Events at the Clara Barton Museum

The Life Of Dr. Edward Stonestreet – 19th Century Doctor

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

Learn about the real life of a Civil War surgeon and see how it compares to the portrayal in the PBS series Mercy Street.

The Washington Navy Yard and the Civil War

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

Discover the Civil War history of Washington's Navy Yard, one of Washington DC's best kept secrets at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum

Meet the Artist – Peter Waddell

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

Come to the Missing Soldiers Office on January 19 at 1 PM to hear artist Peter Waddell discuss his work on a new mural detailing Clara Barton’s life.

Clara Barton at Andersonville

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

Explore the important work of identifying missing men that helped Clara Barton contribute to establishing the National Cemetery at Andersonville Prison.

James A. Garfield and the First Decoration Day – May 30, 1868

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

Discover the origin of Memorial Day in the United States and the role played by future president James Garfield James Garfield during the Civil War On 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 […]

Civil War Medicine in Washington

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

Washington's Civil War hospitals played host to a wide range of characters from President Abraham Lincoln to Walt Whitman.

The Wound Dresser – Walt Whitman and the Civil War

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

Discover 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.

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