On January 1, 1866, Governor Lucius C. Fairchild delivered his inaugural address and emphasized the

Born on July 6, 1922 in Oak Park, Illinois, John W. Garrett was in a

Born twenty minutes apart in Kiel, Wisconsin, identical twins Willard and Wilbur Diefenthaler share a

Today marks the 73rd anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, where an estimated 200 Wisconsin

As a military linguist, Jeff Carnes provided a critical link between American troops, foreign forces,

Museum Director Michael Telzrow recently interviewed Allan Mallinson, one of Britain’s foremost military historians and

Even before the attack on Pearl Harbor, plans were underway to form a military-affiliated organization

“The last terrible battle has reduced this brigade to a mere skeleton; there being scarcely

When Janesville native Louis Wayne Tyler was drafted into the U.S. Army during World War

While France and Germany served as the battleground for the vast majority of Wisconsin troops

The use of wallpaper as a substitute for newsprint was a common occurrence for some

“Soldiers, Sailors and Airmen of the Allied Expeditionary Force!  You are about to embark upon

Have you ever noticed, amidst the festivities of a Farmer’s Market Saturday on Madison’s Capital

Although Wisconsin became a state on May 29th, 1848, it did not have a state

Did you know that Memorial Day was first established as “Decoration Day” by the Grand Army of the

The standard issue uniform for American World War II soldiers consisted of a basic wool

Each of the thousands of objects in our collection has a story behind them. Ideally, our staff

On April 14, 1865, during a performance of the play Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theater, actor and

“There are them damned black hatted fellows again!” This cry, and others like it, were