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VA Hospital Patients Win Short Story Contest

Date: 02 24 1954
Description: Luida Sanders (right), a "writer's aide" and a state public health educator, presents first and second prizes to two writers and patients at the Madison V...
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Disabled American Veterans Officer Installation

Date: 04 04 1954
Description: Joe Doucette, retiring commander of the Togstad-Glenn Chapter 2 of the Disabled American Veterans, I.F. Statz, state commander, and Forest J. Fischer, new ...
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Disabled American Veterans Officer Installation

Date: 04 04 1954
Description: Mary Karraker, second district commander of the Ladies' Auxiliary, talking to Charles Kettle, second district commander.
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Disabled American Veterans Officer Installation

Date: 04 04 1954
Description: Three members of the Ladies auxiliary sitting together while talking. They are Leatha Fuller, a department commander of the auxiliary, Mrs. Herb Pommerenin...
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Disabled American Veterans Officer Installation

Date: 04 04 1954
Description: Three Madison men, all past commanders of the post (Togstad-Glenn Chapter 2), get together for the first time in 10 years at the installation. They are Mar...
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Badger Boys' State Madison Delegates

Date: 06 12 1954
Description: Portrait of the eleven Madison boys being sent to Badger Boys' State at Ripon College by American Legion Post 57. The boys are flanked by Floyd Davidson, B...
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Flag Day Ceremony

Date: 06 13 1954
Description: Jerry Host, former state American Legion commander, gives the address during Flag Day ceremonies at the Madison Veterans Administration Hospital with the M...
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American Legion Auxiliary

Date: 06 25 1954
Description: Group portrait of 14 women making plans for the state convention of the American Legion Auxiliary.
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American Legion Parade

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: Gordon Roseleip, left, congratulates James Marteneau of Oconto, his successor as the state commander of the American Legion, at the legion parade around th...
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American Legion Parade

Date: 07 17 1954
Description: The Racine Post No. 76 drum and bugle corps receives a salute as they pass the reviewing stand during the American Legion parade around the Capitol Square....
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American Legion Parade

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: Wisconsin's Thirty-second Division drill unit take part in the American Legion parade around Capitol Square.
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American Legion Parade

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: An old truck operated by the Richard Mulcahy Post 47 of Portage spraying water on the crowd at the American Legion parade around Capitol Square. The view i...
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American Legion Parade

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: The La Crosse Drum and Bugle Corps takes part in the American Legion parade around Capitol Square. The Park Hotel is in the background.
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American Legion Parade

Date: 07 18 1954
Description: The crowd watches a marching unit along East Main Street during the American Legion parade around the Capitol Square. Miller's and Penny's are in the backg...
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National Business Women's Week

Date: 10 05 1954
Description: Three members of the Madison Business and Professional Women's club employed at the Veterans' Administration hospital are chatting with Gustave Johnson of ...
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First Veterans Day Proclamation in Wisconsin

Date: 10 29 1954
Description: Governor Walter Kohler signs a proclamation making November 11, 1954 the first Veterans Day in Wisconsin. Looking on, left to right, are: Francis Lorbecki ...
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Veterans of Foreign Wars

Date: 12 03 1954
Description: Three Middleton members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Military Order of the Cooties confer with Ernest G. Kuenzi (second from left) who is the area's VF...
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Bowling Tournament

Date: 02 03 1956
Description: Officials of the Veterans of Foreign Wars state bowling tournament hold onto a bowling ball before the "first throw." Left to right: Ralph Pauls, Madison C...
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American Legion Auxilliary

Date: 06 23 1956
Description: Group portrait of the new officers of the American Legion Auxiliary in the Legion clubhouse. Front row seated left to right: Mrs. Harold Jahnke, Third Dist...
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American Legion Cairns - Victory Post 57

Date: 06 23 1956
Description: Group portrait of the new officers of the American Legion William B. Cairns Victory Post 57. First row, left to right: Don Atkins, third district commander...

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