Riding to the Rescue: Railroads and Medicine in the Civil War | B&O Railroad Museum

Lecture

Historian Jake Wynn will be at the B&O Railroad Museum in November to discuss the railroad’s impact on the development of emergency medicine during the Civil War.  

This lecture will take place in the Bank of America Model Gallery. 

About the Lecturer

Jake Wynn is a public historian and tourism marketing professional. He currently serves as the Senior Marketing and Communications Manager for Visit Frederick, the Destination Marketing Organization for Frederick County, Maryland. He previously served as the Director of Interpretation at the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum. He writes at wynninghistory.com and facebook.com/wynninghistory. He is also a founding contributor to the Pennsylvania in the Civil War blog. He is a native of Williamstown, Pennsylvania and currently resides in Frederick, Maryland.   

To learn more about Jake Wynn and his work, click here: https://wynninghistory.com/

Admission:

Included with Museum Admission. FREE for B&O Members.

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Wonderful rail museum with many historic engines, passenger cars, mail car, troop transport, and more. Several models layouts including the Smithsonian collection of models which was amazing. Wonderful presentation on the underground railroad. We will visit again.

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