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2025 HIGHLIGHTS
ROBOTICS FOR VETS VA WOMEN’S RETREAT FIELD OF FLAGS MUSIC IN THE
WMC teams up with the
Spinal Cord Injury Center
at the Milwaukee VA for this
empowering program.
Hosted by the Milwaukee
Every Memorial Day week,
VA to facilitate connection to
volunteers help create a field of
physical, emotional, mental,
27,316 flags as a visual reminder
and spiritual resilience.
of the price of freedom.
GARDEN
Live music, car shows, and
resource tables for veterans at the
summer beer garden compliments
of the SE Wisconsin Veteran
Suicide Prevention Taskforce.
JAN. FEB. MAR. APR. APR. MAY MAY JUNE -
SEPT.
FROST FEST
Free family fun hosted by
the SE Wisconsin Veteran
Suicide Prevention
Taskforce.
NATIONAL VIETNAM
WAR VETERANS DAY
Annual ceremony to honor
those who served in Vietnam.
SERVICE
EXPERIENCE DAY
This “field trip on steroids”
brings hundreds of students
to the War Memorial Center
to interact with veterans and
current service members.
WAR MEMORIAL
BEER GARDEN
Kegel’s Inn operates the
popular summer gathering
spot on Milwaukee’s lakefront
for a fifth year. Open late
May through September.
THANK YOU IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT FOR THE EVENT WE BROUGHT TO
LIFE. I AM HONORED TO WORK WITH SUCH INCREDIBLE HUMANS WHO PUT
STUDENTS, VETERANS AND EDUCATION AT THE FOREFRONT. REFLECTING
ON THE CONVERSATIONS BETWEEN VETERANS AND TEENAGERS BRINGS A
SMILE TO MY FACE.— Julie Theim, Work-based Learning Specialist
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