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A part of the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Association Medical Center, the cemetery was established in 1871 as Soldier Home Cemetery to inter the remains of soldiers who died while under care in the medical center. In 1937, it was renamed Wood Cemetery in honor of General George Wood, a long-time member of the Board of Managers for the center.
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 ...
Evergreen Cemetery is a cemetery in Menomonie, Wisconsin and the largest in Dunn County. [2] It was founded as a private cemetery by Knapp Stout and Company , Menomonie's huge lumber company. [ 3 ] There are over 1100 graves in the "single grave" section of the cemetery, [ 4 ] however many lack headstones because the earliest families could not ...
Since 1905, it has been operated by the Oak Hill Cemetery Association. The cemetery is home to many graves of American, British, and German settlers along with a number of American Military veterans of various wars. A Memorial Day ceremony is held each year at Oak Hill. This is a very well-kept cemetery on lovely, wooded land.
Following the Battle of Island Number Ten, about 1400 Confederate soldiers who surrendered there, many from the 1st Regiment Alabama Infantry, were taken at the end of April, 1862, to the Union training field Camp Randall in Madison, Wisconsin, which was found to be unsuitable, [3] resulting in the deaths of 140 prisoners before the remaining survivors were sent to Camp Douglas (Chicago) at ...
The Highground Veterans Memorial Park, also called The Highground, is located 4 miles (6 km) west of Neillsville, Wisconsin, USA, on Ridge Road (just off of U.S. Route 10). [1] The memorial was built as a tribute to fallen veterans and as an honor to the surviving military personnel. [ 1 ]
(The Center Square) – The Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development recognized 22 employers as Vets Ready Employers for 2024. The employers are recognized for going above what’s required ...
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 ...