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SUMMARY:Museum Book Club: The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Greatest Migration by Isabella Wilkerson
DESCRIPTION:In this beautifully written masterwork\, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Isabel Wilkerson presents a definitive and dramatic account of one of the great untold stories of American history: the Great Migration of six million Black citizens who fled the South for the North and West in search of a better life\, from World War I to 1970. \nWilkerson tells this interwoven story through the lives of three unforgettable protagonists: Ida Mae Gladney\, a sharecropper’s wife\, who in 1937 fled Mississippi for Chicago; sharp and quick-tempered George Starling\, who in 1945 fled Florida for Harlem\, and Robert Foster\, a surgeon who left Louisiana in 1953 in hopes of making it in California. \nThursday\, April 30  |  12pm – 1pm  |  Discussion led by: Emily Mentzel  |  Free\, registration appreciated  |  Register Here
URL:https://museums.kenosha.org/events/museum-book-club-the-warmth-of-other-suns-the-epic-story-of-americas-greatest-migration-by-isabella-wilkerson
LOCATION:Civil War Museum\, 5400 1st Ave\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Civil War Museum
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SUMMARY:Freedom Will Be Theirs by the Sword
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, May 1  |  12pm – 1pm  |  Presented by: Jeff Kluver \nOn September 29\, 1864\, fourteen Black men earned the Medal of Honor for their actions at the Battle of New Market Heights outside Richmond\, Virginia. Their charge against Confederate fortifications broke the Rebel lines\, but left hundreds of their comrades dead and wounded on the field. Join author and historian Jeff Kluever to learn the stories of these former slaves and freemen who fought valiantly for a country that did not yet consider them citizens.
URL:https://museums.kenosha.org/events/freedom-will-be-theirs-by-the-sword
LOCATION:Civil War Museum\, 5400 1st Ave\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Civil War Museum
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SUMMARY:“To care for him who shall have borne the battle.” Civil War Medical Weekend with the 17th Corps Field Hospital Group
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 2  |  10am – 4pm \nSunday\, May 3  |  12pm – 4pm \nJoin the Civil War Museum and the 17th Corps Field Hospital for a weekend of interactive displays\, presentations\, and programs that explore the medical care provided to soldiers during the Civil War.  Members of the 17th Corps Field Hospital\, the largest Civil War Medical unit in the Midwest\, will set up displays and materials highlighting Civil War-era surgery\, nursing care\, pharmaceuticals\, and embalming at the Civil War Museum. \nActivities include: \n\nCivil War surgical demonstrations both Saturday and Sunday\nView hundreds of original surgical instruments up close\nHear about the different diseases that affected soldiers during the Civil War\nLearn how women nursed the wounded and sick\n\nThe 17th Corps Field Hospital is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation in Illinois that is dedicated to educating the public about Civil War Medicine.  The group consists of educators\, RN’s\, accountants\, first responders\, retired Police Officers\, and college students that do medical displays and demonstrations in the Midwest.
URL:https://museums.kenosha.org/events/to-care-for-him-who-shall-have-borne-the-battle-civil-war-medical-weekend-with-the-17th-corps-field-hospital-group/2026-05-02
LOCATION:Civil War Museum\, 5400 1st Ave\, Kenosha\, WI\, 53140\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Civil War Museum,Family
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