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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WITH GENEROUS SUPPORT FROM:

Kristina R.
November 2024

This was such an awesome experience! The trains inside were phenomenal and all very well kept. But we went ahead and did the train ride also and that was just icing on the cake! This is a great experience for kids, teens, and adults like myself.

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