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  • Clara Barton’s Associates

    Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United States

    Clara Barton worked tirelessly to help soldiers and their families before and after the American Civil War … but she didn’t do it alone.

  • Women Soldiers

    Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United States

    Over 400 women disguised themselves as men and fought in the Civil War. They stood side by side with male soldiers. Learn their stories.

  • A sketch of Garfield's deathbed

    How Civil War Medicine Killed President James Garfield

    James A. Garfield National Historic Site 8095 Mentor Ave, Mentor, OH, United States

    Discover how antiquated techniques learned during the Civil War played a role in James Garfield's death in September 1881.

  • National POW/MIA Recognition Day – Free Admission All Weekend

    Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United States

    In honor of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum is offering FREE admission on September 19 - September 21. 

  • Commemoration of the Sinking of the Black Diamond

    St. Clements Island Museum 38370 Point Breeze Road, Coltons Point, MD, United States

    Head to St. Clement’s Island Museum for a weekend of activities commemorating a forgotten tragedy of the American Civil War, the Black Diamond Disaster.

  • HumanitiesDC Culture Series: Sex Work in Civil War Washington and Beyond

    Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United States

    Washington, DC saw an unprecedented rise in sex work during the Civil War due to the thousands of Union soldiers who flooded into the city for training. Brothels provided income, shelter, and independence for women who, in some cases, had few other places to turn. They built businesses and turned access to […]

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  • 10 Years of the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum

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    Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United States

    Join us on Saturday, July 26 as we celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum opening! We will be celebrating our 10th birthday with free admission, guided tours from Clara Barton's perspective, and a very special lecture from Clara Barton interpreter and historian Carolyn Ivanoff on […]

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  • Clara Barton’s Civil War and the Creation of the Missing Soldiers Office

    Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United States

    Please join us Saturday, July 26 in celebrating the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office's 10th birthday! Author, historian, and first-person Clara Barton interpreter Carolyn Ivanoff will be presenting a special lecture detailing Clara Barton's work throughout the Civil War and her development of the Missing Soldiers Office. Miss Clara Barton was known […]

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  • This Land is Your Land: In Conversation with Beverly Gage and Unscripted Tours

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    Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United States

    What stories does America tell about its own history? Pulitzer Prize winning author Beverly Gage set out to answer that question in her new book, This Land is Your Land: A Road Trip Through U.S. History. Across 13 chapters, Gage road tripped through different parts of America, from Independence Hall to the Badlands […]

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  • Battle-Tempered: The Physical and Psychological Consequences of War

    Monocacy National Battlefield Visitor's Center 5201 Urbana Pike, Frederick, MD, United States

    Battle-Tempered: The Physical and Psychological Consequences of War Join the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and partner organizations for a unique one-day conference. 8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Monocacy National Battlefield “Character, Warrior Identity, and Moral Leadership: Union Colonel Charles Gilpin at Monocacy and in Peace” Stephen A. Goldman, MD 9:30 […]

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  • We Want More History! Preservation at the Clara Barton National Historic Site and the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office

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    Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum 437 7th Street NW, Washington, United States

    Join us for a conversation on the preservation of Clara Barton's legacy at two historic sites: the Clara Barton National Historic Site in Glen Echo, MD, and the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum in Washington, DC. Speakers will share the preservation history of the Missing Soldiers Office and what projects are […]

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