Wisconsin Veterans Museum and W. Britain’s Military Miniature Company Team-Up to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War
...from the famed Iron Brigade. Saturday, May 7th, the American Civil War Day event is full of exciting activities at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum on the Capitol Square. The event...
A Son’s Service
...Two scrapbook pages later, Ella included a telegram from Russell assuring her that he had arrived safely in England. Soon after, reprinted letters from Russell to Ella begin to appear...
Part II: Okinawa: The Battle Builds
...Army was ashore and advancing on all fronts. “All units are doing splendidly,” recorded General Buckner. But the lull of the last few days would end rudely on this day,...
Movie Night: Tora! Tora! Tora!
...Tora, Tora is a dramatic retelling of the attack on Pearl Harbor that looks at the days leading up to the event from both the American and Japanese perspective. Your...
19th Annual WVMF Golf Outing, Sponsored by WPS Health Solutions & U.S. Vet General Contracting LLC
...& Hero Sponsors: Westside American Legion, Post 151 – Madison Lewis B. Harned, M.D. Michael Ely Jim & Jodi Barnett In Loving Memory of Donald Heiliger *We are still seeking...
VIRTUAL MESS NIGHT: HONORING THE HO-CHUNK WARRIOR
...involved with since 1998. Professor Jones is a Ho-Chunk member and his specialty lies in the photographic documenting of Native American Warriors, which he connects to their pride in home,...
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...
Fall Event Schedule Announced
...at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, with Russell Horton, research archivist November 10, 7-8PM Make Way for Liberty—A Conversation about Wisconsin African Americans in the Civil War with author Jeffrey Kannel...
Evolution of Absentee Voting from the Civil War to WWII
By Russell Horton Reference Archivist Wilbur Berget, a farmer from Gratiot, served in the 12th Armored Division in France in November 1944 and voted absentee. Read below part of his...