Virtual Drink & Draw: Holiday Greetings
...registers. This event is presented by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation. This event is suitable for all ages. You can find the images we’ll use here: https://wisvetsmuseum.com/blog/december-virtual-drink-draw/ REGISTER HERE ...
Lieutenant John D. Winner
...to clearly gaining him the respect of his prisoners. He returned home with numerous handmade gifts from those held at the camps, including a variety of artwork featuring Winner. Upon...
Virtual Drink & Draw January
...beverage, and bring your artistic energy as we spend the evening together stretching our creative muscles. Images and a supply list can be found here: https://wisvetsmuseum.com/blog/january-2021-virtual-drink-draw/ This event is free...
February 2021 Virtual! Drink & Draw
...story see WVM his oral history here: https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Wallace-Robert-_OH390.pdf Photo by M.P. King Wisconsin State Journal. 2011 Story about Robert Wallace found here: https://madison.com/wsj/news/local/robert-wallace-one-of-the-nations-last-buffalo-soldiers-dies-at-91/article_3ce0d62e-59c4-11e1-bcf8-001871e3ce6c.html Drawing By Yvette M. Pino...
Women’s Unequaled Service
...for creating a military-affiliated organization for women—a more egalitarian version that more closely mirrored that of the British Army—was first introduced in 1941 by Massachusetts Congresswoman Edith Nourse Roger. Rejected...
I Am Not Invisible (IANI)
...veterans who participated in this project visit: https://wisvetsmuseum.com/learning-research/oral-history/featured-interviews/i-am-not-invisible/ The traveling exhibit consists of indoor, easy-to-assemble, pop-up banners available to local libraries, historic societies, schools and community spaces throughout the state....
WISCONSIN VETERANS MUSEUM TO RE-OPEN JULY 1
...armed forces,” said Chris Kolakowski, director of the museum. Closed since March of 2020 due to COVID-19, the museum is ready to once again provide knowledge, perspective and connection...
John Barger at Schofield Barracks
...To listen to the complete interview click here: https://wisvetsmuseum.com/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=OH_00132.xml More on Barger: John H. Barger of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, served with the 24th Infantry Division artillery in Hawaii and the Pacific...
William Scheer at Wheeler Field
...remembers crawling under the group headquarters building for protection from Japanese air attack. To listen to the complete interview click here: https://wisvetsmuseum.com/ohms-viewer/render.php?cachefile=OH_00177.xml More on Scheer: William Scheer was born on...
Dorwin Lamkin on the USS Nevada
https://wisvetsmuseum.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/OH00170.Lamkin_Pearl_Harbor_2.mp3 In the above audio clip, Dorwin Lamkin, a United States Navy corpsman on the USS Nevada describes abandoning the ship as it was taking on water and its subsequent...