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The Wisconsin Veterans Museum opened across the street from the state capitol in 1993. [1] In 2001, the Department of Veterans Affairs opened a new veterans home at Union Grove, Wisconsin. [1] In 2013, the Department of Veterans Affairs opened a new veterans home at Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin at a cost of $20 million, with the ability to house ...
Clifford R. Goldsworthy, Wisconsin State Representative, farmer, and businessman, was born in Union Grove. [14] John Nichols (journalist) progressive journalist; James Vint, formerly a Socialist state legislator from Milwaukee, later moved to Union Grove and operated an 80-acre farm here, as well as managing the Farmers' Cooperative Elevator ...
On September 24, 2015, the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) purchased the six acre property at 4520 Lakewood Road, Cassian, Wisconsin for $24,712. [2]As part of the VA National Cemetery Administration Rural Initiative, the cemetery will provide access to VA burial benefits for veterans residing in areas not previously within reasonable access to a national or state veterans ...
In 1865 Abraham Lincoln approved a "National Asylum" to care for volunteer Union soldiers who had been wounded during the Civil War. [1] The Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers was established in 1866, as an old soldiers' home in the then northwestern region of United States. [4]
The Milwaukee County War Memorial Center is planning a new exhibit honoring Medal of Honor recipients. Wisconsin's 64 Medal of Honor recipients to be honored in new Milwaukee County War Memorial ...
The volunteer cleaning will be followed by a memorial ceremony to honor seven local veterans, all buried at Wood National Cemetery, who died in the wars in Iran and Afghanistan after 9/11. The ...
Wisconsin State Firefighters Memorial: Wisconsin Rapids: Wood: Central Sands Prairie: Firefighting: Park and visitor center museum dedicated to firefighters from the state of Wisconsin who have died in the line of duty Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Madison: Dane: Southern Savanna: Military: Personal items and military memorabilia of state veterans
Also on tap this weekend: the Southeast Wisconsin Festival of Books, the Autumn Artisan's Fair, Family Free Day at the Milwaukee County Zoo and more. Wisconsin Veterans Day parade and other things ...