The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence – September 1917

...and I don’t believe there will be more than 50 if that many. This aviation camp is brand new and not yet completed. At present we are living in Officers...

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Madison’s Count This Penny Set to Debut New Civil War Songs for Record Release Party at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum

...invited by the Museum to write and record two brand new songs inspired by archival letters of Wisconsin Civil War soldiers as part of its ongoing program series encouraging local...

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February 2021 Virtual! Drink & Draw

...Paper, either sketching or printer paper will work fine as well Colored Pencils- any brand. The instructor prefers Prismacolor Premier Pencils (see photo below) including the Colorless Blender. These pencils...

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August 2021 VIRTUAL! Drink & Draw: MARKERS

...Eraser Paper- preferably mixed media paper Markers, assorted, any brand Paintbrushes, various sizes Container for water Water Paper towels or small rags                ...

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Concept Rendering of WVM Building

W. Jerome Frautschi Gives $10 million to Building a New Wisconsin Veterans Museum

...facility. “I support the Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s goal of building a brand-new state-of-the-art facility at 30 West Mifflin Street, as it continues to advance my goal for a cultural arts...

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Desegregation in the Military

...was a top gun was O'Mere first sergeant. O'Mere didn't care who you were, you were soldiers. [Inaudible]. But the chief firing brand of field artillery was the Senior NCO...

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An Interview with Britain’s Foremost Military Historian and Defense Commentator by Michael Telzrow

...started, we paid a very much higher price in the course of it. The American experience was rather different – about which I shall be addressing at The Wisconsin Veterans...

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Poetry and Proverbs

...price of food as Ingersoll sought to occupy his mind and divert his thoughts from the hopelessness of his captivity. Ingersoll died on February 15, 1865, mere weeks before many...

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Badgers and the Day of Infamy

...with the entire Axis, a conflict lasting until 1945. Over 332,000 Badgers served in World War II on all battlefronts, with over 8,000 paying the ultimate price. Wisconsin’s service and...

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Old Abe

Old Abe Wisconsin’s War Eagle

...over them and screaming his famed war cry. One story is believed to hold some basis in fact. It involves Confederate General Sterling Price, who upon seeing Old Abe flying...

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