Museum Staff Draws Out Creative Veteran Voice for Award-Winning Soldiers Home Renovation
...Development (HUD) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (ACHP). The Milwaukee Soldiers Home, Milwaukee is the recipient of the 2021 ACHP/HUD Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation. Staff...
William L. Sims: A Lifetime of Service
...spring, March 1991, Sims’ full-scale sculpture was one of twelve statues delivered to the Wisconsin Veterans Museum honoring Wisconsin veterans. In 2021, the Sims’ statue was put on long-term loan...
The Bugle Magazine
...for approval from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Contact Jennifer Stevenson Marketing Manager 608.224.9653 jennifer.stevenson@dva.wisconsin.gov 2024 Spring/Summer 2023 Spring Summer Fall Winter 2022 Spring Summer Fall Winter 2021 Spring Summer Fall...
I AM NOT INVISIBLE 3.0: WOMEN VETERANS TELL THEIR STORIES
...up to him because he was just a little guy wearing ACUs, shook his hand and gave him a coin-- SPRAGUE: --Oh my god. BECKEL: Four years old, gave him...
W. Jerome Frautschi Gives $10 million to Building a New Wisconsin Veterans Museum
...expand within the building, which limits the museum’s ability to execute its mission. In 2021, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and the State of Wisconsin embarked on a process to validate...
A Closer Look at Operation Allies Refuge & Operation Allies Welcome
In the aftermath of the 2021 Kabul Airport (HKIA) evacuation, the U.S. Military set up processing bases in Italy, Germany, Spain, Qatar, UAE & Kuwait. The more than 80,000 evacuees...
Juneteenth: How Wisconsin Was There at the Beginning
Juneteenth: A New National Holiday with Origins in 1865 Even though President Joe Biden signed legislation making Juneteenth a national holiday on June 17, 2021, as is the case with...
Desegregation in the Military
... INTERVIEWER: They -- Ok you got that bar on your shoulder -- got a job for you, where to? COLEMAN: First assignment was with the 31st Infantry Division, Dixie...
Wisconsin World War II Veteran Harry Baker to Celebrate 103rd Birthday
...the end of the Ardennes-Alsace campaign, and the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns. Read more about Baker on the museum blog. In a 2021 interview Baker was asked what he...