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Meet the author: Dr. Emilie Amt

June 22 @ 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Free

In honor of Juneteenth, Dr. Emilie Amt will be our special guest speaker.

Dr. Amt is an award-winning writer on the African American history of western Maryland whose most recent book is Black Antietam: African Americans and the Civil War in Sharpsburg. In this talk, she will explore the Civil War experiences of African Americans, both enslaved and free, civilian and military, in Frederick and Washington Counties. She will focus on lesser-known stories and wartime experiences that have not been much covered by historians

Her book will be available for purchase and signing after the program.

Admission to the speaker event is free. A regular admission fee is required to visit the Museum.

Please consider donating to the Monocacy National Battlefield Foundation.

 

Details

Date:
June 22
Time:
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
Cost:
Free

Organizer

Monocacy National Battlefield Foundation

Venue

National Museum of Civil War Medicine
48 East Patrick Street
Frederick, MD 21701 United States
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Phone
3016951864