The Polar Bear Expedition by Andrea Hoffman
...I, some soldiers–including Captain Ralph E. Ramsay of Beloit, Wisconsin–found themselves stationed far away from the Western Front. During the summer of 1918, President Woodrow Wilson acquiesced under pressure from...
On Wisconsin – a New Meaning!
...future nuclear- powered ballistic missile submarine, USS Wisconsin, a group of Navy Veterans and Wisconsinites formed a tax exempt, not-for-profit organization incorporated in the State of Wisconsin in 2021. Their...
Old Abe Wisconsin’s War Eagle
...April 2, 1864 April 8- 9, 1864 April 20, 1864 April 22, 1864 April 23, 1864 April 23, 1864 May 2, 1864 May 3, 1864 May 4-6, 1864 May 8-12,...
2011 Spring Programs at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War
...Museum, 30 West Mifflin Street, Madison Speaker: Lance Herdegen, author and chair, Wisconsin Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission The 2nd Wisconsin Regiment, Active Militia, left for Washington, D.C. on June 20,...
Holiday Greetings from the Field by Mary Kate Kwasnik
...take it home. He ate pretty good. (C.J. Antonie, WVM Oral History Interview, 2003) Roger Miller, a Silver Creek native, recalled holiday memories from inside the kitchen. As a newlywed...
The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence – May 1917
...to all, Mortimer. Lawrence and two friends, French and Rieves, in the midst of cleaning their barracks. May 29th, 1917 Dear Folks:- Received your letter of the 25th yesterday morning,...
Memories of War with Nao Tou Lor
...year. In 1984, Nao Tou Lor moved to La Crosse, Wisconsin, trained and found work. And in 1994, he was appointed President of the Lao Veterans Association, a position he...
MOST SIGNIFICANT CIVIL WAR ACQUISITION YET FOR WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM
...Remarkable Surprise MADISON, Wis. (April 25, 2017) – It was the evening of July 4, 1860. During an annual ball, the Ladies of La Crosse bestowed a splendid silk...
WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM AWARDED GRANT BY INSTITUTE OF MUSEUM AND LIBRARY SERVICES
...1,700 Civil War images. The images currently exist in a wide variety of formats, including ambrotypes, tintypes, cartes-de-vistes, gemtypes, cabinet cards and photo albums. “Wisconsin veterans have been serving America...