W. Jerome Frautschi Gives $10 million to Building a New Wisconsin Veterans Museum
...expand within the building, which limits the museum’s ability to execute its mission. In 2021, the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and the State of Wisconsin embarked on a process to validate...
A Closer Look at Operation Allies Refuge & Operation Allies Welcome
In the aftermath of the 2021 Kabul Airport (HKIA) evacuation, the U.S. Military set up processing bases in Italy, Germany, Spain, Qatar, UAE & Kuwait. The more than 80,000 evacuees...
Juneteenth: How Wisconsin Was There at the Beginning
Juneteenth: A New National Holiday with Origins in 1865 Even though President Joe Biden signed legislation making Juneteenth a national holiday on June 17, 2021, as is the case with...
Desegregation in the Military
...2021. Oral History Interview In the following video clip, Coleman remembers his first assignment after finishing Officer Candidate School. Because he was Black, he was reassigned to a transportation company....
Wisconsin World War II Veteran Harry Baker to Celebrate 103rd Birthday
...the end of the Ardennes-Alsace campaign, and the Rhineland and Central Europe campaigns. Read more about Baker on the museum blog. In a 2021 interview Baker was asked what he...