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Dec14Friday: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
“Bringing the Story of War to Our Doorsteps: Rediscovering Alexander Gardner’s Antietam Photographs”
A special exhibit at the
National Museum of Civil War MedicineFor the first time since the Civil War, Mathew Brady’s famous 1862 photographic exhibition “The Dead of Antietam,” will be exhibited at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, in Frederick, MD. A partnership among the Museum, the Frederick County Civil War Roundtable, and Hood College has recreated the original photographs of battlefield dead captured by Alexander Gardner after the battle of Antietam. During the Civil War, Gardner’s photography revolutionized how the public would see the human cost of war.
On September 17, 1862, Union and Confederate armies clashed at the small town of Sharpsburg, MD. The battle left more than 23,000 Americans killed, wounded, or missing, making it the bloodiest day in United States history. Two days later, Mathew Brady’s photographer Alexander Gardner and his assistant James Gibson began photographing the battlefield and the soldiers who had died. By October 6th, 1862, Brady had these photographs on display and ready for sale at his New York City gallery.
“The living that throng Broadway care little perhaps for the Dead at Antietam, but we fancy they would jostle less carelessly down the great thoroughfare, saunter less at their ease, were a few dripping bodies, fresh from the field, laid along the pavement.
Mr. Brady has done something to bring home to us the terrible reality and earnestness of war. If he has not brought bodies and laid them in our dooryards and along the streets, he has done something very like it.”
New York Times October 20, 1862
“Bringing the Story of war to our Doorsteps,” was initially hosted at the Pry House Field Hospital Museum, the National Museum of Civil War Medicine’s satellite museum at Antietam National Battlefield, during October and November. The exhibit has been so popular that the Museum decided to extend its duration and bring it to downtown Frederick, MD.
“This has been a memorable experience,” said event organizer Robert Kozak. “We have restaged the original exhibit so people can experience what viewers saw 150 years ago.” Display prints have been made to the same dimensions and style of the originals from high-definition Library of Congress digital files. “We are also privileged to have on display several original Gardner photos from the collection of Robert Zeller,” said Kozak.
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Dec17Monday: 9:45 am – 10:45 am
New Exhibit at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine
“The Literature of Prescription: Charlotte Perkins Gilman-The Yellow Wall-Paper”
In the late nineteenth century, at a time when women were challenging traditional ideas about gender that excluded them from political and intellectual life, medical and scientific experts drew on notions of female weakness to justify inequality between the sexes. Artist and writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, who was discouraged from pursuing a career to preserve her health, rejected these ideas in a terrifying short story titled “The Yellow Wall-Paper.” The famous tale served as an indictment of the medical profession and the social conventions restricting women’s professional and creative opportunities.
“The Literature of Prescription,” a traveling exhibition, developed and produced by the National Library of Medicine, will be exhibited in the second floor gallery of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and is available with the regular price of admission to the Museum.
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Jan26Saturday: Jan 26 (all day)
Drink It In: Refreshments of the Civil War
At the National Museum of Civil War Medicine’s
Pry House Field Hospital Museum
Civil War Medicine… it’s not what you think.
On Saturdays during the month of January, The Pry House Field Hospital Museum, at Antietam National Battlefield, will treat visitors to a bit of winter hospitality! Each Saturday, the Pry House will feature a hot winter drink that was popular during the 1860s as well as today. Guests can warm up by partaking of a hot beverage period to the Civil War, as well as something to nibble on! Staff at the Pry House will talk about how coffee, hot cocoa, mulled cider, and other warming drinks were important to soldiers and civilians, North and South, throughout the war.
January 5: Hot Chocolate
January 12: Coffee
January 19: Tea
January 26: Mulled Cider
Museum Exhibits will be open as normal. A donation of $3.00 is suggested when visiting Pry House.
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Feb2Saturday: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Join us every Saturday this month at The Pry House Field Hospital Museum at Antietam National Battlefield will host popular music from the Civil War Era. Each Saturday different musicians from around the region will serenade visitors in the exhibit gallery with songs and instrumentals from the 1860s. Staff at the Pry House will talk about the importance of music to soldiers in the field and in hospitals, as well as civilians on the home front. In a time before recorded music, 19th century Americans placed high importance on public performances, intimate singing circles, and individual musical skill. All performers have donated their time and talent to Music Month at the Pry House. Guests are encouraged to talk with the musicians and ask questions.
