Soldiers’ Stories, A Free Day for Veterans and their Families

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Soldiers’ Stories, A Free Day for Veterans and their Families
Minnesota History Center, St. Paul MN

Dates: March 23, 2013
Time: noon to 4 p.m.
Fee: $11 adults, $9 seniors and college students, $6 children ages 6-17; free for children age 5 and under, MHS members, Veterans and active service military.
Reservations: recommended, register online

Learn how American soldiers have kept in touch with the homefront and how their writing kept up morale. Meet costumed soldiers from the Civil War, WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam and today. At 2 p.m., Civil War historian and collector Wayne Jorgenson will share insights from his research and sign copies of his book, “Every Man Did His Duty; Pictures and Stories of the Men of the First Minnesota.” Plus, learn more about the Society's multi-year commemoration of the Civil War with an information fair.