WDVA Announces Centennial Celebration of Camp Randall Arch as Part of the Year of the Veteran

...as part of the Year of the Veteran. Camp Randall was the initial training site for over 70,000 Wisconsin troops during the Civil War and also served as the stockade...

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2011 Fall Programs at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum

...plans for development of the site from a personal point of view. We invite the public to this lively and memorable talk about a day in our history that will...

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Smithsonian Chooses Museum for Community Engagement Program

...professionals at their member sites and other public and private entities in dialogue, audience engagement, equity, and inclusion. More information is available at https://www.sitesofconscience.org/en/home/ About the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Since...

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Oral History

...direct link to the audio/video, transcript, or index, in our interactive media player. Using our online collections database , hit the "Archives" tab and type in the person's full name....

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Micabil Diaz Talks About His Experience in Sarajevo

...skills to work with non-governmental organizations in Haiti. Next, in 1995, Diaz got his choice assignment when the army assigned him to United States Army Special Operations Command (USASOC) in...

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

...sox size 10? I could buy them here but Marshall Field & Co’s store here wants 50¢ per pair and that is too much. It is time for bed now...

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

...And everybody got lots of exercise. We arrived here about 4 P.M. If you can’t find any of my bandanas buy me two more blue ones and send them. I...

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

...also furnished with 50¢ a meal for the length of my trip but had to buy my own sleeper. I had dinner at the Hanson’s and left about 9:40. My...

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WVMF Convoy Speaker Series Featuring Former SSG Eric Maddox

...Richfield, Camp Hometown Heroes and the Fisher House Wisconsin. All proceeds benefit programs and exhibits at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Click here to buy tickets Thank you to our sponsors!...

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Souvenirs Prohaska Quote

...buy, money, I’ll trade, I’m a merchant.' He came up to us and the lighters had the Twin Towers on them and a plane going into it, and a picture...

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