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...the collections to preserve them in perpetuity acquiring artifacts and documents significant to the stories of Wisconsin veterans funding educational programs, both online and in-person Please call us at (608)261-0536...

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WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM AND PARTNERS TO HOST “WORLD WAR 100: A CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM”

...Hall in the Wisconsin Capitol. It is an educational activity of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs and a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate since 2014, one of only three in Wisconsin,...

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50th Anniversary of End of Vietnam War Marked at Wisconsin Veterans Museum

...the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Since its creation in 1901, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum has existed to acknowledge, commemorate, and affirm the role of Wisconsin veterans in the United States of...

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MOST SIGNIFICANT CIVIL WAR ACQUISITION YET FOR WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM

...It is an educational activity of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs and a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate which gives it access to the Smithsonian’s unparalleled collections and scholarship. For more...

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The Life and Letters of World War I Aerial Observer Lt. Mortimer M. Lawrence – July 1917

...I don’t know definitely how I came out but I received the impression that I would be allowed to stay. I was only in with the board a short time,...

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NEW ART EXHIBIT: IN MY SPARE MOMENTS, THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ

...is an educational activity of the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs and a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate since 2014, one of only three in Wisconsin, which gives it access to the...

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Book a Speaker

...WORLD WAR II Bloody Buna: the 32nd Division's Baptism of Fire in World War II The Wisconsin-Michigan 32nd Division fought at Buna in New Guinea and completed the first victorious...

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In Recognition of Aviation Month – The Story of Robert Balliet

...were in this little barn—very little, small—the city was just, it wasn’t even a city it was just a little—it wasn’t even a village–and we heard all this commotion. We...

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Finis la Guerre: The Eleventh Hour and the End of World War I

...got up and everyone was running about with it on their lips. Hostilities are to cease at 11:00 A.M. It is official—Germany is through—the war is over. I hear the...

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What’s It All For? a Reflection on Empathy and Our National Discourse

...means to understand history is quite the opposite. History isn’t passive—it’s active; it’s now; it’s living and unfolding every single day. Studying history, likewise, isn’t a passive pursuit. It’s constantly...

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