WWI Sheet Music by Laura Farley
...consciousness of the United States as it went through social changes and began to emerge as a major world power. Interested in viewing the Museum’s collection of sheet music? Schedule...
Theresa M. Dischler: A WAAC’s Story
...recruiting talks…” was held between the two games. The rally, attended by 7000 fans, included the first night game ever played at Wrigley Field. Learn more about Wisconsin in World...
The Polar Bear Expedition by Andrea Hoffman
Courduroy-lined fur gauntlets and cap brought back from Russia by Captain Ramsay. While France and Germany served as the battleground for the vast majority of Wisconsin troops during World War...
A Date Which Will Live in Infamy by Emily Irwin
...“a date which will live in infamy,” the events of December 7, 1941 united a nation and led to the United States’ entry into World War II. Learn more about...
In Celebration of Women’s History Month
...a neurosurgical nurse in the Army during World War II. She was one of ten children born and raised in South Carolina. Lannin and her older sister, Olivia, attended nursing...
In Recognition of Aviation Month – The Story of Robert Balliet
...the European theatre during World War II. An employee of Wisconsin Bell Telephone Company, he enlisted in the Army Air Corps in December 1942. Balliet received basic training in Florida,...
Wisconsin Veterans Museum conducted its 2,000th interview for its Oral History Program
...the local army and Philippine soldiers searching for Japanese World War II survivors hiding in jungles. Following Guam, Dennis had order to Korea; however, due to a long hospitalization, he...
Temporary Exhibits
...the Museum in 2007. An Eau Claire native who served in World War II sent his wife the nylon parachute that saved his life with instructions to make it...
William Stark and the Church Pennant
While serving aboard a landing craft (USS LCI (L)-23) in the Solomon Islands during World War II, William Stark of Waukesha was saved by what he must have believed was...
Robert C. McCoy at the Battle of Buna
...of duty to country, and service in the military was an unquestioned expectation. Having served with his father along the Mexican Border in 1916 and in France in World War...