Our second presentation this morning is by jake wynn. Jake is a director of interpretation of the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office museum. Also the National Museum of civil war medicine. He worked on a number of civil war related jobs and in fredericksburg and spotsylvania. This talk is entitled discovering Clara Bartons missing Soldiers Office. Mr. Wynn. Thank you very much. Hello everybody. Good morning. I am so excited to be here this morning, talking about something i am very passionate about. The story of clara barton and her role during the american civil war. I am the director of interpretation at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office and museum and the National Museum of civil war medicine. I will explain how that connection works in just a bit. I wanted to introduce what i am going to be discussing today. Can we see a show of hands, how many of you have heard of the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office museum before . How many have been there . Excellent. I am glad to s
2015 graduate of hood college in frederick, maryland. Focusing on public history. Worked in a number of other civil warrelated jobs and also at fredericksburg and Spotsylvania National Military Park and also writes on the history of pennsylvanias coal region in his blog, winning histo history. This talk today is entitled discovering Clara Bartons missing Soldiers Office. Mr. Wynn. All right. Thank you very much. Hello, everybody. Good morning. Im so excited to be here this morning and talking about something that i am very passionate about. The story of clara barton and her role during the american civil war. As was said, i am the director of interpretation at the Clara Barton Missing Soldiers Office museum and the National Museum of civil war medicine. Ill explain a little bit about how that connection works here in just a bit. I want to talk a little bit just kind of introduce what im going to be discussing today. I would say, can we see a show of hands how many of you have heard of
Effect until 430 with this were also seeing a little bit of hail as well. Farther south things are pretty quiet. Im watchng this little isolated shower to the sth of leesburg. Its going to continue to pull to the northeast clipping far western Montgomery County there and i think a little bit more activity going on to the south. Heavy rain. We had a few lightning strikes there. In the washington, d. C. Metro core we do have the threat for some showers and storms as we ug head thro the next couple of hours. Right now, though, temperatures are in the mid 70s with lots of suns. That sunshine is actually going to give us some fuel to see some storms spark off in the next hour or two. Ill keep you updated. Thank you. And we invite you to download our nbc washington app if you havent done so already. You see somaras forecast the ere, anytime, right in palm of your hand. Let turn now to some breaking news just coming in. Moments ago a jury reached asi deci in a case geagainst a former Universi
Director James Clapper and washington, d. C. Mayor, Muriel Bowser. Oh, say can you see by the dawns early light what so proudly we hailed at the twilights last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilousthree oer the ramparts wewatched, were so gallantly streaming and the rockets red glare, the bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was still there oh, say does that starspangled banner yet wave over the land of the free and the home of the brave [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our mistress of ceremonies for tonights Ribbon Cutting, cohost of fox 5 new yorks good day new york and a member of the International Spy museums board of directors miss lori stokes. [applause] thank you so much. And thank you for coming out on such a miserable day. I was just speaking with nelson a few minutes ago. He said to me, lori, im so sorry about the rain. And i said, they said rape rain is good luck, so were going to take it like that. And
[singing starspangled banner. ] [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please ladies and gentlemen, please welcome our mistress of ceremonies for tonights Ribbon Cutting, cohost of fox 5 new yorks good day new york and a member of the International Spy museums board of directors, miss lori stokes. [applause] ms. Stokes thank you so much. And thank you for coming out on such a miserable day. I was just speaking with milton maltz a few minutes ago, and he said to me, lori, im so sorry about the rain. And i said, they said rain is good luck, so were going to take it like that. And thank you to my friend lafayette who is helping me today, keeping the hair intact. [laughter] [applause] how is everyone feeling tonight . [cheering] ms. Stokes such an exciting evening. Good evening to Everyone Welcome to the Ribbon Cutting of the new International Spy museum as a member of the board of directors, i am really delighted that you have joined us this evening to celebrate this beautiful new space and als