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Medicine and Mixed Drinks – Civil War Medicine Inspired Cocktails
March 11, 2022 @ 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST
Grab your favorite beverage and join Kyle Dalton and John Lustrea as they make and discuss classic cocktails inspired by Civil War medicine
Join us on Friday, March 11 at 4:00 PM on Facebook for a virtual happy hour program hosted by the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. You can tune in live by visiting www.Facebook.com/CivilWarMed/ at the scheduled time.
Grab your favorite beverage and join Membership and Development Coordinator Kyle Dalton and Director of Education John Lustrea as they discuss popular cocktails inspired by Civil War medicine on this live stream. From the classic Gin and Tonic to the Old Fashioned several common cocktails have medical origins. Drink along with your hosts in this historic happy hour. Submit your questions in the chat during the livestream or send them in advance to john.lustrea@civilwarmed.321staging.com
Kyle Dalton is the Membership and Development Coordinator at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. He is also a summa cum laude graduate of the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, where his paper “Active and Efficient: Veterans and the Success of the United States Ambulance Corps” was awarded the Zeender Prize for best history thesis. In his spare time Kyle writes and maintains a website on the lives of common sailors in the eighteenth-century: BritishTars.com.
John Lustrea is the Director of Education and the Website Manager at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. He earned his Master’s degree in Public History from the University of South Carolina. Lustrea has previously worked at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park during the summers of 2013-2016.
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