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SUMMARY:Clara Barton's Civil War and the Creation of the Missing Soldiers Office
DESCRIPTION:Please join us Saturday\, July 26 in celebrating the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office’s 10th birthday! \nAuthor\, 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. \nMiss Clara Barton was known as the Angel of the Battlefield for her service as a nurse and relief worker during the Civil War.   In March of 1865\, with written permission from President Lincoln\, Barton established the Missing Soldiers Office in her boarding house on 7th Street in Washington\, D.C.  As the Civil War was coming to a close\, over 40 percent of the dead remained unidentified.  Tens of thousands of grieving families did not know the fate of their loved ones.  From the time she first went onto the battlefield Barton was acutely aware\, and deeply concerned\, for the fate of the men whom she cared for and their families.  With the opening of the Missing Soldiers’ Office\, Barton dedicated herself to the search for the missing and the identification of the dead.  By time the office closed in 1868\, Barton had worked herself into exhaustion.   More than 22\,000 unknown dead had been identified\, 13\,000 at Andersonville alone.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/clara-bartons-civil-war-and-the-creation-of-the-missing-soldiers-office-2/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Civil War Missing Soldiers/Prisoners,Clara Barton's Life and Work,Free,Pay-what-you-please
ORGANIZER;CN="Madeleine Thompson":MAILTO:madeleine.thompson@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20250726
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250727
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
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SUMMARY:10 Years of the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Saturday\, July 26 as we celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum opening! \nWe 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 the Missing Soldiers Office. \n11AM – Doors open \n12PM – Tour the Missing Soldiers Office with Clara Barton Reservations \n1PM – Clara Barton’s Washington Walking Tour Get Tickets \n2PM – Clara Barton’s Civil War and the Creation of the Missing Soldiers Office Details \n3PM – Tour the Missing Soldiers Office with Clara Barton Reservations \n5PM – Doors close
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/10-years-of-the-clara-barton-missing-soldiers-office-museum/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Civil War Missing Soldiers/Prisoners,Clara Barton's Life and Work,Free,Pay-what-you-please,Special Tour
ORGANIZER;CN="Madeleine Thompson":MAILTO:madeleine.thompson@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191214T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191214T170000
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
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LAST-MODIFIED:20191125T140753Z
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SUMMARY:The Battle of Dranesville
DESCRIPTION:Hear about the first combat many Civil War soldiers experienced at the little known Battle of Dranesville in Fairfax County\, Virginia. \nThe Battle of Dranesville Courtesy of Wiki Commons \nOn Saturday December 14 at 4:00 PM at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum learn about one of the first early forgotten battles of the Civil War fought  just a few miles from Clara Barton’s residence in Washington DC. \nThe Battle of Dranesville\, fought on Dec. 20\, 1861 does not have the name recognition of Gettysburg\, or Antietam. It involved about 2\,500 Confederate soldiers led by J.E.B. Stuart\, fighting a numerically superior Federal force commanded by Brig. Gen. Edward Ord. The two-hour battle that occurred in northern Virginia was the end result of a hectic fall and winter of 1861. As both sides scrambled to recover from the battles of First Manassas (Bull Run) and Ball’s Bluff\, they sought food in the No Man’s Land of Fairfax County\, Virginia. The opposing forces routinely sent out foraging parties\, and it was only a matter of time before they would run into each other. The Battle of Dranesville followed and proved to be many soldiers’ first experience of fighting. Historian Ryan Quint recounts the actions that led to this little-known battle. \nThe presentations begins at 4:00 PM on Saturday December 14 at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office. It will be a pay-what-you-please presentation. \nRyan Quint graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University of Mary Washington in 2015. From 2015-2018 he was a Park Guide for the Fredericksburg & Spotsylvania National Military Park. He writes for the Emerging Civil War\, and his first book\, Determined to Stand and Fight: The Battle of Monocacy\, July 9\, 1864 was published by Savas Beatie in 2017. He is now working on the first book-length treatment of the Battle of Dranesville and works for the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/dranesville/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pay-what-you-please
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191107T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
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SUMMARY:Continuing Clara Barton's Work - The Defense Personnel Accounting Agency (DPAA)
