WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM HOSTS “THE LIFE OF A SCOUT SNIPER IN IRAQ” PRESENTATION
...in 2004, before Chris Kyle of American Sniper fame. His presentation will include a first-hand account of his experiences in “The Most Dangerous City,” leading up to the events depicted...
WISCONSIN HISTORY TOUR ALONG WITH THE WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM CELEBRATES VETERANS DAY
...said Ellsworth Brown, the Ruth and Hartley Barker Director of the Wisconsin Historical Society. “ “Wisconsin veterans have a storied history of service to our great nation,” said WDVA Secretary...
FAMED BALD EAGLE MASCOT “OLD ABE” CONFIRMED AS MALE DNA TESTING OF MASCOTS FEATHERS ANSWERS 150 YEAR OLD DEBATE
...behind an American icon that continues to this day. In March of this year, members of the UW-Madison Molecular Archaeology Group collected samples from four of Old Abe’s feathers that...
MOST SIGNIFICANT CIVIL WAR ACQUISITION YET FOR WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM
...other regimental baggage during the war. Three years later, Company B returned home with its ranks decimated from the war, having seen some of the bloodiest conflicts, including Bull Run,...
The La Crosse Light Guard Flag
...of La Crosse’s American Legion Post 52, the Light Guard’s flag has once again returned to Madison 156 years later. The seal painted on the reverse makes this one of...
WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM KICKS OFF 2014 WITH NEW EVENTS AND SPEAKERS
...Tuesday, March 11, 2014 – 7pm (Exhibit runs now through June 1, 2014) WHERE: Neville Public Museum, 210 Museum Place, Green Bay, WI Not at Ease: A Veteran Print Project,...
2011 Fall Programs at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum
...30, 2011 at Noon Topic: “The American Civil War in the West: An Archaeological Perspective” A Lecture and Discussion Location: Wisconsin Veterans Museum, 30 West Mifflin Street, Madison Speaker: Douglas...
Elizabeth O’Hara Baehr
...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 it is like…,” Elizabeth O’Hara...
Victory in Europe, 1945
...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...
What’s It All For? a Reflection on Empathy and Our National Discourse
...nation we live in today. The idea of examining American history has been on the minds of many Americans these past several months; not in the form of a passive...