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Battle-Tempered: The Physical and Psychological Consequences of War

  • Monocacy National Battlefield, National Museum of Civil War Medicine, and Artz Public Library Frederick, MD (map)

In conjunction with several partner organizations, join us throughout Saturday, August 29, for Battle-Tempered: The Physical and Psychological Consequences of War, at Monocacy National Battlefield, the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, and the C. Burr Artz Public Library. A full schedule of events is below. Note each program’s location and time, as you may come for as much of the day as you’d like.

Registration is FREE and REQUIRED!

This event, which takes place at three locations in Frederick, Maryland, is sponsored by Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center; the National Museum of Civil War Medicine; Stephen A. Goldman Consulting Services, L.L.C.; Hood College; and Frederick County Public Libraries.

Schedule of Events

8:30am-12:00pm - Monocacy National Battlefield (5201 Urbana Pike, Frederick, MD 21704)

  • 8:30am-9:30am - “Character, Warrior Identity, and Moral Leadership: Union Colonel Charles Gilpin at Monocacy and in Peace” by Stephen A. Goldman, M.D., Former Veterans Administration Psychiatrist and Distinguished Life Fellow, American Psychiatric Association

  • 9:30am-10:15am - Self-guided tour of Monocacy National Battlefield Visitor Center and Museum

  • 10:15am-12:00pm - Caravan Tour of Monocacy National Battlefield, led by National Park Service Ranger and Public Historian Matt Borders

12:00pm-1:45pm - Lunch and National Museum of Civil War Medicine (48 E. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701)

  • Lunch on your own in Frederick

  • Self-guided tour of National Museum of Civil War Medicine

1:45pm-5:00pm - C. Burr Artz Public Library (110 E. Patrick St., Frederick, MD 21701)

  • 1:45pm-2:45pm - “‘Where We Were Fairly Treated’: Marylanders at the Gettysburg Seminary Hospital” by Codie Eash, Director of Education and Interpretation, Seminary Ridge Museum and Education Center

  • 2:45pm-3:45pm - “Clara Barton, the Missing Soldiers Office, and What War Leaves in Its Wake” by Madeleine Thompson, Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum

  • 3:45pm-4:00pm - Break

  • 4:00pm-5:00pm - Combat Veterans’ Experience Panel, led by Stephen A. Goldman, M.D.

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