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Every year in June, the LGBTQ+ community celebrates Pride month, the community, and its achievements. Learn about the beginnings of this movement from the Stonewall Riots to today. 

Who is Uncle Sam? And how did he come to represent the United States?

On this Memorial Day, we honor and commemorate the service and sacrifice of our soldiers.

May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. In our blog, we honor the contributions of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders to US Military efforts. 

As a follow up to our event on April 13, panelists answered additional questions. 

In honor of National Poetry Month, we share insight and additional resources on poet-soldiers from WWI, specifically, John McCrae, writer of In Flanders Fields.  

April is designated as the Month of the Military Child, recognized as a time to honor the sacrifices made by military families, especially children.  Ashlynne Deason, one of the children involved with Kids Rank, a service-based organization whose mission is to empower military children, shares a little about herself and the inspiring relationship she has with her military father. 

Our final blog in our series of guest blog posts, Dr. Heather Stur discusses women and the military. 

Chief Military Historian, Dr. Matthew Muehlbauer, shares updated thought on Putin and the ongoing crisis in Ukraine. 

Meet Mrs. Cordelia Harvey, wife of Governor Louis Harvey, who became known as “The Wisconsin Angel” and represented the white middle class face of soldier’s relief efforts in Wisconsin during the Civil War (1861-1865).

The second in our series of guest blog posts, Dr. Robert F. Jefferson discusses the role of African American soldiers in US History. 

Chief Military Historian, Dr. Matthew Muehlbauer, shares thought on Putin and the current crisis in Ukraine. 

In honor of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, we explore Ida M. Tarbell's groundbreaking biography on Lincoln. 

In his "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," Dr. King’s words also reflect a broader vision of inclusivity — that all who come to this country immediately form part of its fabric.

Often when people think of the Cold War, they see it as a great battle of superpowers - the United States vs. the Soviet Union. However, the Cold War was much more nuanced than that.  It included smaller conflicts around ideologies and imperialism, with some of those conflicts resulting from the treaties and areas of influence created at the end of World War II.

December 7^th marks the 80^th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Described at the time as a “day that will live in infamy”, the attack is seen as the catalyst that brought the United States into World War II on the side of the Allies.

On November 11^th, Americans gather to honor the country’s veterans and the sacrifices those veterans have made to preserve our country’s democracy, rights, and freedoms.

The 2021 Liberty Gala honored the achievements of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library and the service of Citizen Soldiers, particularly those who served during the Cold War. 

October 29, 2021 marks the 100^th birthday of Bill Mauldin, one of the greatest cartoonists of the twentieth century.