Board of Directors Meetings ( Soldiers Home Foundation Inc.)
2nd Monday of every month, 4:30 pm
Building 1, National Soldiers Home Historic District, VA Medical Center grounds, Milwaukee

A generous gift from this Milwaukee foundation jumpstarts the Chapel Restoration campaign Read more>
DISCOVER WISCONSIN wins 2005 Telly Award for Soldiers Home Episode!
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Soldiers Home Awarded State Register Status more>
Soldiers Home Awarded National Register Status more>

FAMILY FIND IS A V.A. TREASURE
A recently rediscovered family letter from 1865 describes the 1865 Soldiers Home Fair and Fourth of July events in Milwaukee as soldiers came home from the Civil War
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LEST WE FORGET
Soldiers Home Seeks Stories of Veterans Buried at Wood National Cemetery

The cemetery is on the grounds of the Zablocki VA Medical Center. It is the eternal home of over 37,000 veterans.

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Chapel and Lease
June 17, 2008, the US Department of Veterans Affairs public hearing
Discussed: The 40-year, sole-source Enhanced Use Lease of the 1889 Chapel, two surrounding acres, and Building 16 (former chaplain’s residency). The SH Foundation would restore the chapel to National Register of Historic District standards and reopen it for veteran funerals, counseling and homeless veteran referral services as well as historic, educational, multi-denominational, and community use.

• Read the testimonial support from SHF and individuals


• Map of Chapel Lease area, July 2008

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Save the Chapel Photo Essay (6 min. video) - tells the story of the Chapel restoration in still photos with a stirring soundtrack. View it here>