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Board Meetings | Current Events | Past Events
Gulf War Illnesses Recognition Day (Jan. 17) | Medal of Honor Day (Mar. 25) | Vietnam Veterans Day (Mar. 29)
Prisoners of War Remembrance Day (Apr. 9) | Armed Forces Day (3rd Sat. in May) | Memorial Day (Last Mon. in May) | DDay (June 6)
Flag Day (June 14) | Independence Day (July 4) | Korean War Armistice Day (July 27) | Purple Heart Day (Aug. 7) | Patriot Day (Sept. 11)
POW/MIA Recognition Day (3rd Fri. in Sept.) | Veterans Day (Nov. 11) | Pearl Harbor Day (Dec. 7)
Past events are stored online for your reference and convenience.
Previously scheduled events that WDVA participated in or are of interest to Wisconsin veterans are listed by the date of the scheduled event and are archived by year.
2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005
December 16, 2011
• DWD: Veterans and Spouses Job Fair at the Waukesha County Technical College from 9:00 a.m. to Noon
December 13, 2011
• WDVA and UBM Studios Milicruit: Veterans Virtual Career Fair online from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
December 10, 2011
• Doc Dentice: 23rd Annual Christmas with the Vets at Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee
• Wreaths Across America: Ceremony at Forest Hills Cemetery in Madison at 10:45 a.m. – Sponsor a wreath
• Madison Navy League: Army-Navy game end of year social and silent auction in Madison
December 7, 2011 PEARL HARBOR DAY
• WDVA WVH-King: Pearl Harbor Day Program at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King
• WDVA WVH-Union Grove: Pearl Harbor Day Program in the Boland Hall Multi-Purpose Room at 10:00 a.m. at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove
• EAA Founders' Wing: Pearl Harbor Day Service at 7:55 a.m.
December 2, 2011
• Madison Vet Center: Annual Open House from 12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
November 11, 2011 VETERANS DAY
• WDVA NWVMC: Veterans Day Program at the Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery at 1:00 p.m.
• WDVA WVH-King: Veterans Day Program at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King in the Marden Multi-Purpose Room at 10:30 a.m.
• WDVA WVH-Union Grove: Veterans Day Program at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove in the Boland Hall Multi-Purpose Room at 11:00 a.m.
November 10, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Wounded Warriors
November 9, 2011
• UW-Manitowoc: Veterans Education Open House at University of Wisconsin-Manitowoc from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. or 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
November 1-24, 2011
• Wisconsin Veterans Day and Recognition Week Events List
October 26, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: What It Is Like To Go To War
October 22, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: The Katyn Order: A Novel
• Brown County Aging and Disability Resource Center: Seeking Light in the Darkness: For Veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces to be held at the Aging and Disability Resource Center in Green Bay
October 20, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Between War and Peace: How America Ends Its Wars
• Tomah VA Medical Center: 2011 Veteran Stand Down in La Crosse
October 19, 2011
• WDVA, WDMA, WDWD & The American Legion: Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair to be held at the Army National Guard Armory in Wausau
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Liberty's Surest Guardian: Nation Building from the Founders to Obama
October 8, 2011
• WDVA, WDWD, WPT & U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Partners: 2011 Hiring Our Heroes – Veterans Hiring Fair in Green Bay
• Wayne D. Horner Memorial Stand Down: Stand Down Rally at the National Guard Armory in Madison
October 4-7, and 9, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: This Mighty Scourge of War: Talking Spirits XIII - Forest Hill Cemetery Tour
September 30, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: The American Civil War in the West: An Archaeological Perspective
September 29, 2011
• WDVA & William S. Middleton VA Hospital: Hispanic American Heritage Month event in the auditorium of the William S. Middleton VA Hospital in Madison from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
September 28, 2011
• WDVA: Hispanic Heritage Month Presentation in the 2nd floor Education Center in Madison
September 24, 2011
• Wisconsin Vets Day, Inc.: Annual UAW Vets Day at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove
September 23-25, 2011
• WDVA: Fifth Annual Women Veterans Conference to be held at Fort McCoy
September 22, 2011
