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...these stories. It truly is a race against time to save these artifacts before they are lost to history. If you want to have a part in preserving these stories...
WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM AND PARTNERS TO HOST “WORLD WAR 100: A CENTENNIAL SYMPOSIUM”
...The United States 32nd Infantry Division formed from Army National Guard units from Wisconsin and Michigan who fought primarily during World War I and World War II. It was the...
50th Anniversary of End of Vietnam War Marked at Wisconsin Veterans Museum
...Veterans: Then and Now.” The images and oral histories in this exhibit honor a handful of the more than 57,000 Wisconsinites who served in Southeast Asia between 1965 and 1973....
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...
NEW ART EXHIBIT: IN MY SPARE MOMENTS, THE ART OF HAROLD F. SCHMITZ
...stationed in the South Pacific during World War II. In My Spare Moments: The Art of Harold F. Schmitz opens to the public at 9 a.m. on March 15, 2019...
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...
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...
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...
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...