February 2: Mr. Cory Rosenberg, of Gettysburg, PA, will play the banjo and other period instruments as he sings popular minstrel songs of the Civil War Era.
February 9: Evergreen Shade, a musical duo from central Virginia, will perform a range of period pieces with a theme on Abraham Lincoln in honor of his 203rd birthday.
February 16: Mr. George Wunderlich, Executive Director of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, and world-renowned scholar and maker of early banjos, will entertain on his favorite instrument.
February 23: Mr. Wes Merchant, of Frederick, MD, will play from his impressive repertoire of popular and traditional selections on the fiddle.
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Feb9Saturday: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Join us every Saturday this month at The Pry House Field Hospital Museum at Antietam National Battlefield will host popular music from the Civil War Era. Each Saturday different musicians from around the region will serenade visitors in the exhibit gallery with songs and instrumentals from the 1860s. Staff at the Pry House will talk about the importance of music to soldiers in the field and in hospitals, as well as civilians on the home front. In a time before recorded music, 19th century Americans placed high importance on public performances, intimate singing circles, and individual musical skill. All performers have donated their time and talent to Music Month at the Pry House. Guests are encouraged to talk with the musicians and ask questions.
February 2: Mr. Cory Rosenberg, of Gettysburg, PA, will play the banjo and other period instruments as he sings popular minstrel songs of the Civil War Era.
February 9: Evergreen Shade, a musical duo from central Virginia, will perform a range of period pieces with a theme on Abraham Lincoln in honor of his 203rd birthday.
February 16: Mr. George Wunderlich, Executive Director of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, and world-renowned scholar and maker of early banjos, will entertain on his favorite instrument.
February 23: Mr. Wes Merchant, of Frederick, MD, will play from his impressive repertoire of popular and traditional selections on the fiddle.
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Feb9Saturday: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
The Evolution of Military Medicine: The Letterman Plan 1862 to 2012 by Greg Susla
NMCWM Docent Greg Susla reviews the process for the handling and care of the wounded implemented by Jonathan Letterman, M.D., during the American Civil War. The types of wounds that soldiers experienced, battle field surgeries, use of anesthesia and the evolution of the military hospital system will be discussed. Medical practice during the Civil War will be compared and contrasted with the modern day management of battlefield casualties.
Second Saturday of the month lectures series, February–August 2013. The program fee is included in the Museum admission fee. Free to Museum members. Re-admittance to the Museum the day of talk is welcome.
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Feb16Saturday: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Join us every Saturday this month at The Pry House Field Hospital Museum at Antietam National Battlefield will host popular music from the Civil War Era. Each Saturday different musicians from around the region will serenade visitors in the exhibit gallery with songs and instrumentals from the 1860s. Staff at the Pry House will talk about the importance of music to soldiers in the field and in hospitals, as well as civilians on the home front. In a time before recorded music, 19th century Americans placed high importance on public performances, intimate singing circles, and individual musical skill. All performers have donated their time and talent to Music Month at the Pry House. Guests are encouraged to talk with the musicians and ask questions.
February 2: Mr. Cory Rosenberg, of Gettysburg, PA, will play the banjo and other period instruments as he sings popular minstrel songs of the Civil War Era.
February 9: Evergreen Shade, a musical duo from central Virginia, will perform a range of period pieces with a theme on Abraham Lincoln in honor of his 203rd birthday.
February 16: Mr. George Wunderlich, Executive Director of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, and world-renowned scholar and maker of early banjos, will entertain on his favorite instrument.
February 23: Mr. Wes Merchant, of Frederick, MD, will play from his impressive repertoire of popular and traditional selections on the fiddle.
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Feb20Wednesday: 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Join us for a special presentation!
Baptism in Blood and Disease: The 145th PVI Burying the Dead at Antietam and Dying from Disease at Harpers Ferry by George Deutsch
Historian George Deutsch will explore one regiment’s ordeal in the aftermath of the Battle of Antietam. The newly minted 145th PVI was spared the slaughter of America’s bloodiest day, only to be detailed the gruesome task of burying Antietam’s dead on the battlefield, a nightmarish introduction to war. The regiment spent the next several cold, rainy weeks on Bolivar Heights without tents, proper equipment, or adequate medicine, losing more than half their men to disease.
