Souvenirs of Service

...to make it into an evening gown for herself - she did and it is stunning. A WWII fighter pilot from Janesville credits his never being shot down during his...

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Souvenirs of Service Exhibit Opens 11/5

... 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 that Wisconsinites...

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Media Preview of New Exhibit Souvenirs of Service

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...

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Museum Staff Draws Out Creative Veteran Voice for Award-Winning Soldiers Home Renovation

...these images and saved a list of what she calls “unintentional art.” These selections include improperly cropped photos that make beautiful abstract compositions, mission-based photography that captures surreal landscapes as...

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Wisconsin Was There Art Exhibit

Veteran Art Exhibition Opens 3/16/22

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)...

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Coulee Region Veteran Gary Castona Remembers

...to make sure that people remember Kisielewski: After briefly returning to the United States from Vietnam, the Army sent Castona to Giessen, Germany, with C Battery, 2nd Battalion, 92nd Artillery...

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Donate to the Collection

...such as dog tags, personalized items, and souvenirs as well as diaries, letters, photographs, military records, and training material. We also collect oral histories of service members. How to Make...

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum History

...collections, and to display such collections as to make it instructive and attractive to visitors to the State Capitol.” Wisconsin Veterans Museum In 1989, Governor Tommy Thompson approved the acquisition...

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum: A Living Memorial by Dr. Richard Zeitlin

...the agency to “catalog, restore, conserve, preserve, safeguard, procure additions to the collections, and to display such collections as to make it instructive and attractive to visitors to the State...

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History of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum

...restore, conserve, preserve, safeguard, procure additions to the collections, and to display such collections as to make it instructive and attractive to visitors to the State Capitol.” The Wisconsin Department...

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