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Event Description

Retired educator Gary Rath will present an informative program on the courageous efforts of doctors and nurses to save lives during the Civil War. He will discuss what medicine was like at this time, what challenges the conflict presented, what changes were made, and what advancements in the field of medicine were a result of the war; and he will try to dispel some of the persistent myths about Civil War medicine.

Part of the Echoes of the Heartland series.

When

2:00PM - 3:00PM
Saturday December 7 2024
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Contact

(402) 461-2346

Where

Meeting Room AB
Hastings Public Library
314 North Denver Avenue
Hastings NE
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Event Partner

The series is made possible by a grant from AARP Nebraska. All speakers are booked through Humanities Nebraska.

Bookings

There's no need to book your place for this event. Just meet us at Hastings Public Library.

Events in Echoes Of The Heartland Series

EVENT NAME Date LOCATION
Echoes of the Heartland: The Queen's Road: Nebraska's Bumpy Path to Statehood 02-22-2025 at 2:00PM Hastings Public Library
Echoes of the Heartland: Music of the Plains 04-19-2025 at 2:00PM Hastings Public Library
Echoes of the Heartland: Diaries and Letters of Early Nebraska Settlers 05-10-2025 at 2:00PM Hastings Public Library
Echoes of the Heartland: Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History 06-21-2025 at 2:00PM Hastings Public Library
Echoes of the Heartland: President U.S. Grant 07-12-2025 at 1:00PM Hastings Public Library
Echoes of the Heartland: Call of the West: Challenges & Opportunities 08-02-2025 at 2:00PM Hastings Public Library
Echoes of the Heartland: Marion Marsh Brown: A Continuing Legacy in Nebraska Writing 08-23-2025 at 2:00PM Hastings Public Library
Echoes of the Heartland: Wright Morris: Small Town Life Through the Life of a Nebraska Writer 09-06-2025 at 2:00PM Hastings Public Library
Echoes of the Heartland: Encounters with World Music 10-18-2025 at 2:00PM Hastings Public Library
Echoes of the Heartland: Kind Nebraskans: Personal Stories of Nebraskans in World War II 11-08-2025 at 1:00PM Hastings Public Library
Echoes of the Heartland: Cattle Trail and Songs of the West 12-06-2025 at 2:00PM Hastings Public Library

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