Past Events
March 24, 2011, 8AM – 4PM – Waukesha, Wis. – Waukesha Warrior Summit
- WHAT: The Wisconsin Warrior Summit is dedicated to coordinating a comprehensive community response to the mental health needs of veterans and their families. Through keynote speakers and breakout sessions, which will feature the voices and perspectives of veterans themselves, the Summit will inform clinical professionals, veterans and their families, as well as the public on the needs of the veterans and their families. The Summit will also provide information on treatment and support programs available.
- WHERE: Waukesha County Technical College in Waukesha
- MORE INFORMATION: FLYER
March 25, 2011 MEDAL OF HONOR DAY
March 25-27, 2011 – Mahtowa, Minn. – Project New Hope: Veteran Family
Retreat in Mahtowa, MN (south of Duluth/Superior)
March 27, 2011 – Kenosha, Wis. – DAV 1st District Conference
March 29, 2011 VIETNAM VETERANS DAY
March 29, 2011 – Madison, Wis. – Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Native Words, Native Warriors: Native American Code Talkers, 1917-2011
March 29, 2011 – Eau Claire, Wis. – Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair to be held at the Army National Guard Armory, 1730 North Ln. in Eau Claire from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
March 31 – April 2, 2011 – Stevens Point, Wis. – DAV 12th NEC
Conference
- WHERE: Holiday Inn
Hotel & Convention Center, 1001 Amber Ave., Stevens Point, WI 54482 - RESERVATIONS:
715-344-0200 $79.00-Double; $119.00-Suite - MORE INFORMATION: Registration
Form - CONTACT: Charles
Vandenplas, 715-823-5335 - AGENDA: March 31:
Hospitality Room, 6-9 p.m. /// April 1: Meetings 1-5 p.m. Banquet: 7 p.m. Meal
Choices: $25.00 for Sliced Pork Harmony, Herb Roasted Chicken or Baked Cod /// April 2: Meetings 8am – 12 Noon
April 6, 2011 – Rhinelander, Wis. – Northern Highland Area Health Education
Center: Project Hand-Over-Hand Workshop for veterans’ reintegration
April 9, 2011 NATIONAL FORMER PRISONER OF WAR DAY
April 9, 2011 – Tomah, Wis. – DAV 7th District Annual Meeting
- WHERE: Tee Pee Supper Club, 812 Superior Ave., Tomah, WI 54660
- RESERVATIONS: Must be made by March 25, 2011
- AGENDA: 11:30 a.m. lunch, $12 // 1 pm Meetings, including elections
- CONTACT: Curtis Gibeau, 608-567-0217 (Home), or 608-387-3388 (Cell)
April 9, 2011 – Milwaukee, Wis. – Operation Military Kids: Free tickets available to military youth and their families for Night with the Milwaukee Bucks
April 12, 2011 – Madison, Wis. – Wisconsin Veterans Museum: The Raising of the 2nd Wisconsin Infantry
April 14-15, 2011 – Madison, Wis. – Wis. Council on Veterans Programs and Board of Veterans Affairs meetings
April 15, 2011 – Madison, Wis. – Wisconsin Veterans Museum: The Spur and the Sash
April 20, 2011 – King, Wis. – Wisconsin Veterans Home at King: Volunteer Recognition Banquet to be held at the Best Western Grand Seasons Hotel in Waupaca
April 26, 2011 – Madison, Wis. – Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Coming of Age: Lincoln, the Civil War, and the Transformation of Wisconsin and the Midwest
May 6, 2011 – Madison, Wis. – Wisconsin Veterans Museum: Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander’s War in Iraq
May 11, 2011, 1-6pm – Marinette, Wis. – Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair, Army National Guard Armory, 2000 Mary St.
