Don’t Forget! “Union Veterans at Forest Home Cemetery” Lecture – Tonight at 7:00!

Don’t Forget! “Union Veterans at Forest Home Cemetery” Lecture – Tonight at 7:00! For more info follow this link: http://wp.me/p2WBcF-by. Continue reading →

Letters from a Union Soldier: The Henry W. Mason Collection

Within MCHS’s famous vaults, dozens of  letters from Union soldiers of the Civil War are housed and kept safe. This week, the Milwaukee County Historical Society will host not one, but two, veteran-related events. To help celebrate these events, MKE Memoirs shares Civil War photographs from our collection and letters from Corporal Henry W. Mason, … Continue reading →

Next Wednesday: “Union Veterans at Forest Home Cemetery” Lecture

Join MCHS for the  special guest lecture “Eternal Bivouac: Union Veterans at Forest Home Cemetery” at 7:00 pm on Wednesday, March 20th! Specializing in identifying graves of Civil War veterans, Margaret Berres and Tom Ludka will present their most recent project, the identification of graves at Milwaukee’s Forest Home Cemetery. They will share some background on … Continue reading →