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Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs
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News - 2008

Press releases, announcements, and news items are listed below with the most recent first.

The Bugle is published quarterly by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum Foundation with current news, programs, and events of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum.

The Courier is a monthly publication of the Veterans Home at King with news and recent and upcoming events.

Wisconsin Women Veterans News is published quarterly and contains news and events pertaining to Wisconsin Women Veterans.

 THE BUGLE    THE COURIER    WISCONSIN WOMEN VETERANS NEWS

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12.15.08
  •  Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs seeking nominations for Veteran Lifetime Achievement Award
  •  Naomi Horwitz receives Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs Veteran Lifetime Achievement Award

12.04.08
  •  Wisconsin Veterans Museum Director dies – Richard H. Zeitlin, Ph.D., 63, led state veterans museum

12.03.08
  •  Pearl Harbor Day to be observed

12.02.08
  •  Remains of Wisconsin sailor missing from World War II have been identified

11.21.08
  •  Randy Nitschke Selected as Commandant of the Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove

11.20.08
  •  Wisconsin Women Veterans Coordinating Committee seeking nominations for members

11.14.08
  •  New Exhibit Features Civil War Maps and Photographs

11.06.08
  •  Laura Mays Selected as Liaison for Wisconsin Veterans Home at King

11.04.08
  •  Veterans Day Ceremonies to be held Statewide

10.31.08
  •  State to Hold Veterans’ Campus Outreach Event at UW-Stout
  •  Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs to host Veterans Day Ceremony at Spooner

10.30.08
  •  State to Hold Veterans’ Campus Outreach Event at UW-Superior

10.29.08
  •  State to Hold Veterans’ Campus Outreach Event at UW-River Falls

10.28.08
  •  Outreach event assists St. Croix County area Veterans and beyond

10.24.08
  •  Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery receives VA grant for expansion this Fall

10.21.08
  •  Vietnam veteran Gary L. Mader receives Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs Veteran Lifetime Achievement Award
  •  Veterans Day Program at King Veterans Home

10.16.08
  •  State to Hold Veterans Campus Outreach Events at CVTC – Eau Claire and UW-Eau Claire — Both events to take place on October 22

10.15.08
  •  Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs seeking nominations for Veteran Lifetime Achievement Award

10.14.08
  •  State to Hold Veterans Campus Outreach Event at UW-Milwaukee

10.10.08
  •  Supermarket of Veterans Benefits to be held in New Richmond on October 24-25 — Veterans event to take place at the National Guard Armory

10.08.08
  •  One Week Left for Veterans to File for Stimulus Check — Form needs to be returned by Oct. 15 to claim check

10.01.08
  •  State to Hold Veterans Campus Outreach Event at MATC-Milwaukee

09.24.08
  •  “Talking Spirits” tell their Civil War Stories at Forest Hill Cemetery

09.12.08
  •  State to Hold Veterans Campus Outreach Event at FVTC-Appleton
  •  POW-MIA Recognition Day to be observed at Wisconsin Veterans Museum

09.11.08
  •  Serving Wisconsin Veterans

09.09.08
  •  Exhibits highlighting Latino Veterans and artwork from Iraq and Afghanistan debut at Wisconsin Veterans Museum on September 15
  •  State to Hold Veterans Campus Outreach Event at NWTC-Green Bay

09.08.08
  •  The “Voyage to Vietnam,” soldier art highlighted in new traveling exhibit

09.04.08
  •  State to Hold Veterans Campus Outreach Event at UW-Oshkosh
  •  State to Hold Veterans Campus Outreach Event at UW-Whitewater

09.02.08
  •  Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs to host Women Veterans Conference at Fort McCoy

08.29.08
  •  Supermarket of Veterans Benefits to be held at Fort McCoy on September 5
  •  State to Hold Veterans Campus Outreach Event at MATC-Madison

08.20.08
  •  World War II veteran Mark Schaitel receives Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs Veterans Lifetime Achievement Award
  •  Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs seeking nominations for Veteran Lifetime Achievement Award

07.31.08
  •  King Home Commandant to Head national Veterans Homes organization

07.29.08
  •  Purple Heart Day event to take place August 7th in LaCrosse

07.11.08
  •  Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Scocos to be Deployed to Iraq
  •  Holiday weekend culminates in tribute to state veterans

06.27.08
  •  Supermarket of Veterans Benefits to be held in conjunction with Operation Freedom

06.24.08
  •  The “Voyage to Vietnam,” soldier art highlighted in new traveling exhibit

06.23.08
  •  Over 300 Veterans Attend Job Fair in Kimberly

06.23.08
  •  Maurer Honored with Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs Veterans Lifetime Achievement Award

06.16.08
  •  Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs seeking nominations for Veteran Lifetime Achievement Award

06.12.08
  •  Statement from the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs and the University of Wisconsin System regarding the Wisconsin G.I. Bill

06.06.08
  •  Veterans Job Fair to be held June 18 in Kimberly

05.23.08
  •  State Veterans Home Loan Program Gets Long-Sought Boost

05.19.08
  •  Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs to host Memorial Day Ceremonies

05.16.08
  •  Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs to host Memorial Day Ceremony at King
  •  Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs to host Memorial Day Ceremony at Spooner
  •  Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs to host Memorial Day Ceremony at the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery – Union Grove

05.12.08
  •  State Edges Closer to “Right-Sizing” Plan for State Veterans Homes

05.06.08
  •  Veterans’ Campus Outreach Event TOMORROW at UW-Milwaukee

04.28.08
  •  State to Hold Veterans’ Campus Outreach Event at UW-Milwaukee

04.23.08
  •  Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs seeking nominations for Veteran Lifetime Achievement Award

04.21.08
  •  Supermarket of Veterans Benefits reaches out to over 525 veterans in West Central Wisconsin

04.17.08
  •  State to Hold Veterans Campus Outreach Event in Green Bay

04.03.08
  •  Supermarket of Veterans Benefits to be held in Arcadia on April 16-17

03.28.08
  •  "Civil War Fridays" to Provide Educational Look at Wisconsin's Civil War Roots

03.21.08
  •  At least 24,000 Disabled Wisconsin Veterans Eligible for Economic Stimulus payment

03.20.08
  •  WDVA, Area Colleges Hold Veterans Campus Outreach Events

03.06.08
  •  Mortgage Loan Rates Reduced for Wisconsin Veterans

03.03.08
  •  Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs seeking nominations for Veteran Lifetime Achievement Award

02.21.08
  •  Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs elects new officers

02.20.08
  •  Wisconsin Board of Veterans Affairs presents Veterans Lifetime Achievement Award

02.12.08
  •  Employment Outreach Event Draws Hundreds of Veterans

01.28.08
  •  Governor Doyle Announces Appointments of Marcia Anderson and Daniel Naylor to the Board of Veterans Affairs

01.24.08
  •  Veterans Job Fair to be held February 7 in Wausau

01.15.08
  •  Gulf War Illnesses Conference to be held on Thursday, January 17

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