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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Alannah McReavey on Giving Back

...veterans. They continue their service. I meet so many veterans that want to give back because they know how it feels when--especially combat vets.” During the interview, McReavey discusses the...

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Wisconsin Veterans and September 11, 2001

...girls that I worked with said, “Hey, my dad works for the airport. We can take a couple first class tickets—we can fly over there for the weekend, go over...

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March 2022 Virtual! Drink & Draw: Trace Monoprint Memory Drawings

...color Paper Towels Specialty Printmaking Supplies: Slow drying, water-based printmaking ink like Akua or Speedball Small Brayer Low tack tape Print paper (Strathmore lightweight printmaking paper works well) Small framing...

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William L. Sims: A Lifetime of Service

...materials available for research. A photo of an Eclipse masthead. WVM P33. In the Vietnam Era and to this day, Sims works to insure African American veterans receive the same...

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Walking with William: a Workshop Connecting Veterans, Their Stories, and Our Community Through the Words of Shakespeare

Together with the Feast of Crispian organization, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum is hosting the event, “Walking with William: a Workshop Connecting Veterans, Their Stories, and Our Community Through the Words...

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Wisconsin Veterans Museum History

...America's military past and present. Every day, our staff works to continue the charge of the Wisconsin Civil War veterans, whose prescient quest was to show that “Every Veteran is...

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Oneida Warrior James K. Overman on racism and rescuing pilots

...hundred percent Native American." "I want to tell you something, Indian. There are no Indians who are going to ever fly my f-----g airplanes." Wow. My dream was to take...

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