Reclaiming Our Heritage at Milwaukee VA Medical Center
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FRIENDS OF RECLAIMING OUR HERITAGE, INC.
THANKS TO OUR 2010 SPONSORS!
AND TO OUR 2009 SPONSORS!
REQUEST OUR SPONSOR PACKET
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FOR MORE INFORMATION.
AND TO OUR 2009 SPONSORS!
REQUEST OUR SPONSOR PACKET
VISIT OUR SPONSOR PAGE
FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Reclaiming Our Heritage (ROH) was created in 2002 by a group of
dedicated employees of the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center,
Milwaukee. In the past nine years, it has grown to the extent that
hundreds of volunteers, both VA employees and individuals from the
community, now participate.
The event has several goals: to honor veterans, to provide veteran benefit information, to highlight the architectural and cultural treasures of the National Soldiers Home Historic District, and to bring history to life. It accomplishes these goals by staging a Civil War School Day and a two-day, free-admission, family-friendly patriotic celebration in the heart of Milwaukee. The event includes a multi-era encampment spanning all eras of U.S. history, veteran tributes, entertainment with a historic flair, interpreted lantern tours of Wood National Cemetery, guided tours of the buildings and grounds, and much more. The Civil War School Day serves upwards of 600 2nd- and 5th-grade students while the event reaches more than 15,000 annually along with 600 reenactors and many more volunteers.
Incorporated in August 2008, Friends of Reclaiming Our Heritage (FOROH) is dedicated to sustaining and expanding the efforts of ROH through a strong marketing campaign, volunteer recruitment, and fundraising. Since the event is held on the grounds of the VA Medical Center, event organizers may not charge admission. Admission fees might also exclude veterans most in need of benefit information and support services. FOROH wholeheartedly supports this event, allowing it to expand its programs and continue as one of the premier veteran tribute events in the state of Wisconsin.
In the early days of the VA Medical Center—founded in 1867 as the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers—the federal government encouraged the public to visit these beautiful grounds to thank those men who had sacrificed all for the sake of the Union. All politics aside, Reclaiming Our Heritage, with the support of FOROH, offers our citizens the opportunity to do the same—to recognize and thank those men and women who have served in the Armed Forces. It also helps us recognize our role in ensuring that the words of President Abraham Lincoln remain foremost in our national conscience: “to care for him who shall have borne the battle” (2nd Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865).
The event has several goals: to honor veterans, to provide veteran benefit information, to highlight the architectural and cultural treasures of the National Soldiers Home Historic District, and to bring history to life. It accomplishes these goals by staging a Civil War School Day and a two-day, free-admission, family-friendly patriotic celebration in the heart of Milwaukee. The event includes a multi-era encampment spanning all eras of U.S. history, veteran tributes, entertainment with a historic flair, interpreted lantern tours of Wood National Cemetery, guided tours of the buildings and grounds, and much more. The Civil War School Day serves upwards of 600 2nd- and 5th-grade students while the event reaches more than 15,000 annually along with 600 reenactors and many more volunteers.
Incorporated in August 2008, Friends of Reclaiming Our Heritage (FOROH) is dedicated to sustaining and expanding the efforts of ROH through a strong marketing campaign, volunteer recruitment, and fundraising. Since the event is held on the grounds of the VA Medical Center, event organizers may not charge admission. Admission fees might also exclude veterans most in need of benefit information and support services. FOROH wholeheartedly supports this event, allowing it to expand its programs and continue as one of the premier veteran tribute events in the state of Wisconsin.
In the early days of the VA Medical Center—founded in 1867 as the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers—the federal government encouraged the public to visit these beautiful grounds to thank those men who had sacrificed all for the sake of the Union. All politics aside, Reclaiming Our Heritage, with the support of FOROH, offers our citizens the opportunity to do the same—to recognize and thank those men and women who have served in the Armed Forces. It also helps us recognize our role in ensuring that the words of President Abraham Lincoln remain foremost in our national conscience: “to care for him who shall have borne the battle” (2nd Inaugural Address, March 4, 1865).
