i like to say a chief academic officer or by default whatever the president would like me to do. on behalf of the president i would like to welcome you to shepherd university. west virginia s public liberal arts institution. we are so proud to be the home of so many important centers including the george tyler moore center for the study of the civil war and the center for congressional history and education where today s events are being held. at shepherd we pride ourselves on partnership, both public and private the benefits our students, faculty and staff and the committees we serve. i have already done a little business talking about expanded internship opportunities where our students are currently serving. if you have a need for an intern, whatever field, took me up on the web. this morning is no exception. in the public-private partnerships as we celebrate the opening event for a daylong seminar. a special collaboration among shepherd university antietam national battle
thousands of employees of walter reed medical center certainly relieved at this hour. but they had to shelter-in-place for hours while the police were searching the grounds. rebecca cooper continues our live team coverage from bethesda. what was one of the days where it was a waste of time for them and scary at the same time. rebecca: that is right. people were calm throughout this ordeal inside. when were outside show you where we are. at the gate of the entrance of walter reed and we are able to see the police coming and going and feel the calm. for the people inside they only knew that there was a search ongoing for an active shooter. then they waited for several hours. we spoke to two of the people inside. they were patient. one was a woman whose husband is in the military and works at walter reed. the other after his tours of duty in iraq is now retired from the army. she took solace in the help of a stranger. he took solace in following military protocol. the subway m
part of the district of columbia public library special collections which consists of the washingtonian and black studies. both of those are located at the martin luther king jr. library. i would like to welcome miss jamie stiehm back. she has become one of our regulars here talking about a disparate group from american history. she is a syndicate columnist and m,ntributor to usnews.co antedate she will speak about civilbarton remarkable war humanitarian work. [applause] ms. stiehm: this is the perfect place to be speaking about civil war washington. the room itself takes us there. i am happy to see all of you. i will speak for about 20 minutes and then open the floor to questions. you probably know that clara nurse.was a civil war there was much more to her than that. humanitarian. if she were alive today she might have one the nobel peace prize. in 1861, clara barton was a 39 year old single woman with new england written all over her demeanor. she could not rest easy until
about miss clara barton during the civil war. she argues that ms. barton played a major role in caring for soldiers during and after the war. this is hosted by georgetown public library and is about an hour. good afternoon everyone, thank you for coming out this rainy washington day. thee library and peabody room is a special collection of georgetown neighborhood history and it is part of the georgetown public library special collections which consists of the washingtonian and black studies. both are located at the martin luther king jr. memorial library i would like to welcome jamie steen back, she has become one of our regulars talking about a disparate group of american figures from history. contributor to u.s. snews.com. today she will speak about clara barton s remarkable civil war humanitarian work. [applause] ms. stiehm: this is the perfect place to be speaking about civil war washington. the room itself takes us there. i am happy to see all of you. i will speak for
clara barton during the civil war. miss stiehm argues that she played a major role in playing for caring for soldiers during and after the war. this talk was hosted by georgetown public library and it is about an hour. good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for coming out this rainy day. i am the librarian here at the peabody room. a special collection of georgetown neighborhood history and it is part of the district of columbia public library special collections which consists of the washingtonian and black studies. both of those are located at the martin luther king jr. library. i would like to welcome miss jamie stiehm back. she has become one of our regulars here talking about a disparate group from american history. she is a syndicate columnist and contributor to usnews.com, today she will speak about clara barton remarkable civil war humanitarian work. [applause] ms. stiehm: this is the perfect place to be speaking about civil war washington. the room itself takes