Name: The Highground Education Days 2023
Start: 2023-10-03
End: 2023-10-06
Location: The Highground

The Highground to Feature Veteran Artists in PTSD Exhibit

July 9, 2021

The Highground is honored to present the “Exploring PTSD – Healing Through Art” Exhibit, on display at The Highground Museum July 24–September 28, 2021. This important exhibition seeks to provide education about PTSD – the history and current thoughts on Post Continue reading →

Exhibits, Featured News, HomePageNews, Latest News, Museum

The Highground Receives Donation from Family of Veteran Don Beseler

May 27, 2021

Liz Hamilton

The Highground Receives Donation from Family of Veteran Don Beseler

Many German POWs that entered American-run POW camps would have the shoulder boards of their uniforms removed, especially if they were to be investigated for war crimes. Don Beseler, a U.S. soldier working in the POW camp kept these German Continue reading →

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The Highground Welcomed Guest Speaker Betty Sitler to the POW/MIA Exhibit Opening

May 10, 2021

Liz Hamilton

The Highground Welcomed Guest Speaker Betty Sitler to the POW/MIA Exhibit Opening

The Highground hosted a grand opening ceremony for the POW/MIA exhibit on May 1, 2021, featuring guest of honor Betty Sitler. Betty’s late husband Harold “Red” Sitler was a POW for 1,009 days during the Korean War. Red was a Continue reading →

Events, Exhibits, Featured News, Latest News, Museum

The Highground Museum Honors our POWs/MIAs, Featuring “The League of Wives” Exhibit

April 22, 2021

Liz Hamilton

The Highground Museum Honors our POWs/MIAs, Featuring “The League of Wives” Exhibit

The Highground Museum will present several exhibits as part of a summer of remembering and honoring our POW/MIAs, the families that helped bring them home and the families still waiting for closure.

Several exhibits will officially open to the public on Continue reading →

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The Highground to Feature “WWI–Midwest Experience in the Great War” Exhibit in February

January 15, 2021

Liz Hamilton

The Highground to Feature “WWI–Midwest Experience in the Great War” Exhibit in February

The “WWI–Midwest Experience in the Great War” exhibition will be at The Highground Museum from February 6-March 29, 2021. This exhibit will focus on how the Midwest U.S. was involved and affected by WWI, “The Great War”. There will be Continue reading →

Exhibits, Featured News, Latest News, Museum

GWOT Gold Star Tree on Display at The Highground Museum

December 17, 2020

Liz Hamilton

GWOT Gold Star Tree on Display at The Highground Museum

The Highground announces their Global War on Terror Gold Star Memorial Tree is now on display in the Museum. Featured are photo cards of all the men and women from Wisconsin who have been lost in combat since Desert Storm Continue reading →

Featured News, HomePageNews, Latest News, Museum

Visitors of All Ages Attend We Were There: Korea Exhibit Grand Opening

October 7, 2020

Liz Hamilton

Visitors of All Ages Attend We Were There: Korea Exhibit Grand Opening

The Highground Veterans Memorial Park hosted a well-received Grand Opening for the We Were There: Korea exhibit on September 19, 2020, outside The Highground Museum, following the late morning Korean Honor Stone Placement Ceremony.

The Highground was honored to Continue reading →

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Vietnam Veterans Reunion at The Highground

September 14, 2020

Liz Hamilton

Vietnam Veterans Reunion at The Highground

A Vietnam Veterans Reunion will be held at The Highground Veterans Memorial Park near Neillsville on Saturday, October 3 at noon. Vietnam Veterans and spouses are invited to join the informal gathering. In addition to providing an opportunity Continue reading →

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The Highground Cordially Invites the Public to an International Day of Peace Event

September 10, 2020

Liz Hamilton

The Highground Cordially Invites the Public to an International Day of Peace Event

The Highground will recognize the International Day of Peace with an “open community” event on Monday, September 21 at 1pm at the Earthen Dove Effigy Mound. All are invited to attend as poetry and messages of Peace Continue reading →

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The Highground Invites the Public to Attend the Grand Opening for We Were There: Korea

September 8, 2020

Liz Hamilton

The Highground Invites the Public to Attend the Grand Opening for We Were There: Korea

The Highground Veterans Memorial Park extends an invitation to the Grand Opening for We Were There: Korea on September 19, 2020, at 12:30pm in The Highground Museum, following the Korean Stone Placement.

The Highground is honored to Continue reading →

Events, Exhibits, Featured News, HomePageNews, Latest News

The Highground to Feature Veteran Artists in PTSD Exhibit

The Highground Receives Donation from Family of Veteran Don Beseler

The Highground Welcomed Guest Speaker Betty Sitler to the POW/MIA Exhibit Opening

The Highground Museum Honors our POWs/MIAs, Featuring “The League of Wives” Exhibit

The Highground to Feature “WWI–Midwest Experience in the Great War” Exhibit in February

GWOT Gold Star Tree on Display at The Highground Museum

Visitors of All Ages Attend We Were There: Korea Exhibit Grand Opening

Vietnam Veterans Reunion at The Highground

The Highground Cordially Invites the Public to an International Day of Peace Event

The Highground Invites the Public to Attend the Grand Opening for We Were There: Korea

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The Highground Education Days 2023

Fall “Vets & Guitars” & Ukuleles 2023

Fall Bake Sale 2023

Legacy Stone Ceremony-11am

United In Service Stone Ceremony–11am

Legacy Stone Ceremony-2pm

United In Service Stone Ceremony–2pm

Fall Cleanup Days 2023

Veteran & Family PTSD Peer Support Group Oct 2023

Holiday Lights Program 2023

Honoring Our Veterans ATV Raffle 2023

Veteran & Family PTSD Peer Support Group Nov 2023

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