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The Milwaukee County War Memorial is a memorial building located on Lake Michigan in Milwaukee, WI. It was designed by architect Eero Saarinen. Construction began in 1955 and the building was dedicated on Veterans Day in 1957. [1] The mosaic mural by Edmund D. Lewandowski was installed in 1959.
Milwaukee native and famous performer Wladziu "Walter" Liberace (1919-1987) offered limited help. When young in the 1920s he had performed at the theater, when visiting veterans with his mother. [3] Ambitious fundraising efforts by the Soldiers Home Foundation floundered and currently Ward Memorial Hall sits vacant.
Discharged veterans of World War II form a new unit in Milwaukee's Memorial Day parade as it passes the Milwaukee Public Library on May 30, 1945. Some of the veterans dug out their uniforms ...
A part of the Clement J. Zablocki Veterans Association Medical Center, the cemetery was established in 1871 as Soldier Home Cemetery to inter the remains of soldiers who died while under care in the medical center.
The Milwaukee County War Memorial Center is planning a new exhibit honoring Medal of Honor recipients. Wisconsin's 64 Medal of Honor recipients to be honored in new Milwaukee County War Memorial ...
A Milwaukee native, Pekrul signed up for the U.S. Army at Boys Tech High School (now Bradley Tech), according to an interview with the War Memorial Center that he gave as part of the Wisconsin ...
Sheboygan Hmong Memorial; Spanish–American War Soldier; Statue of Christopher Columbus (Columbus, Wisconsin) Statue of Douglas MacArthur (Milwaukee) Statue of Hans Christian Heg; Statue of Hiawatha; Statue of John Plankinton; Statue of Robert Burns (Milwaukee) Steuben Monument
The Milwaukee firm of Henry C. Koch was the architect for many buildings during this period of expansion including the hospital (1879), Ward Memorial Hall (1882), [8] the chapel (1889), [9] Wadsworth Library (1892), [10] and the 1896 Colonial Revival-styled headquarters building (1894).