Clark County Press, Neillsville, WI

August 4, 2010, Page 10

Transcribed by Dolores Mohr Kenyon

Vietnam portraits to be displayed at Highground

A traveling portrait exhibit, which will be displayed at The Highground’s Learning Center from Friday, Aug. 13, to Tuesday Aug. 31, 2010, features the faces and stories of Wisconsin’s Vietnam War Veterans.

Portraits by Wisconsin Public Television photographer James Gill will be displayed throughout August. Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories is a partnership between the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, the Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Public Television.

The portraits will be displayed at The Highground’s Learning Center from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.  Donations from this event will be used for PTSD literature for individuals in the in the Tomah VA Hospital program.

Take a walk through the new Learning Center and see a vision that became a reality.

Volunteers and contributors are the heart of The Highground. “It is a place for all of us.”