DESCRIPTION:Discover the ways Clara Barton’s work of searching for missing soldiers is carried on today \nDPAA Logo \nOn November 7 at 6:00 PM\, join us at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office as we welcome Lieutenant Colonel Joseph M. Ladymon to discuss the work of the Defense Personnel Accounting Agency (DPAA) \nDPAA’s mission “is to provide the fullest possible accounting for our missing personnel\, their families and our nation” from conflicts dating back to the Second World War. In fulfilling this mission\, DPAA carries on the legacy of Clara Barton’s Missing Soldiers Office. Lt. Col. Ladymon will discuss DPAA’s work today – connecting the past with the present. \nThis will be a “pay-what-you-please” program. \nLieutenant Colonel Joseph M. Ladymon is currently the Chief of the Research Support Division at the Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency. Lieutenant Colonel Ladymon was commissioned through Officer Training School at Maxwell Air Force Base\, Alabama in April 2002. Upon completion of the Intelligence Officers Course\, he was assigned as Chief\, Target Production\, Mountain Home Air Force Base\, Idaho. Lieutenant Colonel Ladymon graduated the Intelligence Weapons Instructor Course (IWIC) December 2006 at Nellis Air Force Base Nevada. Upon completion of IWIC\, Lieutenant Colonel Ladymon became the Chief of Intelligence Operations for the 18th Operations Support Squadron at Kadena Air Base\, Okinawa\, Japan\, where he oversaw all intelligence training and intelligence support for six operational squadrons. Additionally\, during this time\, he was deployed as the Wing Intelligence Weapons Officer in support of Operations IRAQI FREEDOM and ENDURING FREEDOM. In April 2012\, he was made the Director of Staff for the Commandant of the United States Air Force Weapons School. In July 2016\, Lieutenant Colonel Ladymon was assigned at the Royal Saudi Air Force (RSAF) Intelligence Advisor providing support and guidance to the RSAF/A2\, and was Chief of the United States Air Force Division Operations Branch.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/dpaa/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pay-what-you-please
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190718T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190718T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
CREATED:20190501T171702Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190501T172236Z
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SUMMARY:Reconstruction in the West
DESCRIPTION:Hear the rarely told story of Reconstruction in the American west and learn about its impact on the present day \nAmerican Progress\, an 1872 painting by John Gast detailing how Americans envisioned westward expansion. The reality was more complex. \nOn July 18 at 6:00 PM\, come to the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office to hear from historian Maureen Lavelle about the process of Reconstruction in the western United States. While it is a story told with less frequency\, its impact is still felt in the region today. \nHistorians and history buffs alike tend to focus on the efforts of Reconstruction in the South\, where the Civil War was hardest felt. However\, this era of transformative social and political change was not merely wrought in the South\, but all over the United States. Though largely untouched by battle\, Unionists and Confederates alike vied for resources from the fledgling states and territories in the American West\, and continued their struggle for control long after the Civil War ended. Hear the stories of Civil War veterans who joined the crowds of pioneers moving west\, and how their ideological clashes and the changes brought by Reconstruction shaped the West. \nMaureen Lavelle hails from Boise\, Idaho and is a recent graduate of West Virginia University. Her studies focused on Public History and women’s memorialization efforts in the postwar South. She studied U.S. History at Willamette University\, and spends her summers working as a seasonal employee with the National Park Service.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/reconstruction/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pay-what-you-please
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190530T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190530T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
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SUMMARY:Civil War Medicine in Washington
DESCRIPTION:Washington’s Civil War hospitals played host to a wide range of characters from President Abraham Lincoln to Walt Whitman. \nBuildings of Armory Square Hospital with the Capitol in the background. Courtesy of the Library of Congress \nAs the Civil War roared to life in April 1861\, Washington was a city completely unprepared for war. With thousands of soldiers descending on the Union capital\, minimal defensive fortifications\, housing\, and other vital military amenities became a major problem. But by the summer of 1861\, the lack of large hospitals pushed Washington into near crisis. With battles and campaigns occurring nearby on an almost daily basis\, the city needed its first hospital system. \nOn Thursday\, May 30 at 6 PM\, public historian Jake Wynn will discuss the fascinating role played by Washington’s military hospitals in the Civil War. Tens of thousands of wounded and sick soldiers were cared for in hospitals established across the District of Columbia. From the National Mall\, to Georgetown\, and dotting the hills north of the