May 15, 2011 – King, Wis. – Open House & Old Car Show at the Wisconsin Veterans Home at King
May 16-19, 2011 – Madison, Wis. — National Association of State Women Veteran
Coordinators (NASWVC): 12th Annual Training Conference at the Madison Concourse Hotel
May
17, 2011, 10am – 3pm – Appleton, Wis. – Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair, Army National Guard Armory, 2801 West 2nd St.
May 19, 2011, 10am-2pm – Madison, Wis. – Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair, Edgewood College Deming Way campus, 1255 Deming Way
May 21, 2011 ARMED FORCES DAY
May 27-29, 2011 – Crivitz, Wis. – Vets Journey Home: Vets Journey Home weekend
to be held at Camp Bird in Crivitz
May 30, 2011 MEMORIAL DAY
June 2, 2011 – Madison, Wis. – Student Veterans of America: 2011 National Leadership Summit at UW-Madison’s Pyle Center
June 5, 2011 – Plover, Wis. – Wisconsin Korean War Veterans Memorial: Program to be held in Plover at 11:00 a.m.
June 8, 2011, 10AM – 2PM – Green Bay, Wis. – Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair, Army National Guard Armory, 800 N. Military Ave.
June 9 – 11, 2011 – Green Bay, Wis. – DAV-Wis. State Convention
- WHERE: Radisson Hotel & Convention Center, 2040 Airport Drive, Green Bay, WI 54313
- RESERVATIONS: 920-494-7300 $89.00-Single/Quad rates
- MORE INFORMATION: Registration Form – Agenda – Candidates
June 14, 2011 FLAG DAY
June 16-17, 2011 – King, Wis. – Wis. Council on Veterans Programs and Board of Veterans Affairs meetings
June 17-19, 2011 – Chicago, Ill. — Service and Honor: 25th Anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Parade
June 26, 2011 – King, Wis. – Annual DAV and DAV Auxiliary Day at King
- WHERE: Wisconsin Veterans Home at King
- WHEN: Begins at 10:00 a.m.
July 4, 2011 INDEPENDENCE DAY
July 9, 2011 – Union Grove, Wis. – Annual DAV and DAV Auxiliary Day at Union Grove
- WHERE: Wisconsin Veterans Home at Union Grove
- WHEN: TBD
July 15, 2011, 10am – 2pm – Beloit, Wis. – Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair, Army National Guard Armory, 2700 Kennedy Dr.
July 20, 2011, 12:30-3:30pm – Bristol, Wis. Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair Kenosha County Center, 19600 75th St. in Bristol
July 20, 2011, 9am-3:30pm – La Crosse, Wis. – Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair, American Legion Post 52, 711 6th St.
July 17, 2011 – Appleton, Wis. – DAV/DAVA Day at the Ballpark
- WHERE: Timber Rattlers Stadium, Appleton
- WHEN: Picnic: 11:30 a.m.; Ball Game: 1:05 p.m.
- COST: Tickets + Picnic: Age 11 to Adult: $18.50; Ages 3-10: $14.50; Under 3 yrs.: free. Game only $7.00; money for tickets to DAV-HQ by June 30, 2011.
July 27, 2011 KOREAN WAR ARMISTICE DAY
July 28 – August 1, 2011—Spooner, Wis. – Moving Wall
- WHAT: “The Moving Wall“
- WHERE: Northern Wisconsin Veterans Memorial Cemetery (NWVMC), Spooner, Wis.
August 6 – 9, 2011 – New Orleans, La. – DAV National Convention
- WHERE: Hilton New Orleans Riverfront, 2 Poydras Street New Orleans, LA 70140
- RESERVATIONS: 504-561-0500, $124.00-Single/Double
August 7, 2011 PURPLE HEART DAY
August 10, 2011, 9am-1pm – Superior, Wis. – Veterans Job & Benefit Information Fair, Army National Guard Armory, 32 North 21st St.
August 14, 2011 – Johnson Creek, Wis. –USO of Wisconsin: 2nd Annual USO Sporting Clay Fundraiser Shoot, Milford Hills Hunt Club