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WISCONSIN VETERANS' MUSEUM TO FEATURE IRAQ WAR --

The exhibit will focus on fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan from

the perspective of Wisconsin service members, featuring

their stories, memories and equipment.

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Veterans Museum to feature Iraq war

By Deborah Ziff
608-252-6234
dziff@madison.com

An upcoming exhibit on the Iraq war at the Wisconsin Veterans Museum poses a challenge for its curators: how to portray a war that is still being waged?

The state budget, passed last week, earmarked $150,000 for an exhibit on the war called "Faces in the Sand, " which will debut in 2009, said Richard Zeitlin, museum director. Some of the money will also go toward a display at the National Guard Museum at Volk Field in Juneau County.

The exhibit will focus on fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan from the perspective of Wisconsin service members, featuring their stories, memories and equipment and including film and audio footage, Zeitlin said. By using a "soldier 's-eye-view, " Zeitlin hopes to avoid the pitfalls of using still-unfolding subject matter.

"We 're not going to deal with whether President Bush is right or wrong, whether Congress is right or wrong, " he said. "I 'll let history sort out the background and context of the Iraq war. "

But, Zeitlin said, because new information is constantly coming to light about the war, he said organizers will use the "utmost caution " in providing background.

"The most tricky part will be dealing with a current event, " Zeitlin said. "There 's no perspective yet. It 's still an ongoing situation. "

This is not the first time the museum, part of the state Department of Veterans Affairs, has presented an exhibit on the Iraq war. In 2005, the museum sent a camera along with a local Marine Corps Reserve unit to Iraq, Zeitlin said, then displayed the images at the museum in a small show.

"I wouldn 't say we 're avoiding controversy, " he said. "It 's not possible to do that. The fact that it 's still going on should make it all the more interesting to the public. "

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