city\, these medical facilities became an integral part of war-time Washington and played host to a wide range of characters from President Abraham Lincoln to Walt Whitman\, from Louisa May Alcott to Clara Barton. \nThe medicine practiced in these hospitals was not the butchery often credited to Civil War medicine. Instead\, Washington’s hospitals hosted some of the most skilled surgeons in the world\, utilizing new techniques and ensuring that countless lives were saved. This talk will explore the establishment of the hospitals\, the men and women who worked in them\, the patients treated within their walls\, and the hospital system’s impact on Washington. \nThis is a pay-what-you-please presentation. This event is part of the Walt Whitman 200 Festival\, sponsored by HumanitiesDC. The festival runs from May 23 – June 3\, 2019. \nJake Wynn is the Director of Interpretation at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/medicine-washington/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pay-what-you-please
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190518T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190518T120000
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
CREATED:20190215T183456Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190215T183456Z
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SUMMARY:James A. Garfield and the First Decoration Day - May 30\, 1868
DESCRIPTION:Discover the origin of Memorial Day in the United States and the role played by future president James Garfield \n James Garfield during the Civil War \nOn Saturday May 18 at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, join the Site Manager of James A. Garfield National Historic Site Todd Arrington as he discusses the first Memorial Day. \nThe holiday we now call Memorial Day was founded after the Civil War and known initially as Decoration Day. The first national Decoration Day ceremony took place in Arlington National Cemetery on May 30\, 1868. The keynote speaker that day was a young Ohio congressman and former Union general named James A. Garfield. In the shadow of the home once inhabited by Robert E. Lee\, Garfield memorialized the Northern war dead but also reminded everyone what the war had truly been about\, discussing slavery\, freedom\, civil rights\, and more. This presentation will explore the origins of Decoration Day but also the themes on which future President James A. Garfield spoke on that first Decoration Day and their lasting importance. \nThe presentation begins at 11 AM on May 18 at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum. The presentation will be pay-what-you-please. \nTodd Arrington is the Site Manager of James A. Garfield National Historic Site in Mentor\, Ohio. As a career National Park Service historian and park ranger\, he has also worked at Homestead National Monument of America in Nebraska and Gettysburg National Historic Site & Eisenhower National Historic Site\, both in Pennsylvania. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army and holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. \nArrington has been published many times on subjects related to the American Civil War and westward expansion. His essay “Industry and Economy during the Civil War” was published in The Civil War Remembered\, the National Park Service’s official handbook commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War. He writes and edits for the popular history blogs We’re History and Emerging Civil War\, and his book ‘The Triumphs of Liberty and Law’: The Presidential Election of 1880 will be published later this year by the University Press of Kansas. In discussing relevant history and National Park Service news and events\, he has spoken at dozens of academic conferences and appeared on PBS\, C-SPAN\, numerous television and radio news programs\, Radio Free Europe\, and National Public Radio. He appeared in the PBS American Experience documentary Murder of a President about James A. Garfield in 2016. \nArrington has taught history and humanities courses at several northeast Ohio colleges\, including Lake Erie College\, John Carroll University\, Lorain County Community College\, and Lakeland Community College. He is a member of the Organization of American Historians and the Northeast Ohio Civil War Round Table.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/decoration-day/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pay-what-you-please
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190411T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
CREATED:20190207T185433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190207T185433Z
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SUMMARY:Within These Walls: Contraband Hospital and the African Americans Who Served There
