Tag Archives: Veteran

John Rankin, Bravery, and Gettysburg

Posted on October 20, 2020 by Jon Tracey

ECW welcomes back guest author Jon Tracey John Rankin was an average man by most standards.  Though an accomplished printer, newspaper editor, and foreign language proofreader for the Government Printing Office postwar, he defined his life less by those successes … Continue reading →

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ECW Weekender: Wisconsin Veterans Museum

Posted on January 11, 2019 by Paige Gibbons Backus

While home for the holidays in Wisconsin, I always try to do something historic like visit a museum, explore a city, or go to a brewery. This year, with the World War I centennial and the newly released documentary, They … Continue reading →

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