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Explore more than 100,000 collection items online through the Society’s digital collections. For over two decades, we’ve been scanning, photographing, and digitizing materials from our collections, creating a rich and growing digital archive that brings history closer to you.
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Memorial Day
May 30, 1961
World War I veteran Edward J. Starr watches the Memorial Day service at the State Capitol while holding a small American flag. He is from a Menominee Indian reservation, Neopit, WI.
Memorial Day
May 30, 1961
Pamela Mash (3 1/2 years old) is shown holding her ears as she stands next to her mother who is playing trombone with the VFW band. The concert was part of the Memorial Day observance.
Armed Forces Day Observed with a Parade Around the Capitol Square
May 9, 1964
Mike Clements, age 5, enjoying the annual Armed Forces Day parade around the Capitol Square in Madison.
Monona Grove Memorial Day Festival Queen
May 26, 1961
Quarter-length portrait of Monona Grove Memorial Day Festival queen Jane Weitekamp.
Armed Forces Day Observed with a Parade Around the Capitol Square
May 9, 1964
Navy servicemen parade around the Capitol Square in observance of Armed Forces Day in Madison. The theme of the day-long event held at Truax Field is "Power for Peace."
Bank of Madison
May 19, 1961
Street view of the Bank of Madison building at 1 West Main Street on the Capitol Square.