DESCRIPTION:Discover the incredible story of those who worked to save lives at Contraband Hospital in Washington DC during the Civil War \nSchool at a contraband camp near Washington. Courtesy of the National Archives \nOn April 11 at 6:00 PM at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, join exhibition specialist and curator Jill Newmark as she discusses her research on Contraband Hospital. \nThe story of African American medical personnel who served during the Civil War is an often overlooked and neglected part of Civil War history. This presentation will explore one hospital in Washington\, D.C. that treated black soldiers and civilians and reveal the stories of the African American nurses and surgeons who served there. \nThe presentation begins at 6 PM on April 11 at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum. The presentation will be pay-what-you-please. \nJill L. Newmark is an exhibition specialist and curator at the US National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health.  She has worked in the History of Medicine Division of NLM for the past 15 years where she is conducting research on African American medical personnel that served during the American Civil War.  She has curated several exhibitions including Binding Wounds\, Pushing Boundaries:  African Americans in Civil War Medicine and has authored several articles that have appeared in Prologue magazine\, the quarterly publication of the National Archives\, Traces\, a publication of the Indiana Historical Society\, and several online publications and blogs.  She is currently working on a book on African American Civil War Surgeons.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/contraband/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pay-what-you-please
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190328T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190328T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
CREATED:20181214T174615Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190318T123816Z
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SUMMARY:Clara Barton at Andersonville
DESCRIPTION:Clara Barton played an important role in one of the most infamous prison camps of the American Civil War – Andersonville. \nClara Barton and Andersonville \nHistorian Mary Kate Robbett will discuss Clara Barton and her relationship with the infamous Confederate prison in Georgia at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office on Thursday\, March 28\, 2019 at 6:00 PM. \nThe current historiography on Civil War prisons discusses Andersonville’s uses and meanings during Reconstruction\, but offers only passing mention of Barton. Robbett’s presentation will look at the ways Barton’s public work fits into the larger story of Americans’ memories of Andersonville as well as Barton’s contributions to the postwar conversation and rhetoric about the treatment of POWs. \nMary Kate Robbett is a PhD student at Northwestern University. Her studies focus on nineteenth-century U.S. history\, with a particular interest the intersections of sociocultural and military history. Prior to attending Northwestern\, she worked at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History and received her master’s degree in Museum Studies at George Washington University.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/barton-andersonville/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pay-what-you-please
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190228T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190228T193000
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
CREATED:20190212T135600Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190219T125859Z
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SUMMARY:Forensic and Archaeological Investigation of Civil War Military Remains
DESCRIPTION:*Registration for this event is now full.* \nRenowned forensic anthropologist Dr. Douglas Owsley will discuss his work and how he’s helped to reveal the stories of those who fought in the Civil War. \n \nJoin us at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum on Thursday\, February 28\, 2019 at 6 PM as Dr. Douglas Owsley discusses his work with the remains of Civil War soldiers. Dr. Owsley recently participated in the recovery of the remains of two Union soldiers at Manassas National Military Park in Virginia. \nOver the past three decades\, Smithsonian forensic anthropologists have examined the skeletons of several hundred soldiers. Unmarked military burials have been disturbed by construction projects\, exposed by natural processes such as erosion or animal burrowing\, and found by relic hunters using metal detectors. Under specific circumstances\, military burials have been recovered and evaluated through archaeological investigations \nThis presentation will demonstrate how a forensic investigative process contributes to American military history. \nThis is a “pay-what-you-please” program. Pre-registration is required. \nRegister Here\nAbout the speaker \n\n\n\n\n\n\nDouglas W. Owsley\, Division Head for Physical Anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington\, D.C.\, is considered one of the foremost forensic anthropologists at work today. He has identified remains from news-making crime scenes\, mass disasters\, and war zones. Owsley received his B.S. degree in Zoology from the University of Wyoming and his Ph.D. in Physical Anthropology from the University of Tennessee. Doug is fascinated with the wealth of information that can be recovered by studying the human skeleton – not just the cause of death\, but also details about the life of a person. In addition to forensic casework\, he conducts extensive research on historic and prehistoric populations from North America. These include the remains of 17th-century colonists\, Civil War soldiers\, and ancient Americans – such as the nearly 9\,000 year-old Kennewick Man. Highlights of his work at Jamestown and Historic St. Mary’s City were featured in an exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History entitled Written in Bone: Forensic Files of the 17th-Century Chesapeake (2009-2014).
