Tribute to Women Vets
''Proud to Be a Woman and an American Veteran''
Annual Event at Milwaukee VA Will Pay Tribute to Women Vets
MILWAUKEE — Event organizers have announced the honored group of veterans for the seventh annual Reclaiming Our Heritage event at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee: our nation’s women veterans and those in active duty. The 2008 event will take place on May 31 and June 1 with the annual Civil War School Day on May 30.
Betty Mosely Brown, associate director of the Center for Women Veterans, will be among the guest speakers that weekend. Women veterans will be featured in the Positively Patriotic Parade on Saturday, May 31. They will also receive a hand-crafted ornament with the phrase ''Proud to Be a Woman and an American Veteran.''
Reclaiming Our Heritage provides veteran benefit information for all veterans, but this year a special area will be devoted to women’s health information and support services. Special exhibits will follow ''Women Veterans Through History.''
Other weekend activities will include:
• New! Timeline of American Fire Power, a multi-era demonstration, all day Saturday
• New! Multi-Era Dance on Saturday evening
• New! Civil War Battle of Belmont on Sunday—the first time the Navy will come into action at Reclaiming Our Heritage
• Popular Cemetery-by-Lantern Tours of Wood National Cemetery
• VA Chaplain’s Field Mass (10:30 a.m.) and Reenactor Worship Service (9:00 a.m.) Sunday
• Tours of historic district and select historic buildings
A free-admission, family-friendly patriotic celebration, Reclaiming Our Heritage is hosted by the staff of the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center at 5000 W. National Ave., Milwaukee, and sponsored by the Soldiers Home Foundation. For schedules, event news and driving directions, visit www.rohmilwaukee.org or call (414) 902-5599.
By MzPiggski
Annual Event at Milwaukee VA Will Pay Tribute to Women Vets
MILWAUKEE — Event organizers have announced the honored group of veterans for the seventh annual Reclaiming Our Heritage event at the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center, Milwaukee: our nation’s women veterans and those in active duty. The 2008 event will take place on May 31 and June 1 with the annual Civil War School Day on May 30.
Betty Mosely Brown, associate director of the Center for Women Veterans, will be among the guest speakers that weekend. Women veterans will be featured in the Positively Patriotic Parade on Saturday, May 31. They will also receive a hand-crafted ornament with the phrase ''Proud to Be a Woman and an American Veteran.''
Reclaiming Our Heritage provides veteran benefit information for all veterans, but this year a special area will be devoted to women’s health information and support services. Special exhibits will follow ''Women Veterans Through History.''
Other weekend activities will include:
• New! Timeline of American Fire Power, a multi-era demonstration, all day Saturday
• New! Multi-Era Dance on Saturday evening
• New! Civil War Battle of Belmont on Sunday—the first time the Navy will come into action at Reclaiming Our Heritage
• Popular Cemetery-by-Lantern Tours of Wood National Cemetery
• VA Chaplain’s Field Mass (10:30 a.m.) and Reenactor Worship Service (9:00 a.m.) Sunday
• Tours of historic district and select historic buildings
A free-admission, family-friendly patriotic celebration, Reclaiming Our Heritage is hosted by the staff of the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center at 5000 W. National Ave., Milwaukee, and sponsored by the Soldiers Home Foundation. For schedules, event news and driving directions, visit www.rohmilwaukee.org or call (414) 902-5599.
By MzPiggski