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...tour. Pan and click on the red arrow to move backward. To pan: click, hold, and drag your mouse. If you would like to make the tour image fill your...

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DECEMBER 2020 VIRTUAL! DRINK & DRAW

...to join the event after you register. + Seas Greeting 08Sklansky WVM626 + Dobretzberger Santa inside (WVM Mss 402)Bette Dietz MSS 2006.597 + Seas Greeting 04Harry Loeb Mss 2009.18 +...

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Virtual Drink & Draw: Holiday Greetings

...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 night we will offer...

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Curator Conversations – Tracing Private Ryan: World War II Genealogy

...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 researching a World War...

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Wisconsin Veterans Remember the Holocaust

...heinous acts to go unremembered. Though deeply troubling, it is necessary to document, preserve, curate, and make these resources available to the public. At the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, we have...

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WVMF Convoy Speaker Series Featuring Former SSG Eric Maddox

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...

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Honoring Hmong Veterans of Wisconsin

...also dropped off water. We kept these in our bags. Sometimes we'd just pour water over the rice, to make it soft, right? Then we'd just eat that up to...

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WORKING WARRIORS: MILITARY LIFE BEYOND COMBAT

WORKING WARRIORS: MILITARY LIFE BEYOND COMBAT The Working Warriors: Military Life Beyond Combat traveling exhibit features the almost 75% of military work that is considered non-combat. These roles rarely make...

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Two Generations of Wisconsin Veterans

Mary Slisz-Chucka (left) and Todd Haskell (right) (WVM.OH2193, WVM.OH2195) At the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, we document, preserve, and make available the stories of Wisconsin veterans and their families. As a...

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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...

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