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