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Old Soldiers' Reunion

Date: 1927
Description: Old Soldiers' Reunion on the public square.
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Third Wisconsin Civil War Veterans' Reunion

Date: 1915
Description: Third Wisconsin Civil War veterans' reunion, posed on the lawn in front of the Beloit Public Library.
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American Legion Flag Presentation

Date: 04 1997
Description: American Legion members Greg Krueger and Al Geiger present a flag to the Theresa Public School. John Streblow, Kathy Sterr, Donna Kanas and Maggie Muehlius...
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VA Hospital Patients Win Short Story Contest

Date: 02 24 1954
Description: Luida Sanders (right), a "writer's aide" and a state public health educator, presents first and second prizes to two writers and patients at the Madison V...
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Wisconsin Power & Light Company Veteran Employees

Date: 04 11 1946
Description: Speaker's table of Veteran Employees banquet, Wisconsin Power & Light Company, at the Hotel Loraine.
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John Kerry Speaking at a Rally

Date: 05 1971
Description: John Kerry, then a leader of Vietnam Veterans Against the War, stands at the microphone, flanked by another Vietnam veteran at a rally to "Dump the War."
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Dane County Veterans Service Office

Date: 10 19 1950
Description: Dane County Veterans Service Office, located in the basement of the Dane County Courthouse at 207 West Main Steet, is shown as an "inadequate, shabby, crow...
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Sherman Adams

Date: 02 09 1953
Description: Portrait of Sherman Adams, World War I Marine Corps veteran, Republican Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Hampshire's 2nd district (1945...
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Schwoegler Receives Trophy

Date: 10 27 1953
Description: Gordon Roseleip, Darlington, state commander of the American Legion, presents a trophy to Wesley J. Schwoegler, Dane county veterans' service officer, citi...
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Flag Raising in Rudolph

Date: 09 1995
Description: Local members of the VFW raise a new flag in front of the Rudolph Municipal Building. The flag, which had flown over the U.S. Capitol, was presented by Con...
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Korean War Memorial

Date: 1997
Description: A veteran leans forward, perhaps to better hear the proceedings, at the dedication of the Korean War Veterans Memorial of Wisconsin. The (out of focus) spe...
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Korean War Veteran Addressing a Crowd on United Nations Day

Date: 10 24 1950
Description: Corporal Albert Griffin, a soldier from Milwaukee wounded in the Korean War, addressing the crowd gathered at the Wisconsin State Capitol on United Nations...
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New City-County Building Opening

Date: 05 17 1957
Description: With nostalgic feelings, Dane County supervisors said goodbye to the old courthouse on Main Street, then marched to the new City-County building on Monona ...
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Gainesville 8

Date: 1973
Description: The Gainesville 8, all members of the Vietnam Veterans Against the War in Vietnam, photographed on the day of their arraignment on charges of conspiring to...
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Professor Chester Allen

Date: 1943
Description: Portrait of Chester Allen, a World War I veteran and educator with the University of Wisconsin Extension. Dr. Allen was a lifelong crusader for education p...
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Leroy L. Dalton Receiving Navy Air Medal Award

Date: 07 31 1948
Description: Leroy L. Dalton,(in a hosptial bed at left,)shown receiving the United States Navy Air Medal for meritious achievement during his fifth mission as a gunne...
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Donald Trump Supporters at a Rally

Date: 03 29 2016
Description: Two Donald Trump supporters are shaking hands outside of the Janesville Conference Center. The man on the right is wearing a cowboy hat and is holding a ph...
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Leroy L. Dalton Receiving Navy Air Medal Award

Date: 07 31 1948
Description: Leroy L. Dalton, (in a hosptial bed at left) shown receiving the United States Navy Air Medal for meritorious achievement during his fifth mission as a gun...
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Madison Housing Authority Project

Date: 11 23 1948
Description: This ceremony at Truax Field signaled the start of construction of the 120-unit apartment project for war veterans by the Madison Housing Authority. Henry ...
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Brian Willson Gives the Peace Sign

Date: 1988
Description: Brian Willson, Vietnam veteran who lost both legs during a demonstration in 1987, holds up his arm to give the peace sign to audience at a New York peace c...

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