• WDVA, WDMA, WDWD & The American Legion: Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair to be held at the Army National Guard Armory in Platteville
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: The Sarge Wears Eye Shadow: Women in the Vietnam War
September 21, 2011
• WDVA: Campus Veterans Benefits Open House at UW-Oshkosh in Oshkosh
September 18, 2011
• WDVA WVH-King & MOPH: Military Order of the Purple Heart & Auxiliary King Day at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King
September 17, 2011
• Tomah VA Medical Center: Open House and 4th Annual “Heros Freedom Run” in Tomah
• WDVA, Milwaukee CVSO & Vet’s Place Central: Stand Down Rally - Veterans Helping Veterans at the National Guard Armory in Milwaukee
September 16, 2011 POW/MIA RECOGNITION DAY
• WDVA: POW-MIA Recognition Day Ceremony to be held in the Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison
• All Patriotic-All Military-All Veterans: Wisconsin POW/MIA Recognition Day Rally to be held in Hales Corners from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
September 13, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Into the Fire: Popular Music and 9/11
September 11, 2011
• Zablocki VA Medical Center: 4th Annual OEF/OIF Welcome Home Tailgate and Brewers game in Milwaukee
• Milwaukee County: Program in remembrance of 9/11/01 at the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center Fitch Plaza from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m.
September 10-11, 2011
• WDVA WVH-King & AMVETS: AMVETS & Auxiliary King Weekend at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King
September 9, 2011
• WDVA, WDMA, WDWD & The American Legion: Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair to be held at the Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Ten Years After: A First Responder's Story of 9/11
September 5, 2011
• Calumet County Fair: Military Appreciation Day and Program in Chilton
September 1, 2011
• WDVA & UW-Madison Athletic Dept. & Marching Band: 2011 Annual Wisconsin Badgers Football Salute to Wisconsin Veterans at Camp Randall in Madison August 27, 2011
• Veterans United for Veterans & Kutter Harley-Davidson: 4th Annual Veterans United for Veterans Celebration and Poker Run to be held in Janesville
• Wisconsin Disabled Veterans Fishing Day: 6th Annual Fishing with the Vets to be held at Wind Lake
August 19-21, 2011
• Vets Journey Home: Vets Journey Home weekend to be held at the Center for Creative Learning in Milwaukee
August 14, 2011
• USO of Wisconsin: 2nd Annual USO Sporting Clay Fundraiser Shoot to be held at the Milford Hills Hunt Club in Johnson Creek
• Wisconsin State Fair: Military and Veterans Recognition Day at State Fair Park in Milwaukee
August 10, 2011
• WDVA, WDMA, WDWD, The American Legion: Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair to be held at the Army National Guard Armory in Superior
August 7, 2011 PURPLE HEART DAY
August 5-6, 2011
• WDVA: Supermarket of Veterans Benefits to be held at the National Guard Armory in Madison
August 5, 2011
• WDVA & MOPH: Purple Heart Day advance ceremony to be held at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison
August 4, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Story hour in the 20th Century Gallery
August 1-5, 2011
• WDVA WVH-King & Bicycling Veterans Northeast Wisconsin (BVNEW) AMVETS: King tour at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King
July 29, 2011
• Zablocki VA Medical Center: Dedication of the new Spinal Care Injury/Disorder Center in Milwaukee
July 28-August 1, 2011
• WDVA NWVMC & Washburn County: Vietnam Veterans Memorial "The Moving Wall" will be at the Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spooner
July 27, 2011 KOREAN WAR ARMISTICE DAY
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Letters from the Front: Civil War Museum Theater – The Letters of 1st LT George Haw
July 25-31, 2011
• Experimental Aircraft Association's: AirVenture 2011 will feature a "Navy Day" and a "Salute to Veterans Day" at Wittman Regional Airport in Oshkosh
July 23, 2011
• WDVA WVH-King and VFW & Auxiliary: Schiebe & Munro King Day at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Eagles on the Square
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Letters from the Front: Civil War Museum Theater – The Letters of Pvt. John Corey
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Letters from the Front: Civil War Museum Theater – The Letters of 1st LT George Haw
• William S. Middleton VA Hospital: Free admission and buffet tickets for eligible veterans and guests to Welcome Home Day at the Ballpark at the Warner Park Duck Pond in Madison. Reservations required.
