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ABOUT MILWAUKEE SOLDIERS HOME


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Memorial Platform Plaque

The enlarged platform and sidewalk improvements were part of the 2009 Eagle…

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Memorial Day Order

On May 30, 1868, Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic…

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Lydia Ely Hewitt

by Steve Michaels Lydia Docenia Ely was born in 1835 in Clinton,…

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Forest Home Cemetery

The Home Cemetery at the Northwestern Branch did not open until 1871.…

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Acknowledgments

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Fisher House Wisconsin

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Buildings & Grounds

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Henry C. Koch

What's in a Name?

West Side Soldiers Aid Society

Gone but Not Forgotten

Forest Home Cemetery Map

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