May 27, 2021 | Capital Campaign News, Featured News, HomePageNews, News
A $250,000 pledge has been given by the Listeman Foundation for The Highground Rising, the private $4M capital campaign to build a Welcome Center at The Highground and support additional Park improvements. “The Listeman Foundation has been supporting The...
May 27, 2021 | Featured News, HomePageNews, Museum, News
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 shoulder boards as artifacts...
May 10, 2021 | Events, Exhibits, Featured News, Museum, News
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 “Tiger...
May 7, 2021 | Capital Campaign News, Featured News, HomePageNews, News
“The Highground Rising” $4 million expansion campaign for The Highground Veterans Memorial Park has surpassed $1M. Upon reaching the $1M milestone, several major donors who offered a challenge of $400,000 have extended the challenge to June 8. According...
Apr 22, 2021 | Exhibits, Featured News, Museum, News
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 Saturday,...
Apr 15, 2021 | Capital Campaign News, Featured News, HomePageNews, News
The $4M Highground Rising Campaign Launch celebration, held at The Condensery in Osseo, Wisconsin, announced the campaign has raised $834,374 in pledges and gifts since beginning soliciting prospective donors late last year. The goals of the campaign will build a...
