WAR: RAW – Healing Military Trauma Through Expressive Art

...until May 8, 2016. In coordination with this exhibit, the WVM Oral History Program interviewed some of the artists whose art was featured. The intention was to give the artists...

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The Barber Brothers

Generations of Service

Rhonda Ziesler and her WWI-era veteran father, seen. Her dad added the caption and fancifully promoted himself to general. 1944 Military service ripples in families beyond an individual servicemember. Often...

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Honoring Hmong Veterans of Wisconsin

...Noom Qhais na. Xum Noom Qhais ntawd tau ob xyoos. Ces xyoo '78 ntawd wb thiaj xam phaj tau tawm tuaj rau teb chaws no. Tsib hlis ntuj vas thib...

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Book Talk with Robin Williams- The Last Romantic War

...for love. Burning airplanes, runaway horses, errant hand grenades and a sexy spy hold the reader’s attention from the first page to the last. REGISTER HERE This online event is...

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Historian How To: Cataloging Oral Histories Using OCLC

...specifically. REGISTER HERE This event is suitable for all ages. Program funding made possible by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation through the generous support of Generac Power Systems.    ...

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Ghost Mountain Commander from Neillsville

...Japanese force. Instead, the Japanese had two to three thousand more soldiers. The 2/128th battalion commander's name was Herbert A. Smith, which increased the confusion on the left flank. This...

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School and Youth Tours

...St. Turn Left on Proudfit St Turn Right on John Nolen Dr. Turn Left on E Lakeside St. Right on Olin-Turville Ct. to parking lot Automobile Parking Downtown public parking...

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Rows of archival boxes at the State Archive Preservation Facility in Madison

Federal Grant Awarded to Wisconsin Veterans Museum

...the Museums for America grant program. Madison, Wis. (August 7, 2023) The Wisconsin Veterans Museum (WVM) will received $66,371 for a collection digitization project from the Institute of Museum and...

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Drink & Draw February

...RSVP to the event and you will receive the link to the online event via email. Please add the event to your calendar. Sponsored by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation....

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Making History by Guest Author SSG Sonia Buchanan

SSG Sonia Buchanan conducting a clothing exchange program. (From the collection of Sonia Buchanan). My decision to join the military came a little later in life than most. The military...

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