July 21, 2011
• WDVA: WDVA Information Booth at the Dane County Fair on Military Appreciation Day in Madison
July 20, 2011
• WDVA, WDMA, WDWD, The American Legion: Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair to be held at the Kenosha County Center in Bristol
• WDVA, WDMA, WDWD, The American Legion: Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair to be held at the American Legion Post 52 in La Crosse
• Blinded Veterans Association of WI and Zablocki VA Medical Center: Annual Picnic in Milwaukee
July 18, 2011
• Northeast Wisconsin Technical College: NWTC Veterans Open House to be held in Green Bay
July 15, 2011
• WDVA, WDMA, WDWD, The American Legion: Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair to be held at the Army National Guard Armory in Beloit
July 13-17, 2011
• American Legion: State Convention to be held at Radisson Paper Valley Hotel in Appleton
July 13, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Letters from the Front: Civil War Museum Theater – The Letters of Pvt. John Corey
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: The Civil War Comes Alive!
July 11, 2011
• Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation: Seventh Annual Golf Outing to be held at the Oaks Golf Course in Cottage Grove
• Creating A Peaceful World, Inc. and TIBIA Healing Center: Day of Peace for Armed Services Personnel with FREE Massage and Intuitive Support Sessions in Madison
July 4, 2011 INDEPENDENCE DAY
• WDVA WVH-King: Independence Day Celebration at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King Park
July 3, 2011
• WDVA: Supermarket of Veterans Benefits to be held at the Milwaukee County Zoo in Milwaukee, in conjunction with Military/Veterans and Family Appreciation Day
July 1-4, 2011
• Old Navy & Operation Care & Comfort: Need military and veterans as volunteers to assist collecting items at Old Navy stores for care packages to send to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. Donators receive an Old Navy discount.
July 1, 2011
• Studio 84: Veteran's Art Exhibit Opening Reception in Whitewater at 6:00 p.m.
June 26, 2011
• WDVA WVH-King & DAV: Disabled American Veterans & Auxiliary Day at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King
June 25-26, 2011
• U.S. National Defense Corps Wisconsin – 98th Division: SGU Thunder to be held in Manitowoc
June 24, 2011
• WDVA: Groundbreaking ceremony of the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Chippewa Falls at 1:00 p.m. on the grounds of the Northern Wisconsin Center
June 23-26, 2011
• AMVETS: AMVETS 67th Annual State Convention to be held at Plaza Hotel & Suites in Eau Claire
June 23, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Story Hour in the Civil War Gallery
June 22-25, 2011
• VFW: Department of Wisconsin State Convention to be held at the Plaza Hotel in Wausau
June 19, 2011
• WDVA WVH-King & American Legion: Auxiliary King Day at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King
June 18, 2011
• VVA: Annual Meeting to be held at The HighGround in Neillsville
• Center for Veterans Issues: Stand Down for Homeless Veterans to be held at the National Guard Armory in Stevens Point
June 17-19, 2011
• Service and Honor: 25th Anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Parade in Chicago, IL
June 16-17, 2011
• Board of Veterans Affairs: Board, Councils, and Committees to meet in King
June 15, 2011
• Milwaukee Preservation Alliance: News Conference and guided tours of the Milwaukee VA Soldiers Home Historic District in Milwaukee
June 14, 2011 FLAG DAY
June 11, 2011
• Wisconsin Paralyzed Veterans of America: Golf Outing to benefit the 31st National Veterans Wheelchair Games to be held at Rivermoor Golf Club in Waterford
June 9-11, 2011
• DAV: 83rd Annual State Convention to be held at the Radisson Hotel & Conference Center in Green Bay
June 8, 2011
• WDVA, WDMA, WDWD, The American Legion: Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair to be held at the Army National Guard Armory in Green Bay
June 5, 2011
• Wisconsin Korean War Veterans Memorial: Program to be held in Plover at 11:00 a.m.
