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Memorial Day Activities
May 30, 1952
The unveiling of a marble monument dedicated to Madison's war dead at Forest Hill Cemetery as part of Madison's Memorial Day ceremonies. At the right of the monument is Attorney Lyall T. Beggs, pas...
Memorial Day Activities
May 30, 1952
Eighty-two-year-old William N. Nichols holding a flag during Memorial Day services at the Wisconsin State Capitol. He is the son of a Union Civil War veteran and he served with the Pennsylvania mil...
Memorial Day Activities
May 30, 1952
Members of the Women's Relief Corps scattered flowers on the waters of Lake Mendota in honor of Navy and Air Force dead as part of Memorial Day services in Madison.
Flag Day Ceremony
June 13, 1954
The Belleville American Legion post champion drill team raising the flag during Flag Day ceremonies at the Madison Veterans Administration Hospital.
Armistice Day Tribute
November 11, 1952
Representatives of veterans' and patriotic groups, holding flags and paying tribute to the city's war dead by laying wreaths around a cenotaph at the State Street entrance to the Wisconsin State C...
Presenting Wreath on Armistice Day
November 11, 1952
Nena Aylward, left, of the Women's Relief Corps, is placing a wreath on the cenotaph in Armistice Day ceremonies in Capitol Park. Assisting is Clarence R. Starr, Madison Veterans of Foreign Wars co...
