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Living History

August 8, 2024 by Tracey McIntire

Civil War medical care comes to life with Blue and Gray Hospital Association

Tagged With: Blue and Gray Hospital Association, Civil War Medicine, Living History

June 13, 2024 by Tracey McIntire

Civil War medical care comes to life with Blue Gray Hospital Association

Tagged With: Blue and Gray Hospital Association, Civil War Medicine, Living History

February 5, 2024 by Tracey McIntire

Learn from a soldier how the USCT played a pivotal role in the Civil War.

Tagged With: African American History, Civil War, Living History, USCT

December 7, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

Join Dr. Jonathan Letterman, Confederate surgeons, and others for a unique historical experience 

Tagged With: Blue and Gray Hospital Association, Civil War Medicine, Jonathan Letterman, Living History, Mary Letterman, Walking Tour

October 9, 2023 by Tracey McIntire

Living historians share their unique displays of doctor’s instruments, medicines, and personal items soldiers might have encountered during a stay at a general and/or a volunteer hospital.

Tagged With: Battlefield Medicine, Civil War, Civil War Hospitals, Living History, National Museum of Civil War Medicine

May 21, 2020 by David Price

Clara Barton c. 1863 Courtesy of the Library of Congress

On Memorial Day, tune in to the Museum’s Facebook page for an interpreted reading of Clara Barton’s 1879 Decoration Day Address.

Tagged With: Carolyn Ivanoff, Clara Barton, Decoration Day, Facebook, Living History, Memorial Day

December 5, 2019 by David Price

Join us on Saturday December 10 for a living history event at the Museum featuring the Blue and Gray Hospital Association.

Tagged With: Blue and Gray Hospital Association, Civil War Medicine, Confederate medical department, Living History, National Museum of Civil War Medicine

May 6, 2019 by David Price

Find out how messages were sent on Civil War battlefields in the Signal Corps at this special living history weekend at the Pry House

Tagged With: Audrey Scanlan-Teller, Living History, Pry House, Signal Corps, Tracey McIntire

March 21, 2019 by David Price

Experience history come to life at the Pry House Field Hospital Museum during a special living history weekend on June 13 and 14.

Tagged With: 87th PA, 87th Pennsylvania Company C, Living History, Pry House Field Hospital Museum

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