From: JANET IRENE SEYMOUR <janet.seymour@wisconsinhistory.org> Subject: Fw: WWI Event at Polk County Historical Society Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2018 20:41:23 +0000 Message-id: <DM2PR0601MB730233CF951496126C03CED877D0@DM2PR0601MB730.namprd06.prod.outlook.com>
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From: polkcountymuseum <polkcountymuseum@lakeland.ws>
The Polk County Historical Society
Will be hosting the following Traveling Exhibit
WWI Beyond the Trenches: Stories from the Front
On loan from the WI Veterans Museum
Open for viewing June 14th - July 20th 2018
We are excited to bring the exhibit, WWI Beyond the Trenches: Stories
from the Front, to the Polk County Museum, Balsam Lake. It is free and
open to the public for viewing from June 14th – July 20, 2018, during
open museum hours.
A special event will be held on Thursday June 14th 6:30- 8:00p.m.
Speaker historian, Dr. Larry Smetak, will present a program on WWI, and
invites others to share their stories. Refreshments will be served.
Over 122,000 Wisconsin men and women served on land, sea, and in the air
during World War I. The Wisconsin Veterans Museum marks the centennial
of the First World War with the opening of a major exhibit featuring an
up close and personal look at the Great War through the eyes of
Wisconsin veterans.
WWI Beyond the Trenches: Stories from the Front uses the Museum’s rich collection and first person accounts to bring to life Wisconsin’s role in shaping global history.