Highground Hosts Paper Wall
Monday, March 12th, 2012 -- 9:04 AM
-The Highground?s Learning Center is featuring The Paper Wall during their Vietnam Veterans Tribute.The Paper Wall is a collection of newspaper obituaries and stories about the Wisconsin Vietnam KIA?s. The Paper Wall is a collaborative project of 'Wisconsin's' libraries, genealogical societies and historical societies, and was completed and presented for the first time at LZ Lambeau in May 2010. It became a traveling exhibit in 2011.
Mary Jane Herber, of the Local History and Genealogy Department of the Brown County Library, in Green Bay says ?The Paper Wall is meant to show the reality of war, the ultimate sacrifice, and the families and communities that were left without the promise that each of these casualties may have provided our society.?
It is displayed in panels by county, and engulfs115 liner feet of space. The creators have currently collected information on over 1100 of the 1244 Wisconsin Vietnam KIA?s. The display will run March 1 ? April 30.
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