WEST SIDE SOLDIERS AID SOCIETY, INC.
Milwaukee / Hales Corners, Wisconsin
2010 EVENTS
September 27, 2010, 7 p.m.
LANCE HERDEGEN
"Old Soldiers and War Talk:
The Campfires of Civil War Veterans"
Wadsworth Library (Building 3)
Milwaukee VAMC
October 25, 2010, 7 p.m.
ELAINE MASCIALE
"Southern Comfort:
Creating a Southern Aid Society"
Wadsworth Library
Milwaukee VAMC
November 22, 2010, 6 p.m.
ANNUAL POTLUCK
Members will share their experiences of Dedication Day/Remembrance Day
Wadsworth Library
Milwaukee VAMC
December 11, 2010, 11 a.m.
WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA
Wood National Cemetery
Please consider sponsoring
one or more wreaths for this annual world-wide tribute to our nation's veterans.
Select Wood National Cemetery or the National Cemetery of your choice at
Wreaths Across America
December 11, 2010, 12 noon & 2:30 p.m.
DANCE DEMONSTRATION
Victorian Christmas Program
Kenosha Civil War Museum
West Side Soldiers Aid Society Photos
NOW AVAILABLE
Fall 2010 Newsletter
Request a copy by sending an email with "Newsletter" in the subject field to info(at)wssas(dot)org.
2011 EVENTS
January 24, 2010, 7 p.m.
WINTER SOCIAL & PERIOD GAMES
Wadsworth Library
Milwaukee VAMC
February 28, 2011, 7 p.m.
DANCE PLANNING MEETING
Wadsworth Library
Milwaukee VAMC
March 5, 2011, 7 p.m.
AMERICAN HEROES BALL
Marian Center for Nonprofits
April 16, 2011, 6 p.m.
GRAND UNION BALL
and Pre-Ball Workshop
Kenosha Civil War Museum
April 25, 2011, 7 p.m.
REBECCA ANDERSON
"Decoration Day & Homecoming
in the Mountains of North Carolina"
Wadsworth Library
Milwaukee VAMC
May 23, 2011, 5 p.m.
CEMETERY CLEAN UP
Forest Home Cemetery, Section 31
MAY 29, 2011, 1 p.m..
DECORATION DAY CEREMONY
Forest Home Cemetery, Section 31
Tread softly o'er the sacred grave
That holds their sleeping dust;
For liberty their all they gave,
To us reverts the trust.
Memorial Poems, 1888
View the 2010 Video
by Veterans Media Services
Elizabeth Corbett lived with her family at the
Northwestern Branch of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer
Soldiers, Milwaukee, from 1891 to 1915—a total of twenty-five years. In
an autobiographical sketch composed after she had moved to New York
City to pursue her literary career, she wrote, “I suppose I’m the only
author in America who was brought up in a Soldiers’ Home....As the only
author who knows the ground, I shall some day have to write that book.”
Elizabeth published that book, Out at the Soldiers' Home,
in 1941. This expanded edition of her Soldiers' Home classic includes
photographs of the Milwaukee Soldiers’ Home, a foreword by historian
James Marten and a selection of Miss Corbett’s correspondence and short
poems.
The wider availability of this resource will be welcomed by
scholars of the Civil War era. But many others will also find value in
Out at the Soldiers’ Home. It is nostalgic but never cloying, breezy
but not glib, a reflection of an earlier time, but with modern
sensibilities. It honors “those who have borne the battle” by providing
a loving but honest look at their lives long after the battle was over.
—James Marten in the Foreword
256 pages, paperback, 52 photographs, $15.00 (includes shipping and handling)
ISBN: 978-0-87946-363-2
