Wisconsin Veterans Museum and W. Britain’s Military Miniature Company Team-Up to Commemorate the 150th Anniversary of the Civil War
...Affairs and is located at 30 W. Mifflin St., across the street from the State Capitol. For more information go to www.wisvetsmuseum.com. -30- 201 West Washington Avenue | Madison, Wisconsin...
NEW ART EXHIBIT: IN MY SPARE MOMENTS, THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ
...museum is located at 30 W. Mifflin St., directly across from the State Capitol. The museum’s website is www.WisVetsMuseum.com. Media Contact: Karen Burch, Senior Marketing Specialist (608) 264-6086 karen.burch@dva.wisconsin.gov About...
A Lesson in Resiliency From the Bataan Death March
...2020. https://www.nps.gov/ande/learn/education/classrooms/upload/VFW_FULL_CURRICULUM.pdf. [4] Ibid. [5] L. Willard Freeman, “Mayo General Hospital,” Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (1908-1984) 44, no. 1 (Spring 1951): 26. Accessed April 25, 2020. www.jstor.org/stable/40189110....
IN MY SPARE MOMENTS: THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ
...Military & Veteran Services Hometown Painting Services, LLC Gerald Miller Oregon-Brooklyn Memorial, VFW Post 10272 WAVE-Wisconsin Association of Veteran Employers For museum hours visit: www.wisvetsmuseum.com/contact/ For media inquiries visit: www.wisvetsmuseum.com/newsroom/...
Vietnam Veterans Day
...enough, without sounding like a Clara Barton, the biggest lift we can give them is a human, female hand and some cheerful words like “Hi! How are you doing today?”....
Women’s Armed Services Integration Act of 1948
...Dolores - OH1814 Fritsch, Ann - OH1968 Kacmarynski, Doris - OH1059 Parker, Florence - OH1132 Perk, Phyllis - OH562 Reinhardt, Marie - OH1996a Reinhardt, Marie - OH1996b Wilson, Valedda -...
Kimberly E. Stuart
...2003. Stuart worked as one of the first female Electromechanical Technicians repairing and maintaining nuclear missile silos in the frigid plains of North Dakota. She discusses what life was like...
Origins and Evolutions of Aviation Nose Art
...Nose art themes ranged from the popular pin-up model to lucky symbols, mascots, scenes of victory, and landscapes. While use of the female form became iconic, viewed today the portrayal...
Book Talk with Gwen Strauss- The Nine: The True Story of a Band of Women Who Survived the Worst of Nazi Germany
The Nine follows the true story of the author’s great aunt Hélène Podliasky, who led a band of nine female resistance fighters as they escaped a German forced labor camp...
The Archivist Chronicles: Civil War History Mystery
...to uncover the story ourselves, even after more than 100 years have passed. These “history mysteries” are a challenging but fun aspect of museum work. Several years ago, our archives...