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/forensic/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:History: Lost and Found,Pay-what-you-please
ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190117T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190117T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
CREATED:20181119T143544Z
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SUMMARY:The Washington Navy Yard and the Civil War
DESCRIPTION:Discover the history of Washington’s Naval Yard\, one of Washington DC’s best kept secrets. \nSketch of the Washington Navy Yard \nCome hear historian Tom Frezza outline the Civil War history of the Washington Navy Yard on January 17 at 6 PM at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum. \nFor most people\, the Washington Navy Yard is just another walled off military complex in the District. But behind these walls is a rich history spanning from 1798 to the present. The time period during the American Civil War was no exception. During the war\, the Navy Yard was an integral part of the defense of Washington. From the early days of the war\, when Commandant Franklin Buchanan resigned his commission to join the Confederacy\, leaving the Yard to Commander John A. Dahlgren\, to the dark last days of the war when Lincoln assassination conspirators were brought to the Yard following their capture\, the Washington Navy Yard witnessed it all. Come and learn about the history of one of the best kept secrets of Washington DC. \nThe presentation begins at 6 PM on January 17 at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum. The presentation will be pay-what-you-please. \nThomas Frezza is the Director of Education at the National Museum of the United States Navy. Originally from Rhode Island\, he received in bachelors in Parks\, Recreation and Eco Tourism from Unity College in Maine in 2008\, after which he moved to the area to work for the National Park Service at Harpers Ferry. In 2010 he received his master’s in History from Shippensburg University\, while also starting a job with the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. Working his way up through the ranks of the museum\, he developed staff and docent training\, wrote and facilitated tours\, and worked with artifacts in his final position as Collections Manager. Today he leads programs\, develops curriculum\, writes and leads tours\, and is one of the public faces of the National Museum of the United States Navy. When not in the museum Tom can be found touring other museums and historic sites\, and volunteering his time as an interpreter at many of them. He is also known for backpacking with his wife and two dogs.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/navy-yard/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pay-what-you-please
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181206T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181206T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
CREATED:20180905T143133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180917T184437Z
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SUMMARY:The Life Of Dr. Edward Stonestreet - 19th Century Doctor
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the real life of a Civil War surgeon and see how it compares to the portrayal of Civil War medicine in the PBS series Mercy Street. \nClarence portraying Dr. Stonestreet at Rock Creek Park \nCome hear living historian Clarence Hickey discuss the life of Civil War contract surgeon Dr. Edward Stonestreet on December 6 at 6 PM at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum. \nDr. Edward Stonestreet practiced medicine from 1852 until his death in 1903\, in Rockville\, MD. He was educated at the University of Maryland School of Medicine. Dr. Stonestreet served as an Examining Surgeon for Montgomery County\, MD\, during the Federal draft of 1862. It is estimated that he examined more than 800 men. \nDuring 1862 – 1863\, Dr. Stonestreet served with the U.S. Army as an Acting Assistant Surgeon (Contract Surgeon). During late 1862 and early 1863\, he treated the living wounded after the Battle of Antietam in a temporary Army General Hospital\, in Rockville\, while they were enroute from Frederick\, MD to long term care in new Army pavilion style\, state-of-the-art\, hospitals in Washington\, DC\, and in Alexandria\, VA. During the first half of 1863\, Dr. Stonestreet attended the ill soldiers of the 6th Michigan Cavalry Regiment prior to their involvement in the Battle of Gettysburg. \nDr. Stonestreet’s life\, his medical training\, practice\, and Army service paralleled those of fictitious Dr. Jed Foster of the PBS 2016 special Civil War series Mercy Street\, or was it the other way around? These similarities will be discussed\, along with the details of Dr. Stonestreet’s life and service in a PowerPoint slide lecture using many photos from the Civil War and 19th century eras. Clarence also will discuss his 20th century experience serving in a U.S. Army Civil War pavilion style hospital during the Vietnam era. There were many such Army hospitals in the U.S. and other countries for more than 100 years after the Civil War. \nThe presentation will take place on December 6 at 6:00 PM at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum. It will be a “pay-what-you-please” presentation. \nClarence Hickey is a Master Docent and reenactor with the Montgomery County Historical Society\, MD\, and its