And Read the March 15, 2013, blog post on Preservation Nation.
Watch the Soldiers Home Episode on
Milwaukee Public Television's "I Remember" (#1914)
and order a copy of our new book from Arcadia Publishing
Sunday, May 26, 2013, 1 p.m.
Service of Remembrance and Decoration of Graves
at the Soldiers' Home Section of Forest Home Cemetery
Monday, May 27, 2013, 9:10 a.m.
Memorial Day Observance
Wood National Cemetery
West Side S.A.S. is a proud supporter of this annual tribute.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013, 5-10 p.m.
The Festival at Wauwatosa
featuring a performance by an ensemble of
THE FIRST BRIGADE BAND
Sponsored by the Boucher Automotive Group & West Side S.A.S.
Strawberry Sundaes sponsored by Real Time Automation
VICTORIAN DANCE
Free and Friendly!
at Hales Corners Village Hall
Our West Side Victorian Dancers offer open dance sessions each month
for all levels, beginning through experienced.
We'd love to have you join us at Hales Corners Village Hall.
Sessions are held 2nd and 4th Tuesdays, 6:30-8:00 p.m.
These sessions are not sponsored by the Hales Corners Library.
NATIONAL HOME
FOR DISABLED VOLUNTEER SOLDIERS
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
historicmilwaukeeva.org
A Service to the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center
managed and funded by the West Side S.A.S.
COMING TO MILWAUKEE VA
IN MARCH 2015
This exhibition was developed and produced
by the National Library of Medicine,
National Institutes of Health
The 2015 local presentation is sponsored
by the West Side Soldiers Aid Society.
Learn more about "Life and Limb"
and visit the online exhibit.
National Soldiers' Home
Elizabeth Corbett lived with her family at the
Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers, Milwaukee, from 1891 to 1915—a total of twenty-five years. In
an autobiographical sketch composed after she had moved to New York
City to pursue her literary career, she wrote, “I suppose I’m the only
author in America who was brought up in a Soldiers’ Home....As the only
author who knows the ground, I shall some day have to write that book.”
Elizabeth published that book, Out at the Soldiers' Home,
in 1941. This expanded edition of her Soldiers' Home classic includes
photographs of the Milwaukee Soldiers’ Home, a foreword by historian
James Marten and a selection of Miss Corbett’s correspondence and short
poems.
The wider availability of this resource will be welcomed by scholars of the Civil War era. But many others will also find value in Out at the Soldiers’ Home. It is nostalgic but never cloying, breezy but not glib, a reflection of an earlier time, but with modern sensibilities. It honors “those who have borne the battle” by providing a loving but honest look at their lives long after the battle was over.
—James Marten in the Foreword
256 pages, paperback, 52 photographs, $17.00 (includes shipping and handling)
ISBN: 978-0-87946-363-2
Find Civil War Events at
Civil War Reenactment Headquarters.
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Brain Scans for Warriors
Fisher House Wisconsin
Wreaths Across America
Dryhootch
Reclaiming Our Heritage
Stars and Stripes Honor Flight
Flags Over Hatteras
