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“Jersey Girls” of the Civil War: Clara Barton, Cornelia Hancock & Somerville’s Arabella Barlow

July 27 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

NJCH is proud to sponsor this panel discussion hosted by the Wallace House and Old Dutch Parsonage Association, a Proud Partner of Revolution NJ.

This panel discussion convenes historians and preservationists to introduce the New Jersey lives of Civil War nurses Clara Barton, Cornelia Hancock and Somerville’s Arabella Barlow and considering opportunities for historic preservation and heritage tourism to share the stories of the “Jersey Girls” of the Civil War.

Carolynn Ivanoff and Andrea M. Quinn study and interpret Cornelia Hancock and Arabella Barlow, nurses of the Civil War descended from families of the American Revolution at Hancock House, Wallace House & Old Dutch Parsonage State Historic Sites, enriching the traditional interpretation of the American Revolution to include the long history of New Jersey women’s contributions to the United States.

Bonnie Goldman, Co-President of the Bordentown Historical Society, extends the discussion to include Clara Barton’s teaching career in New Jersey and shares progress and plans for Bordentown Historical Society’s restoration of the Clara Barton Schoolhouse.

Following the panel discussion at United Reformed Church join a brief visit to the grave of Arabella Barlow at Somerville’s Old Cemetery on North Bridge Street remembering Arabella’s memorial day, the 141st anniversary of her death in the Civil War at a Union war hospital in Washington, July 27, 1864.

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Date:
July 27
Time:
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
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Website:
https://www.facebook.com/events/1642420983819010/

Venue

United Reformed Church of Somerville
178 W Main St
Somerville, NJ United States
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