2008 Events


Women Veteran's Week
May 19-24,  2008
Branson,Missouri
Brenda Owen  Meadows
E-Mail:  brendameadows@mac.com
(417) 334-8991
(916) 307-8913



May 10-17 2008


MILWAUKEE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE
MAY 26, 2008
PARADE AT 2PM

FITCH PLAZA FOLLOWING THE PARADE
WAR MEMORIAL CENTER
Wreath Presentation
Brick Ceremony
Pow-Mia Ceremony
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MEMORIAL DAY PARADE SET FOR MONDAY, MAY 26, 2008  DOWNTOWN

MILWAUKEE (April, 2008) - Milwaukee's 143rd consecutive Memorial Day Parade
will be held downtown on Monday, May 26th starting at 2 p.m.
This year's Parade is in recognition of All Veterans from All Wars
The Parade this year is dedicated to Our Purple Heart recipients
This year's Parade will feature about 100 parade elements, including color guards, bands,
marching units, vehicles and numerous VIP dignitaries.

The Parade will start at 4th Street and Wisconsin Avenue downtown, proceeding east on Wisconsin Avenue
to the War Memorial Center and ending at Veterans Park on the lakefront.

A Memorial Wreath-Laying Ceremony sponsored by the Milwaukee Memorial Day Parade Committee,
will take place at the War Memorial immediately following the Parade (at approximately 3:30pm).
This solemn but colorful ceremony to honor the War Dead has been a Milwaukee tradition since 1886.
It will be held at the Reflecting Pool on Fitch Plaza, which is on the 2nd (bridge) level of the War Memorial.
There will also be a POW-MIA ceremony & Purple Heart Memorial dedication.
The Metropolitan Community Band will perform after the ceremonies.

The Memorial Day Parade is presented by the Volunteer General Memorial Day Committee,
and depends entirely on private contributions, that can be sent to the (General Memorial Day Committee)
War Memorial Center, 750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive, Milwaukee WI. 53202.
Thank you for joining us in keeping this tradition alive.
The public is invited & encouraged to attend the Parade & the ceremonies that follow.

Milwaukee Memorial Day Parade Site
http:ww.war-veterans.org/Parade.htm
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1st ever
Bunker/DMZ
"POW-MIA Balloon Launch"

Doc Dentice & Crew

Sponsor's
Images On Rock
Bunker/DMZ
VFW Post 8343
Welder Supply Company-Pete Mueller

Bunker/DMZ
1st Annual
"National Moment of Remembrance Ride"
Motorcycle Ride


Riders meet at the Bunker
Free registration 9-10am
Riders leave Bunker at 10:15am


"Proud to Be a Woman and an American Veteran"

Reclaiming Our Heritage Site
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.


3rd of July 2008
For more Info visit
WAR MEMORIAL CENTER
Reserve your table
LAKEFRONT FIREWORKS NITE
BEER-SODA-FOOD
Best Fireworks Viewing Location
Tickets on Sale
May 19,2008
414-273-5533

VETERANS DAY
STATE FAIR PARK
AUGUST 2008


 Fishing with the Vets website


FIREBASE KOKOMO
(the mini reunion)
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
  June 6, 7, 8, 2008

THE 26TH ANNUAL
KOKOMO
VIETNAM VETERANS REUNION
Friday, Saturday and Sunday
  September 19, 20, 21, 20008

Americanism Awards Breakfast 2008
HOSTED BY THE VETERANS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

VETERANS BOARD OF DIRECTORS
750 N. Lincoln Memorial Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(414) 273-5533
Sunday, October , 2008 9:15 A.M.
War Memorial Center, Memorial Hall
All Vet's Org's can present Awatds to their own Honoree's
Its a great event and only $10 per person

Tickets  $10.00 each - by reservation only
Please Note:  We cannot accept “walk-ins” on October .

Make checks payable to: Veterans Board of Directors and send
with names of persons at your table.
We can seat up to eight (8) per table.

Note: If your organization will present an award, please notify Ron Laux at
(414) 464-1386 or Paul Bialk at (414) 425-1619.

Please, no more than two (2) awards per Organization. Thank You!!!

RIGHT CLICK AND SAVE AND PRINT OUT FORM

TICKETS $10.00
Seating will be 8 to a table.$80.00
Seating must be reserved in advance.
Ron Laux
EMAIL RON FOR TICKETS AND INFO
Your Vets Org. can present Awards at this event.
2 Awards per Org.
Cutoff date is Oct.  2008


45th Annual Milwaukee Veterans Day Parade
and Day of Honor

 Saturday, November 8, 2008 11am
Special Guests of Honor:
The United States Army,
Army Reserve and
Wisconsin National Guard

Veterans Day Banquet
November 11, 2008
War Memorial Center
Sponsored by the Marine Corps League
All Vets & Military Welcome
(414) 273-5533


 


Fallen Warriors Project
Four Lakes Detachment of the Marine Corps League in Madison, WI.
Help them by purchasing one for your organization.
Each Org. can honor their hometown area Fallen Hero's by displaying this
Tribute and placing their names on a Special brass plate that come with the  Statuette.
This tribute is available for any State.
Honor Family members from all Wars
TELL THEM DOC DENTICE SENT YOU

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 Fallen Warriors Memorial

"A Tradition of Heroes"
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