Weeping No More
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesSouthern black women artfully navigated the U.S. pension bureaucracy to gain recognition as Union widows. Dr. Brandi Brimmer tells all.
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Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
Troubled Refuge
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesExplore what contraband camps were really like and how former slaves and Union soldiers warily united to forge a new version of citizenship.
Washington, D.C.’s ‘Working Girls’
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesStep into Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office for a discussion about Washington, D.C.’s 19th century working women: government clerks, humanitarians, and prostitutes.
$20
Seeking Asylum
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesHistorian Craig Swenson will discuss the turbulent process of securing medical care for mentally ill African Americans after the Civil War.
The Wound Dresser
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesDiscover the man behind the poetry, as Garrett Peck introduces us to Walt Whitman the poet, the nurse, the brother, the lover, the clerk, the myth, and the man.
Free
Women Soldiers
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesOver 400 women disguised themselves as men and fought in the Civil War. They stood side by side with male soldiers. Learn their stories.
Cut It Off! A Halloween Amputation Demonstration
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesWatch as a skilled medical historian amputates a (model) leg using Civil War-era surgical tools.
$30
Clara Jones: A Forgotten Civil War Nurse
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesHistorian John Lustrea will tell the story of Civil War nurse Clara Jones at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum on January 27 at 11 AM.
Civil War Medicine in Washington at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesWashington's Civil War hospitals played host to a wide range of characters from President Abraham Lincoln to Walt Whitman.
Members Only – Tour the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesJoin us for an exclusive tour of the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum available only to members of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine!
History Lover’s Tour of the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesTour the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum before your romantic night on the town, and discover the boardinghouse where Barton lived and worked!
Between Home and the Front: Civil War Letters of the Walters Family
Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, DC, United StatesHear the war-time story of the Walters family and how Clara Barton and the Missing Soldiers Office helped them find closure.
Clara Barton and the Pratt Street Riots
Join Education Specialist Michael Mahr as he presents the story of Clara Barton and the Pratt Street Riots.
Clara Barton Book Reception: Meet the Authors
A free reception open to the public to celebrate the release of Clara Barton: Civil War Humanitarian
Clara Barton’s Civil War and the Creation of the Missing Soldiers Office
Join educator, author, and independent historian Carolyn Ivanhoff as she presents her first-person interpretation of Clara Barton at the Missing Soldiers Office.
Without Concealment, Without Compromise: The Courageous Lives of Black Civil War Surgeons
Jill Newmark discusses her book Without Concealment, Without Compromise: The Courageous Lives of Black Civil War Surgeons.
Clara Barton Book Panel Discussion
Several of the contributing authors for Clara Barton: Civil War Humanitarian will be discussing their research for the book.
Clara Barton Book Panel Discussion
Several of the contributing authors to Clara Barton: Civil War Humanitarian will be discussing their research for the book.
My Day with Abe Lincoln–Kids’ Book Event at Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office
Meet historian Jonathan White and hear stories from his new children's book at this kid-friendly event.
