A video interview with Brigadier General Robert Andrew Cocroft

...online. The unpreventable background noise ends at about nine minutes into the recording. Click the above image to get started This interview uses an interactive research tool called the Oral...

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Author of New York Times Best-Seller ‘Carnage and Culture’ to Speak at Wisconsin Veterans Museum Gala

...of Veterans Affairs and is located at 30 W. Mifflin St., across the street from the State Capitol. For more information, go to www.wisvetsmuseum.com./ -30- 201 West Washington Avenue |...

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WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM ANNOUNCES 2016 LIST OF EVENTS

...will guide attendees on a tour of the gravesites. New this year are Saturday Night Self-Guided Candlelit Tours and the ability to purchase tickets online. More details will be available...

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March 2022 Virtual! Drink & Draw: Trace Monoprint Memory Drawings

...a welcoming environment without inhibitions. Although the events often coincide with happy-hour style programming, there is no requirement or emphasis on alcoholic consumption. Some of the best attended Drink &...

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Giving Opportunities in 2021-2022

...WVM acquire significant objects and archival materials. Traveling Exhibit Fund – Support traveling exhibits at the WVM. Oral History Program - Support our veterans story collection. Education Fund – Support...

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I AM NOT INVISIBLE 3.0: WOMEN VETERANS TELL THEIR STORIES

...up to him because he was just a little guy wearing ACUs, shook his hand and gave him a coin-- SPRAGUE: --Oh my god. BECKEL: Four years old, gave him...

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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...

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Gather Stories of Your Family’s Veterans with Research Resources from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum

...collect that information so you can create oral histories of your family and friends, here are video lessons for taking oral histories: PART ONE: Theory, Ethics, and Principles PART TWO:...

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Honoring Hmong Veterans of Wisconsin

...Hmong service to the United States, we present four online oral histories from the Recognizing the Hmong: SGU Veterans Project. The oral histories form part of the Recognizing the Hmong:...

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What You Can Support

...them available to the public online. With the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation’s financial support, an ambitious conservation effort has begun to make sure these items are available for future generations,...

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