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Toothpaste and Ticks–Personal Hygiene in the Civil War
July 26, 2023 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT
Join museum staff as they make toothpaste and discuss the hygiene of soldiers.
Join National Museum of Civil War Medicine staff on Wednesday, July 26 at 12:00 PM Eastern on Facebook for a livestream. You can tune in by visiting facebook.com/CivilWarMed at the scheduled time.
Museum staff members Jacob Davis and Tracey McIntire will be making toothpaste using a popular 19th century recipe and discussing how soldiers dealt with their personal hygiene in camp and on the march.
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