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Feb21Thursday: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Science of Civil War Photography
Presented by Garry Adelman, Director of History and Education, Civil War Trust and longtime Gettysburg National Military Park Battlefield Guide.
The meeting will be held on the Museum’s second floor in the Conference room, we look forward to seeing you there! For more information on the Frederick County Civil War Roundtable, please visit them at www.frederickcountycivilwarrt.org.
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Feb23Saturday: 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Join us every Saturday this month at The Pry House Field Hospital Museum at Antietam National Battlefield will host popular music from the Civil War Era. Each Saturday different musicians from around the region will serenade visitors in the exhibit gallery with songs and instrumentals from the 1860s. Staff at the Pry House will talk about the importance of music to soldiers in the field and in hospitals, as well as civilians on the home front. In a time before recorded music, 19th century Americans placed high importance on public performances, intimate singing circles, and individual musical skill. All performers have donated their time and talent to Music Month at the Pry House. Guests are encouraged to talk with the musicians and ask questions.
February 2: Mr. Cory Rosenberg, of Gettysburg, PA, will play the banjo and other period instruments as he sings popular minstrel songs of the Civil War Era.
February 9: Evergreen Shade, a musical duo from central Virginia, will perform a range of period pieces with a theme on Abraham Lincoln in honor of his 203rd birthday.
February 16: Mr. George Wunderlich, Executive Director of the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, and world-renowned scholar and maker of early banjos, will entertain on his favorite instrument.
February 23: Mr. Wes Merchant, of Frederick, MD, will play from his impressive repertoire of popular and traditional selections on the fiddle.
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Mar5Tuesday: 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Join us at Brewer’s Alley Restaurant & Brewery for Happy Hour!
Enjoy Happy Hour Pricing on First Draught Beer from the Sesquicentennial Beer Series! Happy Hour will be held upstairs in the Mayor’s Office Room.
Brew master Tom Flores will discuss the process of making our latest beer and its historic flavors. NMCWM, Executive Director, George Wunderlich will speak about the rich history behind the First Draught.
NMCWM Memberships and Merchandise will be available!
Please R.S.V.P to strategy@civilwarmed.org or on Facebook
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Mar9Saturday: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Second Annual Civil War Medicine Living Historians Workshop
All-day symposium on the skills, knowledge and resources necessary to provide quality living history programs at historic sites. Resource notebook, lunch and refreshments included. Pre-registration required. Presenters include: George Wunderlich, NMCWM Executive Director; Betsy Estilow, NMCWM President; and Mark Quattrock and Jackie Greer, co-founders, Blue & Gray Hospital Association. Topics included: Tools of the Trade, and Nurses and Nursing in the Civil War.
Click here to register online today or contact Adele Air by phone at 301-695-1864, Ext. 17.Deadline to register is March 1, refunds for cancellations made after February 25, 2013.The workshop fee includes a non-refundable $15.00 booking fee. Registration includes workshop materials and a box lunch. Please specify your sandwich preference when registering; choices include chicken salad, turkey, ham, roast beef and vegetarian. All box lunches include fruit or fruit cup, chips, cookies and assorted beverages.
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Mar21Thursday: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
The Gilmore and Mosby Train Robberies
Presented by Steve French, teacher, author and Civil War historian
The meeting will be held on the Museum’s second floor in the Conference room, we look forward to seeing you there! For more information on the Frederick County Civil War Roundtable, please visit them at www.frederickcountycivilwarrt.org.
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Mar31Sunday: Mar 31 (all day)
The Museum will be closed on Sunday, March 31, 2013, for Easter Sunday. The Museum will reopen on Monday, April 1, 2013.
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Apr6Saturday: 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
Bell and History Days
The Museum is one of a dozen participants in this Frederick County Historic Consortium event dedicated to inspiring visitors by the vision, hard work, and dedication of the founders of Frederick and their descendants who built the community we cherish today. Mark Quattrock, co-founder of the Blue & Gray Hospital Association and Confederate Surgeon living historian, will display and interpret his expansive collection of Civil War-era medical accoutrements, both original and reproduction from 11am-4pm.
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Apr13Saturday: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
African American Men and Women in Medicine during the Civil War
Presented by Robert Slawson, M.D
Dr. Slawson, author of Prologue to Change: African Americans in Medicine in the Civil War Era, will share his fascinating stories of African American men and women who practiced medicine during the American Civil War, including research on the graduates of medical schools and the African American men commissioned as Civil War medical officers.
