Meg Jones
Meg Jones was a longtime reporter with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and the author of “World War II Milwaukee.” She passed away in December 2020.
Latest Contributed Stories
November 6, 2019
The Hello Girls Of WWI: Heroes On The Front Lines
Way before cell phones, there were these things called telephones. And in the early days, a telephone call required a switchboard operator to make the connection. Writer Meg Jones tells ...
March 27, 2019
QWERTY: Milwaukee’s Typing Legacy
If you’re near a computer keyboard, take a look at the first six letters on the upper row and you’ll find: Q-W-E-R-T-Y…or…qwerty. So who decided how the letters on our ...
December 21, 2018
‘The Twelve Days Of Christmas’ and its connection to Wisconsin
Did you know the first lyrics for the song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas," were published in London in 1780? Not only that, but in the northern counties of England, ...
September 28, 2018
The Time I (Almost) Caught A Brewers Home Run
Well sports fans, they did it! The Brewers are heading to the playoffs…meaning they’re a step closer to the World Series. The last time the Brew Crew made it to ...
May 25, 2018
Franklin Van Valkenburgh’s Pearl Harbor
The Pearl Harbor attack caught America by surprise and led to our entry into the Second World War. Meg Jones tells us about the Milwaukee-born captain of the USS Arizona. == ...
February 28, 2018
Deke Slayton, Wisconsin Native and Space Pioneer
Deke Slayton had the heart of a warrior. The native of Sparta was just 19 when he earned his pilot’s wings during World War II. He flew 56 combat missions ...
January 19, 2018
Wisconsin In WWI: Charles Whittlesey’s Lost Battalion
A century ago Charles Whittlesey left his job as a lawyer in New York to to fight in World War I. Outwardly the mild-mannered, bespectacled Whittlesey didn’t appear to have ...
October 20, 2017
Milwaukee’s Cyclorama Masters
Depending on your age, it’s hard to think of a time before YouTube, cell phones, the Internet or even computers. In the 1880s, cycloramas were the latest immersive technology. They ...
September 6, 2017
When The Russians Invaded Wisconsin
The launch of Sputnik by the Soviets in 1957 ushered in the Space Age and ramped up fears in the midst of the Cold War. Five years later, a chunk ...
April 7, 2017
Carl Zeidler’s Ultimate Sacrifice
Carl Zeidler didn’t have to go to war. When the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor he was the mayor of Milwaukee, the nation’s 12th largest cityBut Zeidler felt a sense of ...
January 6, 2017
The Astronomy Behind The Fabled Star Of Bethlehem
One of the most fabled stars in human history, the Star of Bethlehem, is also one of the biggest mysteries. What was the Star of Bethlehem? Meg Jones tells us ...
September 21, 2016
Mildred Harnack: Remembering The Wisconsin Woman Who Resisted Hitler
Mildred Fish Harnack was the only American woman executed by Hitler during World War II. Writer Meg Jones tell us about the Milwaukee-born literature teacher turned spy. Mildred Harnack spent ...
June 24, 2016