June 3-4, 2011
• WDVA: Supermarket of Veterans Benefits to be held at the National Guard Armory in Green Bay
June 2, 2011
• Student Veterans of America: 2011 Leadership Summit at UW-Madison’s Pyle Center in Madison
May 30, 2011 MEMORIAL DAY – Theme – "Legacy of Remembrance"
• WDVA CWVMC & WVH-King: Waterside Memorial Day service at Marden Memorial Center on Rainbow Lake at 9:30 a.m., Cemetery services at 10:00 a.m.
May 29-30, 2011
• Wisconsin 2011 Memorial Day Programs and Ceremonies List
May 29, 2011 Memorial Day Events
• WDVA NWVMC: Memorial Day ceremony at Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spooner at 1:00 p.m.
• WDVA SWVMC: Memorial Day ceremony at Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Union Grove at 11:00 a.m.
May 27-29, 2011
• Vets Journey Home: Vets Journey Home weekend to be held at Camp Bird in Crivitz
May 21, 2011 ARMED FORCES DAY
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum, La Casa de Esperanza, Inc., WI American GI Forum, WI Latino Veterans: Nuestros Veteranos from Wisconsin: Latino Veterans – Stories of Honor, Valor, and Duty to Country to be held in Waukesha
May 20-22, 2011
• Veterans of the Menominee Nation: 22nd Annual "Gathering of Warriors Pow-Wow" Remembering 9/11, at the Woodland Bowl in Keshena
May 19, 2011
• WDVA, WDMA, WDWD, The American Legion: Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair to be held at Edgewood College in Madison
May 17, 2011
• WDVA, WDMA, WDWD, The American Legion: Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair to be held at the Army National Guard Armory in Appleton
May 16-19, 2011
• National Association of State Women Veteran Coordinators (NASWVC): 12th Annual Training Conference at the Concourse Hotel in Madison
May 16, 2011
• Epilepsy Foundation Southern Wisconsin: Dinner and program on Traumatic Brain Injury & Epilepsy to be held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Madison
May 15, 2011
• WDVA WVH-King: Open House & Old Car Show at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King
May 13-15, 2011
• MOPH: State Convention to be held in Reedsburg
May 12, 2011
• Waukesha County Museum: "Stars and Stripes Honor Flights" at the Waukesha County Museum in Waukesha
May 11, 2011
• WDVA, WDMA, WDWD, The American Legion: Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair to be held at the Army National Guard Armory in Marinette
May 6, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander's War in Iraq
April 26, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Coming of Age: Lincoln, the Civil War, and the Transformation of Wisconsin and the Midwest
April 20, 2011
• WDVA WVH-King: Volunteer Recognition Banquet to be held at the Best Western Grand Seasons Hotel in Waupaca
April 15, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: The Spur and the Sash
April 14-15, 2011
• Board of Veterans Affairs: Board, Councils, and Committees to meet in Madison
April 14, 2011
• Waukesha County Museum: "Journalism on the Front Lines" at the Waukesha County Museum in Waukesha
April 12, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: The Raising of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
April 10-11, 2011
• Ladies Auxillary VFW: Ladies National Auxillary VFW President Cortina Barnes to visit Madison including a tour of the Wisconsin Veterans Musuem on April 11
April 9, 2011 NATIONAL FORMER PRISONER OF WAR DAY
• Operation Military Kids: Free tickets available to military youth and their families for Night with the Milwaukee Bucks in Milwaukee
April 6, 2011
• Northern Highland Area Health Education Center: Project Hand-Over-Hand Workshop for veterans’ reintegration in Rhinelander
April 5, 2011
• USDVA and The College of St. Scholastica: We Fight the Same Fight Women’s Conference at the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, MN
March 29, 2011 VIETNAM VETERANS DAY
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Native Words, Native Warriors: Native American Code Talkers, 1917-2011
• WDVA, WDMA, WDWD, The American Legion: Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair to be held at the Army National Guard Armory, 1730 North Ln. in Eau Claire from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
March 25-27, 2011
• Project New Hope: Veteran Family Retreat in Mahtowa, MN (south of Duluth/Superior)