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Apr17Wednesday: 8:30 am – 12:30 pm
Journey Through Hallowed Ground
Certified Tourism Ambassador Training
April 17, 2013
8:30am – 12:30pm
$49 Registration fee includes pre read materials
Sign up today at http://www.ctanetwork.com/sign-up-for-a-class/.The Certified Tourism Ambassador (CTA) Program is a groundbreaking, nationwide certification program that serves to increase tourism by training and inspiring front-line hospitality employees and volunteers to work together to turn every visitor encounter into a positive experience. The Journey Through Hallowed Ground (JTHG) CTA Program goes well beyond basic customer service training; it:
- Gives you the opportunity to build upon your knowledge of your community and the entire JTHG National Heritage Area;
- Enhances your skills in serving customers;
- Increases your awareness of information resources; and
- Provides you with freebies & discounts to attractions, hotels & restaurants in the JTHG National Heritage Area
For more information, call Esther M. Turner or Michelle Kellogg at 540.882.4929.
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Apr18Thursday: 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Frederick County Civil War Roundtable Meeting
Speaker: Marc Thompson, historian, Chancellorsville National Battlefield Guide. Topic: Battle of Chancellorsville. We look forward to seeing you. Please bring a friend. Lectures are free. Location is easily accessible. For more information on the Frederick County Civil War Roundtable, please visit them at www.frederickcountycivilwarrt.org.
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Apr27Saturday: 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm
Battlefield BBQ
Join us for Beer, BBQ and Fun! More details to come.
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May4Saturday: 6:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Click the image above to register.
2013 Cigar and Whiskey Night
Share in an authentic Civil War experience — smoking cigars and sipping whiskey on the battlefield. National Museum of Civil War Medicine Executive Director George Wunderlich will bring his knowledge, his storytelling talents and his banjo. George will personally pick the cigars for the evening, drawing on his vast experience as a cigar aficianodo. Catoctin Creek Distillery will provide tastings and samplings of whiskey and gin from their small, organic and exceptional line of spirits. Expect generous rounds of a signature drink.
Stories, stogies and sips of aqua vitae under the stars on Antietam Battlefield. Light fare will be provided. Bring your sleeping bag and plan on spending the night if you wish under our large tent. Email for further details. Funds go directly to the operation and improvement of the Pry House Museum and the National Museum of Civil War Medicine.
An exclusive experience that will transport you back in time. A unique Sesquicentennial event.To register click the image above.
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Jul6Saturday: 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
See the Antietam fireworks from the back of the Pry House. Contact David Price at strategy@civilwarmed.org for details. For more information, call 301-695-1864, ext. 25.
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Jul11Thursday: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Topic to be announced. For more information call 301-695-1864, ext. 17
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Jul13Saturday: 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Civil War Talk
Topic: Birth and Growth of Inscribed Quilts by Mavis Slawson
Mavis Slawson, collector and textile historian, quilter and lecturer, shares examples and the history of American inscribed quilts. The first inscribed, album, potholder and friendship quilts surfaced about 1830. Signatures, patriotic slogans and notes of endearment are among the words written in ink or embroidered on these quilts. Inscribed quilts were created to raise money for soldiers’ needs by both the North and South directly after the Civil War. Women continued to create inscribed quilts through the last quarter of the nineteenth century to fund community and church projects, as fundraisers in the early days of the American Red Cross, and through WW1 to purchase personal items for convalescing soldiers. Quilters are still creating inscribed quilts today for a variety of reasons, including the support of our wounded warriors.
Second Saturday of the month lectures series, February–August 2013. The program fee is included in the Museum admission fee. Free to Museum members. Re-admittance to the Museum the day of talk is welcome. For more information, call 301-695-1864, ext. 17.
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Jul18Thursday: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Topic to be announced. For more information, call 301-695-1864, ext. 17.
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Jul20Saturday: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm
Children and their families can visit the Pry House to participate in program designed just for them. Families can try Civil War-era toys and games, practice writing with dip ink pens, and make authentic crafts to take home. There is no extra fee for this program, but a donation of $3.00 is suggested when visiting the museum. For more information, call 301-416-2395.
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Jul25Thursday: 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Topic to be announced. For more information call 301-695-1864, ext. 17.
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