Stonestreet Museum of 19th Century Medicine. Clarence holds a BS degree in biology and an MS degree in marine biology. During the Vietnam War era\, Clarence was drafted into the U.S. Army Medical Service (AMEDS) in 1966. He served from 1966 – 1968 as a medical laboratory specialist\, blood banking technician\, and general hospital medic at Fort Campbell\, KY\, stateside home of the 101st Airborne Division. The U.S. Army Hospital\, Fort Campbell\, was built in 1942 and was of the pavilion style design (or cantonment style design) following those built and operated during the Civil War. Clarence is the author of four books\, one of which is Dr. Stonestreet’s award winning biography\, Send for the Doctor\, published in 2009 by Montgomery County Historical Society. Clarence offers historical programs about Dr. Stonestreet in first person\, reenactments with a life-sized mannequin patient\, lectures\, PowerPoint slide shows\, and through written articles and his book. Clarence is a member of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and the Society of Civil War Surgeons. In 2014\, Clarence was certified as a Master Docent by the Frederick Historic Sites Consortium. Clarence is a retired federal civil servant in environmental sciences and has served as a volunteer interpretive nature guide.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/stonestreet/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pay-what-you-please
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181004T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181004T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
CREATED:20180920T165253Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180920T165253Z
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SUMMARY:Images of War: Self-censorship versus a Search for Truth?
DESCRIPTION:Join us at the Missing Soldiers Office on Thursday\, October 4th as the creator of “Bringing the Story of War to Our Doorsteps” speaks about Alexander Gardner’s Antietam photographs and war-time censorship throughout American history.  \nConfederate dead collected for burial (Courtesy of the Library of Congress) \nBob Kozak will be discussing the legacy of the haunting Antietam photographs and how media censorship during war-time evolved during conflicts in the 20th century. \nThe program will begin at 6 PM at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum. This is a “pay-what-you-please” event and donations for the museum will be collected at the end of the evening’s program. \nAbout “Bringing the Story of War to Our Doorsteps”  \n  \n“Bringing the War to Our Doorsteps” is a temporary installation restaging the exhibition of Alexander Gardner’s photographs taken at Antietam in September 1862. It is a rare chance for visitors to experience what viewers did more than 155 years ago as the Civil War raged. \nDisplay prints have been made to the same dimensions and style of the originals from high-definition digital files made available by the Library of Congress. To enhance the visitor’s experience\, there will be a 3-D theatre to view the photos\, which were shot with stereoscopic cameras\, in the way they were originally intended. Its purpose is to explore the evolving view of war-time photography from the Civil War to today and how modern media has contributed to American attitudes about armed conflict. The exhibition has been extended through November 3\, 2018.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/images-war/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pay-what-you-please
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180816T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180816T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
CREATED:20180712T135225Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180712T135225Z
UID:1868-1534442400-1534446000@clarabartonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:"Banners Instead of Guns:" Fighting for Suffrage in Wartime
DESCRIPTION:Discover the surprising ways the Civil War and World War I impacted the women’s suffrage movement. \nWomen’s Suffrage banner \nThe special event hosted by the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum and the National Woman’s Party\, “Banners Instead of Guns” is an exploration of the impact that the Civil War\, and later the First World War\, had on the women’s suffrage movement. \nJoin Kelsey Millay and Jake Wynn at the Missing Soldiers Office on August 16 at 6:00 PM for a conversation about how each war influenced the strategies\, tactics\, and rhetoric used by suffragists in their own fight: the fight for the vote. \nThe presentation will take place on August 16 at 6:00 PM at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum. It will be a “pay-what-you-please” presentation. \nKelsey Millay is the Interpretation and Digital Media Manager for the National Woman’s Party at the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality National Monument. \nJake Wynn is the Director of Interpretation at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office and the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/suffrage/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pay-what-you-please
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180628T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180628T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
CREATED:20180412T195802Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180412T195930Z
