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Armistice Day Ceremonies

Date: 11 11 1947
Description: Armistice Day ceremony with Mrs. Ella M. Bresee, representing the Grand Army of the Republic and the Daughters of 1812, shown placing a wreath at the cenot...
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Armistice Day Ceremony

Date: 11 11 1947
Description: Armistice Day ceremony, looking down State Street, with a drum and bugle corps on the left and other veterans in uniform standing at attention near the cen...
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University of Wisconsin ROTC Review

Date: 05 01 1948
Description: The University of Wisconsin ROTC cadets pass in review before the Military Ball Queen, Mary Schneiders, San Diego, California, her court, and ROTC officers...
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University of Wisconsin ROTC Review

Date: 05 01 1948
Description: University of Wisconsin ROTC officers and military guests with the Military Ball Queen and her court. Left to right: Col. Wendell B. Fertig, Colorado Schoo...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Sponsors

Date: 05 27 1948
Description: Freddy Fleury, 14, of 210 N. Paterson Street, talks over plans for his 1948 Soap Box Derby racer with Master Sgt. Wilfred W. Wall at the U.S. Army & Air Fo...
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Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: Wisconsin Centennial Parade. Elevated view of the crowd as the U.S. Army 32nd Division passes along Main Street. The Tenney Building is in the background.
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Wisconsin Centennial Parade

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: The viewing stand for the new voter ceremonies at the King Street entrance of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Admiral William D. Leahy (in uniform) is shown i...
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Soldiers in Formation

Date: 1876
Description: A group of soldiers stand at attention in formation as a part of the 1876 Centennial Celebrations.
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UW Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps

Date: 06 21 1948
Description: Group portrait of 16 members of the University of Wisconsin Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps in front of two railroad cars. They left for San Francisc...
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Ground-Breaking Ceremony

Date: 08 23 1948
Description: City manager Leonard G. Howell, breaking the ground with a shovel, at the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Naval Reserve training center in Kendall Fie...
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Armistice Day Commemoration

Date: 11 11 1948
Description: Color bearers from the National Guard, the Veterans of Foreign Wars, the two American Legion posts, the Spanish-American War veterans, their auxiliaries, a...
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Armistice Day Commemoration

Date: 11 11 1948
Description: Robert Babcock, Lodi, places the American Legion auxiliary post Number 57 memorial wreath at the front of the memorial obelisk on the grounds of the Wiscon...
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American Legion Gathering at Airport

Date: 11 11 1948
Description: American Legion members in front of a plane at the Madison airport. Membership Chairman R.C. Golden is handing 1949 membership cards to the pilot Colonel L...
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University of Wisconsin ROTC Cadets at French Friendship Day Ceremony

Date: 02 13 1949
Description: The group of University of Wisconsin ROTC Cadets clasped hands to signify the presentation and acceptance of the French gifts to the state of Wisconsin. A ...
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Army Day Parade

Date: 04 06 1949
Description: Wisconsin ROTC cadets passing in review in front of the Memorial Union at the start of the Army Day parade. The Wisconsin State Historical Society is on th...
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Wisconsin ROTC Cadet Receiving Award

Date: 04 06 1949
Description: Lieut. Col. Wayne O. Hauck, executive officer of the University of Wisconsin military department, left, presenting Cadet Col. William K. Chipman with an aw...
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General J. Lawton Collins and Charles Isenberger

Date: 04 13 1949
Description: General J. Lawton Collins, Vice-Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, center, is met at Truax Field by Charles Isenberger, at right. The general was the speake...
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Wisconsin's 32nd Infantry Division Returns

Date: 12 21 1961
Description: Wisconsin's 32nd Division returns to Madison from Fort Lewis, Washington, on holiday leave.
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University of Wisconsin ROTC Inspection

Date: 05 06 1949
Description: A three day annual inspection of the University of Wisconsin Reserved Officers Training Corps cadets was climaxed by a parade of 2,500 cadets and the prese...
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University of Wisconsin ROTC Inspection

Date: 05 06 1949
Description: Cadet Col. William K. Chipman, Madison, was presented the commandant's award for "outstanding academic, extra-curricular, military science, and leadership ...

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