Mexican-American artist Roberto Marquez painted a special mural on the destroyed bridge crossing the Irpin River, in the town of Irpin just 12 miles northwest of Kyiv, to memorialize the refugees who fled to safety from that location at the start of the unprovoked Russian invasion.
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Reports from Ukraine: This feature is part of an original Milwaukee Independent editorial series that recorded news from cities across Ukraine, including Milwaukee's sister city of Irpin, in May 2022. It was the first and, at that time, only news organization in Wisconsin that traveled to the country since it was invaded. The purpose of this journalism project was to document personal stories and events that detailed or showed the conditions of the war at that time, and their connections to Milwaukee. mkeind.com/reportsfromukraine Ukrposhta, Ukraine’s Post Office, issued another two stamps commemorating the sinking of the Russian warship Moskva...
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© PHOTO NOTE: All the editorial images published here have been posted to the Milwaukee Independent’s Facebook Page. The 61st mission of the Stars and Stripes Honor Flight embarked on April 23, taking 112 local veterans on a once-in-a-lifetime day trip to visit the nation’s capital. Two Allegiant Airlines A320 aircraft, referred to as Alpha and Bravo, left Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport with the veterans and their guardians. Of the 112 retired soldiers who made the journey, one had served in World War II, six in the Korean War, and 105 in the Vietnam War. The youngest veteran was...
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Local residents had the chance to participate in an ancient Ukrainian tradition that taught how to write beautiful designs on eggs. Known as Pysanka in Ukrainian, Pisanki in Polish, Kraslice in Czech, the Easter egg folk art is an expression of culture and faith that dates back several thousand years.
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Hundreds of Milwaukee residents representing more than 40 local organizations gathered at Historic City Hall for a candlelight vigil to support the children and families of Ukraine, Milwaukee’s sister city Irpin, and all the lives lost since the start of the unprovoked invasion of their independent nation.
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Milwaukee was founded as a city of immigrants, with traditions embedded into the culture and passed down for generations. The population grew in 19th century, as industrious people from predominately European nations sought better economic opportunities. But by the 20th century, the influx of immigrants came as a matter of survival for many who sought refuge after being displaced by a war. With each ethnic wave to arrive, Milwaukee neighborhoods took on the distinct flavor of a distant homeland that had been left behind. Industry first made Milwaukee an international city, while its later economic loss exposed entrenched racial...
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