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Category : Veterans
Languages : en
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Veterans Buried in Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Author: World War II Veterans Buried in Wood National Cemetery, Wood, Wisconsin
Author: Wood National Cemetery (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)Publisher:
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Category : National cemeteries
Languages : en
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World War I Veterans Buried in Wood National Cemetery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Author: Washington County Veterans Buried in Wood National Cemetery
Author: Bev HetzelMilwaukee's Soldiers Home
Author: Patricia A. LynchPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 0738598739
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 130
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As the country sought healing and peace after the Civil War, Wisconsin citizens took up Pres. Abraham Lincoln's challenge "to care for him who shall have borne the battle." Their efforts paved the way for the establishment in Milwaukee of one of the original three branches of the National Asylum for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. In May 1867, the first 60 veterans, including a musician from the War of 1812, moved to a single building on 400 rolling acres west of Milwaukee. By the end of the 19th century, the bustling campus boasted its own hospital, chapel, library, theater, and recreation hall, in addition to the grand main building. Subsequent wars and military conflicts created a need for additional buildings and services. Designated a National Historic Landmark in 2011, the campus continues to offer a healing environment for today's patients and stands as a testimony to advances in veteran health care.
Wisconsin Civil War Veterans Buried at Grafton National Cemetery, Grafton, West Virginia
Author: Bev HetzelVA National Cemetery, Northeastern Illinois
Author: National and State Veterans' Cemeteries
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs. Subcommittee on Oversight and InvestigationsPublisher:
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Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 374
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Wauwatosa
Author: Wauwatosa Historical SocietyPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1439631301
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 132
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First called Hart's Mills, after its founder Charles Hart who settled here in 1835, early Wauwatosa resembled a New England village, complete with a commons. Its first pioneers were Yankees and New Yorkers, later joined by Germans who would mold the growing community. Wauwatosa became the most highly developed, unincorporated settlement in Milwaukee County. It attained a degree of sophistication with its commercial mix of mills, a pickle factory, inns, modest businesses, and nearby stone quarries and breweries. Vital links to Milwaukee in 1851, the Watertown Plank Road and the state's first railroad through the village center to Waukesha, enhanced this development. In 1852, the County Board selected a site nearby for its poor farm. Wauwatosa incorporated as a village in 1892, attaining city status in 1897. The streetcar of the 1890s and the automobile fueled residential growth. Wauwatosa became known as the "City of Homes." In the 1950s, Wauwatosa tripled in size with final annexations and was transformed into a major center of commercial and industrial development, while retaining large public green spaces, parkways, and recreational sites.
Army Echoes
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Category : Retired military personnel
Languages : en
Pages : 428
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