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Nurse Lucy Nichols: Unsung Civil War Hero with Eileen Yanoviak | Frazier History Museum
Event Name:
Nurse Lucy Nichols: Unsung Civil War Hero with Eileen Yanoviak
Event Date:
Aug 10, 2025
Website / Ticket Link:
https://www.fraziermuseum.org/calendar/nurse-lucy-nichols-eileen-yanoviak
Location:
Frazier History Museum
Event Host:
Frazier History Museum
Event Description / Other Info:
Local author Eileen Yanoviak will discuss her book The Tenacious Nurse Nichols: An Unsung African American Civil War Hero. Lucy Higgs Nichols escaped enslavement to join the Twenty-Third Regiment.
She served as a nurse for the Union Army during the American Civil War and was as devoted to the soldiers as they were to her. After the war ended, she settled in New Albany, Indiana.
Join us Sunday, August 10, to hear Lucy’s remarkable story and ask questions of the author, Eileen Yanoviak, who will have books for purchase and signing.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Nurse Lucy Nichols: Unsung Civil War Hero with Eileen Yanoviak
Sunday, August 10
Program: 2–3 p.m.
Frazier History Museum
1st Floor, Brown-Forman Theatre
Admission: Free with cost of museum admission (RSVP required)
