Rose A. Kerstetter

Rose A. Kerstetter   Branch: United States Army War/Conflict/Service dates: World War II, 1943-1946 Military Occupation: Secretary to senior staff LISTEN to the interview audio READ the transcript SEE the...

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Curator Corner

Curator Conversations: End of WWII

Join Wisconsin Veterans Museum Director Chris Kolakowski and Curator of History Kevin Hampton for a discussion of the end of World War II. The staff will share stories of Wisconsin...

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OCTOBER 2020 VIRTUAL! DRINK & DRAW

UPSIDE DOWN DRAWING Sometimes the world feels like it is turned upside-down, so let’s draw it that way! Drawing upside-down is an easy exercise to help you develop your ability...

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Fall Event Schedule Announced

...at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum, with Russell Horton, research archivist November 10, 7-8PM Make Way for Liberty—A Conversation about Wisconsin African Americans in the Civil War with author Jeffrey Kannel...

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VIRTUAL DRINK AND DRAW: UPSIDE DOWN DRAWING

The world is turned upside down so let’s draw it that way! Drawing upside-down is an easy exercise to help you develop your ability to recognize shapes and lines in...

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Vietnam: The Indochina Wars, 1945-1975

What we know today as “the Vietnam War” was actually part of a broader series of conflicts over three decades that emerged in French Indochina after World War II. Increasing...

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Wisconsin’s veterans remember 9/11

...remember where we were on the morning of September 11, 2001, when we learnt of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers, the Pentagon, and in the sky...

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Curator Conversations – Akira Toki and the Purple Heart Battalion

Tune in to this Curator Conversations and be inspired by the bravery of Japanese-Americans who served in the United States military during World War II. Many of the 20,000 Japanese-Americans...

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Wisconsin Veterans Remember the Holocaust

...remains one of the most horrific events in human history. During the Second World War, six million Jews were systematically murdered by Nazi Germany. These brutal and inhuman actions remain...

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Veteran Photo Submission

...10MB Conflict or Era Served *(ex. World War II, Cold War) Veteran’s Branch of Service *(ex. Army, Navy) Veteran’s Rank, if known Veteran’s Connection to Wisconsin *(ex. Lived here, Born...

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