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WDVA liaisons meet with County Veterans Service Officers to discuss ways to collaborate in order to meet the needs of the Veterans community.

At-risk Veterans in our Veterans Outreach and Recovery Program attend a cooking skills class at Viterbo University.

Dozens of Vietnam War Veterans joined Secretary Zimmerman and Governor Walker at the WDVA's commemoration event in Eau Claire on March 29, Vietnam War Veterans Day.

Members at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King participate in a boxing clinic led by professional boxer JJ Corn.

Secretary Zimmerman and Wisconsin Veterans Museum Director Michael Telzrow cut a ribbon at the James Megellas Gallery at the WDVA's Veterans Home at King.

Across the WDVA's three Veterans homes, almost 600 volunteers - including those pictured here - combined to put in more than 43,000 hours within the last year!

Staff from the Wisconsin Veterans Museum displayed artifacts that will be stored in the State Archive Preservation Facility in Madison. A ribbon-cutting was held March 8.

News

WDVA Announces Memorial Day Events at Wisconsin Veterans Cemeteries >>Read More...

Veterans Home at King to Celebrate Grand Opening of Wisconsin Veterans Museum’s James Megellas Gallery >>Read More...

DOC AND WDVA Host Resource Fairs for Incarcerated Veterans >>Read More...

WDVA Veterans Events

May 20, 2018 - Veterans Home at King Open House
May 24, 2018 - Cocktails with a Curator at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum
May 26, 2018 - Memorial Day Service at the Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Spooner at 1:00 p.m.
May 27, 2018 - Memorial Day Service at the Southern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Union Grove at 11:00 a.m.
May 28, 2018 - Memorial Day Service at the Central Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery in King at 10:30 a.m. - Event Poster