Visit the New Jersey History Day website (see link below under William Patterson University) to register to be a judge at Rutgers Camden for the Regional Competition on March 7, 2026. Note that registration forms to be a judge must be submitted by March 1, 2026.
Inland Empire February schedule of events
On Monday, Feb. 16th, at 6:30 p.m. Pacific Time, Author Tonya McQuade will present a talk on
A State Divided: Digging into Missouri's Civil War History through Personal Letters
Here is the Zoom link. The Zoom room opens at 6:15. The presentation begins at 6:30 sharp; be on time.
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82401765000?pwd=voo7uu3PxunnYM6epfBcEyVqx5S0MT.1
Meeting ID: 824 0176 5000
Passcode: Lincoln
https://carnegiecarnegie.org/event/faces-of-civil-war-nurses-an-exhibit/
Faces of Civil War Nurses: An Exhibit
February 14 @ 1:00 pm – May 9 @ 1:00 pm
In partnership with Military Images magazine and the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall is proud to welcome a new temporary exhibit, “Faces of Civil War Nurses,” featuring portraits and personal stories of women who served as nurses during the Civil War. The exhibit first debuted in 2025 at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office Museum in Washington, DC.
It is estimated that over 20,000 women served as volunteer nurses during the war, enduring long hours and multiple tours of duty across both front-line battlefields and at numerous hospitals and communities across the country. Forbidden from serving in “indelicate” medical settings at the outset of the Civil War, women quickly broke down social conventions in caring for the sick and wounded, risking both disease and the brutal realities of war. These women provided invaluable aid, from changing bandages and cooking food to comforting the dying, and innumerable other tasks.
“During the Civil War, thousands of courageous women stepped beyond traditional roles to serve as nurses, caring for the wounded and sick in the chaos of war’s brutal realities. In this exhibit, you’ll stand face to face with life-sized portraits of 20 of these intrepid pioneers who shaped the future of nursing and redefined the role of women in American society,” said Military Images Editor and Publisher Ron Coddington. “This is a rare glimpse into their resilience, sacrifice, and humanity.”
The exhibit will be on display in the Lincoln Gallery at the Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall through May 9. The building is open Mondays from 12 p.m. – 7 p.m.; Tuesdays – Thursdays from 10 a.m. – 7 p.m.; and Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For questions, please contact Espy Post Curator Jon-Erik Gilot at gilotj@carnegiecarnegie.org.
Free
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· February 2026
Sat14
2nd Saturday Civil War Series: Faces of Civil War Nurses – Portraits, Photography, and the Making of Caregiving History, with Ron Coddington
February 14 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States
In Person in the Lincoln Gallery at ACFL&MH Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 Portrait photographs of women who served as caregivers offer rare, powerful evidence of how Americans understood nursing during the Civil War. These images—made possible by rapidly evolving photographic technology—capture not only grit and determination, but intention: how women presented themselves, how Read More
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Sat14
Faces of Civil War Nurses: An Exhibit
February 14 @ 1:00 pm - May 9 @ 1:00 pm
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States
In partnership with Military Images magazine and the National Museum of Civil War Medicine, The Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall is proud to welcome a new temporary exhibit, “Faces of Civil War Nurses,” featuring portraits and personal stories of women who served as nurses during the Civil War. The exhibit first debuted in Read More
Free
· March 2026
Sat21
2nd Saturday Civil War Series: The Influence of Women: How Women Worked, Served, Sacrificed, and Overcame during the Civil War, with Katie Wolfe
March 21 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Andrew Carnegie Free Library & Music Hall 300 Beechwood Avenue, Carnegie, PA, United States
In Person in the Studio at ACFL&MH Zoom: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9370579279Meeting ID: 937 057 9279 Drawn from an 1862 Harper's Weekly illustration of the same title, "The Influence of Women" will explore the many ways in which women worked, served, sacrificed, and overcame during the Civil War. Women were everywhere during the war, serving both on the Read More
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