PRESENTATION-Kolakowski & Admiral Rucker

On Wisconsin – a New Meaning!

...The submarine will be the third United States Navy vessel named after the Badger State. The previous two were battleships that served collectively during World War I, World War II,...

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World War WHERE? by Russ Horton

...at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum. Interested in more of these stories? “World War WHERE?” is featured in the Fall 2014 edition of The Bugle, the quarterly newsletter from the Wisconsin...

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Old Abe

Old Abe Wisconsin’s War Eagle

...of him in his beak and held it while flapping his wings. Local newspapers raved about the incident and cited it as a good omen. Sticks and Stones and Offers...

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Headshot photograph of Alannah McReavey

Alannah McReavey on Giving Back

...world, with the reserve drill pay as additional income. Her experience as an administrative assistant in the civilian world meant that she received credit for that Military Occupational Specialty (MOS)...

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New Museum Project

...requirements and options in downtown Madison for the museum – as WVM has outgrown the current facility and the 1993 exhibits. WVM also has many more veteran stories that cannot...

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Copy Right and Legal Information

...of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum (WVM) is to preserve and present for posterity the artifacts and stories relating to Wisconsin's military history and military heritage in general. WVM has created...

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Giving Opportunities in 2021-2022

...Museum invites you to come experience the diverse histories behind the keepsakes of U.S. service members in the new exhibit Souvenirs of Service: The Things They Kept. Through 150 years’...

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Point of View: The Veteran Print Project – New Exhibit Opening at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum

...veterans with their community by inviting them to share their stories with the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and a group of local artists. This new exhibit, based on the oral histories...

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Vietnam countryside seen from a helicopter, soldier’s silhouette in the foreground.

Reflecting on PTSD: Experiences and Recovery

...you have a belief about how the world works, and you have, you know, there’s—we all think there’s rules about how the world works. And when those rules get broken...

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WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM UNVEILS A NEW EXHIBIT

...a new exhibit, The ART OF PERSUASION Mobilizing The Masses In World War I. The exhibit features 34 iconic posters commissioned by the Committee on Public Information that were distributed...

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