52nd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

...2, 1865. Casualties The Regiment lost 9 people to disease. For Further Research Search our collections for photos and artifacts from Wisconsin in the Civil War. Read about other Wisconsin...

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53rd Wisconsin Infantry Regiment

...The 53rd lost 8 men to disease. For Further Research Search our collections for photos and artifacts from Wisconsin in the Civil War. Read about other Wisconsin Civil War regiments....

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Tarra Gundrum on What is Possible

...peanut butter and jelly sandwich in half and putting one up under one boat blouse and one under the other and yelling at the recruits and running around the corner...

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Home

...and to preserve and share their legacy, the museum has more than 2800 oral history interviews with veterans from World War I through to the 21st century. Furthermore, our database...

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Giving Opportunities in 2021-2022

...worth of souvenirs originating from around the world, you will learn how the universal human impulse to collect leaves us with both significant and uniquely personal ways to continue to...

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WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM FEATURES “WAR : RAW HEALING MILITARY TRAUMA THROUGH EXPRESSIVE ART” EXHIBIT

...by local artists and Wisconsin veterans suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI). The exhibit will open on June 5 and run through May 2016. “WAR:...

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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...

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Military Appreciation Month by Ellen Brooks

...serving during World War II with the Army Air Corps, but he was one of the essential troops supporting those at the front. And behind all those troops are the...

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Theresa M. Dischler: A WAAC’s Story

...attended by 7000 fans, included the first night game ever played at Wrigley Field. Learn more about Wisconsin in World War II by visiting the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center...

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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...

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