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SUMMARY:"The Capital Can't Be Taken!" - The Civil War Defenses of Washington
DESCRIPTION:Discover how Washington went from a defenseless capital to the most fortified city in the world. \nUnion troops posing by Fort Stevens \nAt the beginning of the Civil War in 1861\, there were no forts\, earthworks\, or other defenses to be found; the Union capital was incredibly vulnerable to Confederate attack. By 1865\, Washington D.C. was one of the most heavily fortified places in the world. As the nerve center of the Union war effort\, the Federal government and the U.S. Army allocated tremendous resources to the capital’s safety during the Civil War. Join Ranger Steve T. Phan (NPS) to learn how the Defenses of Washington evolved over the war. \nSteve T. Phan is a Park Ranger and historian at the Civil War Defenses of Washington. A military history scholar of the Civil War era\, Steve’s research focuses on military occupation\, operational command\, fortifications\, and the Western Theater during the Civil War. He holds a Masters degree in American History\, with a concentration in Public History. \nThis is a pay-what-you-please program.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/fort-stevens/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pay-what-you-please
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180503T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180503T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
CREATED:20180312T130302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180419T164630Z
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SUMMARY:Parental Guidance Necessary - Children Experience the Civil War
DESCRIPTION:Discover the Civil War as seen through the eyes of the children who experienced it firsthand.  \n \nOn May 3\, 2018 at the Missing Soldiers Office\, historian Kristen Hunter will illuminate some of the ways children in both the North and South experienced the Civil War. The presentation will begin at 6 PM. Admission is “pay-what-you-please.” \nEncouraged by their parents and swept up by wartime rhetoric\, children romanticized the war and were awe-inspired by their courageous soldiers in blue or gray. With their soldier costumes and toys\, young boys adopted soldier personas and acted out battles with their siblings. Some young girls\, inspired by the patriotic efforts of their mothers\, saved their pennies and knitted socks to send to soldiers in need.  \nFrom parading around in soldier costumes and staging mock battles in the yard\, to forming gangs and engaging in real battles with rocks\, the war greatly impacted the everyday lives of boys and girls in rural areas\, cities\, and even in the White House. \nKristen Hunter is a recent graduate of George Mason University’s History of Decorative Arts MA program. Her Master’s thesis\, “By Her Needle and Thread\,” explored how women used material objects of their production to influence how their family experienced the Civil War.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/children-war/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pay-what-you-please
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180419T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180419T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
CREATED:20180312T134157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180413T164001Z
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SUMMARY:The Freedmen's Bureau in Virginia
DESCRIPTION:Hear the remarkable story of the Freedmen’s Bureau in war-torn Virginia after the Civil War.  \nFreedmen’s Bureau office in Richmond\, VA. (Harper’s Weekly\, December 23\, 1865) \nEmmanuel Dabney will discuss  the Bureau of Refugees\, Freedmen\, and Abandoned Lands (usually referred to as the Freedmen’s Bureau) work in Virginia in the aftermath of the Civil War at the Missing Soldiers Office on April 19\, 2018 at 6 PM. The presentation will be “pay-what-you-please.” \nThe Freedmen’s Bureau was created in March 1865 to oversee the abandoned property of Southerners and provide aid to white Unionist refugees and the recently freed people. However\, competing viewpoints from white Republicans\, Democrats\, and black and white Southerners created much disappointment for the recently freed people\, who pretty rapidly took up most of the Bureau’s time and effort. \nDespite racialized violence\, the Bureau was able to provide some assistance to the freed people and help lay the groundwork for their futures in the aftermath of generations of enslavement and their own resistance to slavery. \nEmmanuel Dabney is the curator at Petersburg National Battlefield in Petersburg\, Virginia.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/freedmen-1/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:After the War,Pay-what-you-please
ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180215T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180215T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
CREATED:20180105T145155Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180115T141728Z
UID:1461-1518717600-1518721200@clarabartonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Section 27: Separated at Death in Arlington
