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Ric Murphy (ricmurphy.com) and Timothy Stephens will discuss the history of Section 27 at Arlington National Cemetery. One of the most historic areas in the famous cemetery, Section 27 is home to numerous graves of Civil War soldiers and African American refugees who sought shelter within Union lines during the conflict.
Location: 437 7th Street, Washington, DC
Time: 6pm, February 15, 2018
On Saturday April 21 at the Philadelphia National Cemetery with support from the Mutter Museum (http://muttermuseum.org) the Camp William Penn Museum and the 3rd Regiment USCT Re-Enactors will be unveiling a storyboard at the Philadelphia National Cemetery. Join the dedication ceremony at 6901 Limekiln Pike, Philadelphia, PA 19138. For more information: pt@usct.org, 215-885-2258.
I will be working all year with colleagues John Walsh and Jessica Taaffe on a review of the 1918 Influenza from contemporary sources, primarily US newspapers digitized and cataloged by the Library of Congress (https://chroniclingamerica.gov). The project – One Day at a Time – will be a representative narrative of 1918, the fear, rumor, wartime accommodations and despair brought on by the biggest death event in our history.