Discover the Fascinating World of Civil War Medicine at Fort Ward Museum This Saturday

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Discover the Fascinating World of Civil War Medicine at Fort Ward Museum This Saturday

Medicine in the Civil War isn't all just amputations and dysentery! Come explore the wild world of medicine in the 1860s at Fort Ward Museum & Historic Site during Specialty Tour: Civil War Medicine on Saturday, July 25, from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

The tour takes place at Fort Ward Museum & Historic Site, 4301 West Braddock Road, Alexandria, VA. Purchase tickets at https://shop.alexandriava.gov/Events.aspx. Tickets are $15, or $12 for Historic Alexandria members and volunteers.

Fort Ward Gate

The one-hour tour will include a brief background of Alexandria's role in medicine during the war and a deeper dive into medicine in both the field and hospitals. The tour will also include a look at artifacts not currently on display! Please be sure to arrive 5 minutes before tour time. Doors will be locked at the start of the tour. This tour is indoors.

Fort Ward is the best preserved of the Union forts in the extensive system known as the Defenses of Washington. The Museum offers exhibits and public programs throughout the year. For more information and open hours, please call 703.746.4848, or visit alexandriava.gov/FortWard. 

About the Office of Historic Alexandria 

The Office of Historic Alexandria preserves and shares the history of the City of Alexandria with eight museums, historic sites, archives, archaeology, tours, exhibits, and public programs. Through powerful storytelling and confronting the City’s past, Historic Alexandria enriches the present and inspires the future. We enhance the quality of life for residents and visitors and serve as a partner in the City’s equity and inclusion initiatives. For more information, visit alexandriava.gov/Historic.

For reasonable disability accommodation, contact Nicole Quinn at historicalexandria@alexandriava.gov or call 703.746.4554, Virginia Relay 711. 

If you prefer communication in another language, free interpretation and translation services are available to you, please email LanguageAccess@alexandriava.gov or call 703-746-3960.