March 25, 2011 MEDAL OF HONOR DAY
March 24, 2011
• WDVA with Event Partners: Wisconsin Warrior Summit to be held at Waukesha County Technical College in Waukesha
March 23, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: What Caused the Civil War? at the Monona Terrace in Madison
March 19, 2011
• Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association of Wisconsin, Inc: 1st Annual Spaghetti Dinner to benefit Fisher House at the Racine Moose Lodge in Racine
March 18-20, 2011
• WI VFW Women Veterans Program: Women Veterans Retreat at the Radisson Hotel and Conference Center in Green Bay
March 17, 2011
• WDVA: Secretary Ken Black holds “Veterans Stand Together” Town Hall Meeting for Dodge County in Horicon from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
• WDVA, WDMA, WDWD, The American Legion: Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair to be held at the Stevens Point Airport, 4501 Hwy 66, Noel Group Flight Department in Stevens Point from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
March 4, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: What German-Americans Fought for in the Civil War: Insights From Their Letters
• Milwaukee CVSO & DWD: Veterans Career Fair to be held at the Zablocki VA Medical Center in Milwaukee from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
• Tomah VA Medical Center: Women's History Month Program presenting "Lioness" and featuring speaker U.S. Army Major Kate Guttormsen in Tomah
March 3-5, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Three-Day Conference: German and German-American Dimensions of the Civil War
March 3, 2011
• Vets Do Ask Do Tell: Women Veterans Health Clinic at 252 E. Highland Ave. in Milwaukee from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
February 25, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Why America Fights: Patriotism and War Propaganda from the Philippines to Iraq
February 23, 2011
• Applebee’s: Dining to Donate at Applebee’s: Support the Wisconsin Honor Flights all day long
February 19, 2011
• War-Veterans: Stand Down Rally for homeless or at-risk veterans in Milwaukee from 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
February 18, 2011
• Dryhootch: Comics for Courage Laff-A-Thon Fundraiser at Hoeppner-Horn Brothers VFW Post 5716 in New Berlin from 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
February 17, 2011
• WDVA: Secretary Ken Black holds “Veterans Stand Together” Town Hall Meeting for Marathon County in Wausau from 4:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
February 13, 2011
• Becker Law Office & UW Women's Hockey: $1 tickets to veterans for Local Heroes Day at the Kohl Center in Madison at 1:00 p.m.
February 10-11, 2011
• Board of Veterans Affairs: Board, Councils, and Committees to meet in Madison
February 4-5, 2011
• Snowflake Ski Club: Free admission to Snowflake Ski Jumping Tournament for veterans and military families in Westby
February 4, 2011
• Zablocki VA Medical Center: 12th Annual Salute to the African American Veteran in Milwaukee at 6:00 p.m.
February 1, 2011
• WDVA: Campus Veterans Benefits Open House at UW-Stout in Menomonie from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
January 29, 2011
• WDVA: Secretary Ken Black holds “Veterans Stand Together” Town Hall Meeting for Green County in Monroe from 10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
• WDVA: Secretary Ken Black holds “Veterans Stand Together” Town Hall Meeting for Lafayette County in Darlington from 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
January 21-23, 2011
• American Legion: Mid-Winter Conference to be held at the Ho-Chunk Hotel and Conference Center in Baraboo
January 17, 2011 GULF WAR ILLNESS RECOGNITION DAY
January 14-March 31, 2011
• WDVA Wisconsin Veterans Museum: The Scorching Desert Sun: A Wisconsin Photographer Chronicles Operation Desert Storm
January 14, 2011
• WDVA: Gulf War Illnesses Recognition Day Ceremony to be held at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum in Madison at 11:00 a.m.
January 8, 2011
• WDVA WVH-Union Grove and Eagle Inn on the Lake: 4th Annual Polar Plunge with proceeds to benefit the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove to be held in Kansasville at 1:00 p.m.
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