The Heart of the Civil War

March 5

The National Museum of Civil War Medicine participates as one of about 80 shops, galleries and historic venues, celebrating our downtown historic district. The full museum is open, its usual hours from 11am-5pm at the usual admittance rates. From 5pm until 9pm the museum's first floor galleries are open to the public for free.

National Museum of Civil War Medicine
48 E Patrick Street
Frederick 21701

(301) 695-1864
Website

March 5, 2011

Two seatings: 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tickets: $25 per person. Menu includes 2 kinds of tea, sandwiches, fresh fruit, soup, chocolate treats, and cranberry orange scones. There will be a costumed storyteller and each table will feature pictures/ stories of a New Windsor lady involved in the Civil War.

Atlee House Cafe
120 Water St
New Windsor 21776

(410) 635-6342

March 8

Was the white South’s decision to secede an inevitable one because of their commitment to honor? Drawing on examples from popular culture, Peter Carmichael, Fluhrer Professor of Civil War History and director of the Civil War Institute will explore how honor shaped the perceptions and behavior of southerners in the wake of Lincoln’s election. The annual P. Newman Lecture honors the contributions of the late Parsons Newman and is made possible by the Parsons Newman Fund at the Community Foundation of Frederick County. Free and open to the public. 7pm

The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center
40 S. Carroll Street
Frederick 21701

(301) 663-1188
Website

March 12

March's talk on Patriots in Petticoats will share some of the harrowing stories of women that cared for the ill and wounded in the American Civil War. 11am-noon

National Museum of Civil War Medicine
48 E Patrick Street
Frederick 21701

(301) 695-1864
Website

March 17

"Insects & their Effects on the Civil War" by Dr. Gary Miller. Lecture free, memberships available. 7:30-8:30pm

National Museum of Civil War Medicine
48 E Patrick Street
Frederick 21701

(301) 695-1864
Website

March 26

150th Anniversary of the American Civil War One Day Civil War Seminar 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. $60 To register long-on to www.hagerstowncc.edu/webadvisor Course # DIS-282 Four one hour lectures, lunch and a panel discussion Seminar Presenters & Lecture Titles: · Dr. Tom Clemens, Professor of History Hagerstown Community College “Hagerstown &Washington County at the Outbreak of the Civil War 1861” · Dennis Frye, Chief Historian Harpers Ferry National Historical Park “ The First Invasion of Maryland” · Tim Snyder, historian and author “A Kingdom for a few horses and Mules’ : General Patterson’s Army Comes to Washington County” · Dr. David Hein, Professor of Religion and philosophy, Hood College “Religion and Politics in Maryland on the Eve of the Civil War”

Hagerstown Community College
11400 Robinwood Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21742

(301) 790-2800