and
- [Curator Conversations: The Korean War Armistice](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-the-korean-war-armistice/) - Spend your lunch hour with Wisconsin Veterans Museum Director Chris Kolakowski and Oral Historian (and U.S. Army veteran) Luke Sprague as they discuss The Korean War armistice. The Armistice was signed July 27, 1953. However, peace remains elusive in Korea and the war is technically not over. This discussion will cover the war, its aftermath,
- [Curator Conversations: Behind the Scenes of The Art of Harold F‭. ‬Schmitz Exhibition](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/curator-conversations-behind-the-scenes-of-the-art-of-harold-f‭-‬schmitz-exhibition/) - Spend your lunch hour with Wisconsin Veterans Museum staff, Yvette Pino and Brittany Strobel, as they discuss their curatorial process for the making of‭ "‬In My Spare Moments‭: ‬The Art of Harold F‭. ‬Schmitz‭." ‬Learn behind-the-scenes stories about the research and planning that went into the exhibit.‬ ‬‬‬‬‬ This is a free virtual event you
- [Movie Night: Tora! Tora! Tora!](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/movie-night-tora-tora-tora/) - REGISTER HERE It’s time again to grab your favorite snack and drink as we press play on the second installment of our summer Movie Night and Virtual Discussion with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Staff. While we can’t all be together, we can share, discuss, and enjoy our favorite major motion pictures that deal with the
- [Trivia Night](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/trivia-night/) - Join us for trivia night and test your historical knowledge. Sign up as individuals or as a team and go head to head with other players from around the state. This free event will be based on four rounds of trivia, with each round focusing on topics associated with Wisconsin military history, to include: history,
- [VIRTUAL DRINK & DRAW: JUL 10](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/event/virtual-drink-draw-jul-10-2020-07-17/2020-07-10/) - Our artist-in-residence, Yvette Pino, will lead you through a delightful drawing experience inspired by images from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum collection. Gather your supplies, pour yourself a beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. This event is free of charge and open to anyone who registers.

## Galleries

- [USS COLE Nieto](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/uss-cole-nieto/)
- [Arthur S. Frank Collection](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/arthur-s-frank-collection/)
- [Charles E. Post Collection](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/charles-e-post-collection/)
- [19th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/19th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/)
- [17th Wisconsin Infantry Regiment](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/17th-wisconsin-infantry-regiment/)
- [1st Wisconsin Cavalry](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/1st-wisconsin-cavalry/)
- [Milwaukee Soldiers Home](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/milwaukee-soldiers-home/)
- [Blog - Pearl Harbor](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/pearl-harbor-images/)
- [Nose Art](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/nose-art/)
- [Exhibit - I am Not Invisible](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/exhibit-i-am-not-invisible/)
- [Exhibit - Beyond the Trenches](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/exhibit-beyond-the-trenches/)
- [Exhibit - WI Remembers](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/exhibit-wi-remembers/)
- [Exhibit - Working Warriors](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/exhibit-working-warriors/)
- [Exhibit - Fur / Feathers](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/exhibit-fur-feathers/)
- [John Winner-2](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/john-winner-2/)
- [John Winner](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/john-winner/)
- [Jerry Paul Letter](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/jerry-paul-letter/)
- [Navigation Symbols](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/navigation-symbols/)
- [Navigation](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/navigation/)
- [Evolution of Absentee Voting](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/evolution-of-absentee-voting/)
- [Hiroshima Images from George W. Fox, Jr](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/hiroshima-images-from-george-w-fox-jr/)
- [Test](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/test/)
- [EVERY VETERAN IS A STORY](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/bwg_gallery/every-veteran-is-a-story/)

## Gallery Share

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## Series

- [Talking Spirits Cemetery Tours - Candlelit and Daytime Tours](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/series/talking-spirits-cemetery-tours-candlelit-and-daytime-tours/)
- [Artists Demonstrate Printmaking](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/series/artists-demonstrate-printmaking/)
- [VIRTUAL DRINK & DRAW: JUL 10](https://wvm2025audit.mhwebstaging.com/series/virtual-drink-draw-jul-10/)

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