Blog Archive for September, 2007

After a much longer than expected hiatus, we are back and should be posting to the blog regularly throughout the fall.

CIVIL WAR BRACKETOLOGY
For the six or seven of you that have been following along with this project, we apologize for not keeping up with it. We have the bracket finished and we know the outcome, but between planning events and writing exhibit text, we have been at a loss for time. Look for a finished bracket, a champion, and a complete breakdown of the proceedings in the coming weeks. To refresh your memory, here is the bracket to this point: http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=225774

FALL PROGRAMS:
Tomorrow night, September 20th, is the official kickoff for our fall program series. We are very excited about our docket of speakers this season. Please join us for as many of the programs as you can. If you are unable to attend, check back here for updates on possible streaming audio and video.

Third Down and a War to Go
Thursday, September 20, 2007 – 7:00 p.m.
Terry Frei, author
Lecture and book signing
In 1942, there were not many football teams better than the Wisconsin Badgers. The team saw great success, but each Badger knew that military service awaited them. Most of team saw action during World War II; all served bravely, but not all made it home. Frei will discuss this incredible team, and the new research and updates included in the revised paperback edition of the book, which features a new foreword by Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Maraniss.

Private Soldiers: A Year in Iraq with a National Guard Unit
Tuesday, September 25, 2007 – 7:00 p.m.
With author Capt. Benjamin Buchholz, and photographers SSgt. Joseph Streeter and Lt. Nathan Olson
Panel discussion and book signing
Written and photographed by three Wisconsin soldiers, this new book chronicles the 2-127 Infantry Battalion’s year long deployment to Iraq. Featuring interviews with soldiers and Iraqi civilians, Private Soldiers provides a first-hand account of war and honors the state’s participants in the Iraq War. All three battalion members will discuss their service and the writing process, and will answer audience questions.