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GREEN BAY - Green Bay-area residents will be able to return to Memorial Day ceremonies on Monday, a year after the coronavirus pandemic forced veterans groups to cancel events or honor fallen service members virtually.
Volunteers have been busy this week placing flags on veterans graves in cemeteries across the Green Bay area ahead of in-person events scheduled over the course of Monday. A statewide commemoration of the holiday will remain virtual, though.
Memorial Day is a day to remember veterans who have died serving the United States. Its roots go back to Decoration Day, started in the years after the Civil War when soldiers would adorn the graves of soldiers who died in the conflict with flowers. It has been a national holiday since 1971.
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The Wisconsin Veterans Museum remains closed due to the pandemic, but many of the museum s regular programs have continued virtually, including its Mess Night at the Museum lecture series. This installment features a talk by historian Edward Lengel on a group of Wisconsin and Michigan National Guard members who, as part of the American Expeditionary Forces, were among the first U.S. soldiers in combat during World War I. Register here for a link to the free talk. Â
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Join us via ZOOM for a discussion with Adam Holton, former Commanding Officer of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines. In 2004 Holton took Madison-based Golf Company to Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Holton arrived a few months after the situation in Iraq had turned into full-scale insurgency. Challenged with a mission in an area of operation that was almost 50% Shia and 50% Sunni, Holton and the members of Golf Company learned to bui
Historian Christopher Kolakowski to speak to Rotary Club of Waynesboro on April 8
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Front Page » Local/State » Local2 » Historian Christopher Kolakowski to speak to Rotary Club of Waynesboro on April 8
The Rotary Club of Waynesboro will hold a live-stream presentation featuring acclaimed historian Christopher Kolakowski at its weekly member meeting on Thursday, April 8.
The live stream will feature commentary by Kolakowski on the World War II Battle of Kohima. This 1944 battle between India and Japan is considered to be one of the greatest battles in British military history.