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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Marcia Gates: Angel of Bataan in the Lost Battalion

...Gates refused to give up hope. She saved up money to buy a small lakeside cottage and furnished it for her daughter’s return. For the first two years of Gates’...

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Headshot photograph of Alannah McReavey

Alannah McReavey on Giving Back

...and buy Christmas gifts and then wrap them there for the gifts. And then we also did all the, you know, the towels, irons, all that other stuff, too. So...

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WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM HOSTS “THE LIFE OF A SCOUT SNIPER IN IRAQ” PRESENTATION

...Veterans Museum (30 W. Mifflin St, Madison). For more information, visit www.wisvetsmuseum.com/events. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum is an educational activity of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs and is located...

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Author of New York Times Best-Seller ‘Carnage and Culture’ to Speak at Wisconsin Veterans Museum Gala

...dinner only, and may be purchased by calling Jennifer Carlson at (608) 264-6086 or visiting www.wvmfoundation.com./ To schedule interviews with speakers or museum staff, contact Jennifer Carlson at (608)264-6086. Dr....

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Wisconsin Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission Kicks Off the 150th Commemoration of the Civil War with a Special Program at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum

...the 150th events at www.CivilWarWisconsin.com. The website is being used to collect stories, photographs, and other items relating to the Civil War. A light reception will be held before Herdegen’s...

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2011 Spring Programs at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War

...thousand of the sturdiest and bravest of our Wisconsin boys” went off to the Civil War. A Civil War 150 Event – www.civilwarwisconsin.com When: Friday, April 15, 2011 at 12:00...

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