DESCRIPTION:Uncover the history of Arlington National Cemetery’s historic Section 27 and what it tells us about race and healthcare during the 19th century.  \nResearchers Ric Murphy and Timothy Stephens will explore the history of slavery and healthcare at America’s most famous cemetery at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office on Thursday\, February 15 at 6 PM. \nThe presentation will focus on the medical care provided to African American civilians on the former plantation of Robert E. Lee and their changing social status during and after the Civil War. \nThis presentation is pay-what-you-please.  \nRic Murphy is an educator\, historian and noted author of several historical publications.  His numerous lectures and speaking engagements explore the varied roles of African Americans in United States history. His future publications will continue to explore the colonial\, Reconstruction\, and twentieth century periods\, and their impact on today’s African American communities.  Murphy holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Massachusetts\, a graduate degree from Boston University\, and was a Senior Executive Fellow at Harvard University\, Kennedy School of Government. \nTimothy Stephens is a historian and a national expert in public health and emergency preparedness. He has been a national public health leader and commentator for more than twenty years. He writes a weekly column advising risk managers on public health threats.Stephens has a Master’s degree in Communications from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Journalism\, and an undergraduate degree in Film and English from the University of Warwick\, England.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/section-27/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pay-what-you-please
ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180127T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180127T120000
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
CREATED:20171127T154637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171128T172714Z
UID:1417-1517050800-1517054400@clarabartonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:Clara Jones: A Forgotten Civil War Nurse
DESCRIPTION:Discover the story of Clara Jones\, a full-time teacher whose remarkable wartime experiences included assisting the wounded aboard a hospital ship\, and at hospitals in Alexandria\, Virginia\, and at Gettysburg\, Pennsylvania. \n \nHistorian John Lustrea will tell the story of forgotten Civil War nurse Clara Jones at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum on January 27 at 11 AM. \nSince entering the public record in 2003 when Clara Jones’ letters were donated to the museum\, very few have read them. They tell an incredible tale of sacrifice and compassion. Jones was an unmarried 28 year old single woman when the Civil War broke out. While she wanted desperately to rush to the front to comfort sick and wounded soldiers\, she needed the pay of her full-time teaching job to support herself. That did not stop her from traveling to the front on school breaks of any length. Come hear about her amazing efforts. \nJohn Lustrea is the blog editor and website manager at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine. He received his MA in Public History from the University of South Carolina\, Columbia. John spent four summers working at Harpers Ferry National Historical Park as a seasonal ranger.
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/clara-jones1/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pay-what-you-please
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171214T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171214T190000
DTSTAMP:20260525T171425
CREATED:20170920T144953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170921T133238Z
UID:1373-1513274400-1513278000@clarabartonmuseum.org
SUMMARY:A Civil Life in an Uncivil Time
DESCRIPTION:In October 1862\, Julia Wilbur traveled alone from Rochester\, New York\, with the well-intentioned\, but ill-formed idea to help African Americans escaping slavery by crossing into Union controlled areas. She ended up in Alexandria\, Virginia\, where she worked closely with Harriet Jacobs and against the male powers-that-be. \nJoin us at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office on Thursday\, December 14 at 6 PM as author Paula Tarnapol Whitacre discusses her research into the Civil War experiences of Julia Wilbur. \nA Civil Life in an Uncivil Time: Julia Wilbur’s Struggle for Purpose is the first biography about this unheralded\, but remarkable woman. Using Wilbur’s diaries and other primary sources\, Whitacre traces how Wilbur took this bold step and what she accomplished when she came south. After the war and until her death in 1895\, Wilbur lived in Washington\, following in the footsteps of Clara Barton (whom she knew) by working in the Patent Office and fighting for women’s rights. \nWhitacre is a writer and editor who has lived in Alexandria since the mid-1980s. A graduate of Johns Hopkins University\, she worked at The Washington Post and as a Foreign Service Officer earlier in her career. She is on the boards of Friends of Alexandria Archaeology and the Civil War Roundtable of Washington\, DC. \nThis is a pay-what-you-please event. \nPre-Register Now
URL:https://clarabartonmuseum.org/event/civil-life-uncivil-time/
LOCATION:Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum\, 437 7th Street NW\, Washington\, 20004\, United States
CATEGORIES:Pay-what-you-please
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ORGANIZER;CN="Jake Wynn":MAILTO:jake.wynn@civilwarmed.org
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