THE FOE AND THE FALLEN Stories from The Greatest War Featuring THE KISSERS
The Wisconsin Veterans Museum assisted The Kissers with content from the museum collection and stories of our veterans for their album and upcoming “rock and roll history show.” Based on the music of the award-winning album The Foe and the Fallen: Songs from The Greatest War (The Kissers, 2024), this
A Succession of U.S. Army Kings
Wisconsin Ties to the Revolutionary War Two hundred fifty years ago, Harvard College student Rufus King (1755-1827) interrupted his legal studies to join the Massachusetts’ militia for service during the Revolutionary War. While King soon determined his aspirations lay in law rather than the military—later becoming a signer of the
IT STILL MATTERS: COLLECTION INSPIRES KISSERS MUSIC
Amplifying the stories of our Wisconsin veterans through modern music is exactly what WVM’s Archivist, Russ Horton and Curator of History, Kevin Hampton have accomplished by lending their expertise to Ken Fitzsimmons of Madison band, The Kissers for their recently released album, The Foe and the Fallen: Songs from the
Show Talk – The Hello Girls: A New American Musical
Wisconsin Veterans Museum Curator of History, Kevin Hampton will be giving a preshow lecture about the Hello Girls of World War I at the Overture Center before the Four Seasons Theatre production of The Hello Girls: A New American Musical. Learn more at fourseasonstheatre.com. Tickets available through the Overture Center Box Office
Show Talk – The Hello Girls: A New American Musical
Wisconsin Veterans Museum Curator of History, Kevin Hampton will be giving a preshow lecture about the Hello Girls of World War I at the Overture Center before the Four Seasons Theatre production of The Hello Girls: A New American Musical. Learn more at fourseasonstheatre.com. Tickets available through the Overture Center Box Office
Show Talk – The Hello Girls: A New American Musical
Wisconsin Veterans Museum Curator of History, Kevin Hampton will be giving a preshow lecture about the Hello Girls of World War I at the Overture Center before the Four Seasons Theatre production of The Hello Girls: A New American Musical. Learn more at fourseasonstheatre.com. Tickets available through the Overture Center Box Office in
Show Talk – The Hello Girls: A New American Musical
Wisconsin Veterans Museum Curator of History, Kevin Hampton will be giving a preshow lecture about the Hello Girls of World War I at the Overture Center before the Four Seasons Theatre production of The Hello Girls: A New American Musical. Learn more at fourseasonstheatre.com. Tickets available through the Overture Center Box Office
Happy 103rd Birthday, Lt. Col. Harry Baker !
Wisconsin World War II veteran, Harry Dillon Baker will celebrate his 103rd birthday on October 9, 2023. At the request of Baker's family, the museum staff is asking for your help in marking Harry’s milestone by sending a birthday card made out to him which we will deliver to his
Origins and Evolutions of Aviation Nose Art
Much like a person would customize a car, nose art on airplanes grew out of the crewmen’s desire to personalize their crafts. Beginning in World War I, European forces decorated their planes with fierce animals, family crests and other symbols. When the American forces arrived, they quickly followed the European’s
Flag Day, U.S. Army Birthday and Father’s Day Post
For Flag Day and the Army’s Birthday today, and with Father’s Day coming up , we share this small flag and bible carried by Henry C. Fuller, Sr., of Whitewater, WI, throughout his service in World War I. In 1974, Fuller wrote a letter to his daughter telling the story of these two meaningful mementos when he gifted them to
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