Medal
- Title:
- Hall of Fame Award
- Object Name:
- Medal
- Object ID:
- 2013.019.67
- Creator:
- Award Concepts, Inc.
- Place of Origin:
- St. Charles, IL
- Date:
- 2002
- Description:
- Gold medal honoring Harriet P. Dame (1815-1900) of Concord, NH. Hall of Fame award presented by American Nurses Association, 2002. Circular gold disk with polished front and matte back. Obverse: stylized nurse's lamp design in black, with "HALL OF / FAME / AWARD" in raised letters on black. Reverse: "AMERICAN NURSES ASSOCIATION / Harriet Patience Dame"; "A" monogram and "10K" at bottom. Loop at top, with attached gold chain. In hinged metal case covered in purple velvet; white fabric lining; cover lining imprinted in gold, "AWARD CONCEPTS"; medal rests on purple velvet insert. Case is in original white cardboard box with same gold imprint on removable cover.
- Material:
- Metal
Gold - Dimensions:
- H-1.2 Dia-1 inches
- Provenance:
- Presented at the annual awards banquet of the American Nurses Association in Philadelphia, PA, July 1, 2002.
Shortly after the 2nd Regiment New Hampshire Volunteers left to fight in the Civil War, Harriet P. Dame (1815-1900) of Concord joined the regiment as a nurse on April 1, 1861. Born in Barnstead to James C. and Phebe (Ayer) Dame, Harriet was at the Battle of Bull Run and cared for the wounded at the Emmett House. She stayed with the soldiers from the 2nd NH Regiment throughout the war, mostly in the field, and was captured by the Confederates twice. Harriet was at the Battle of Gettysburg and took care of the wounded soldiers until the last one was brought to the General Hospital. She remained with the 2nd NH Regiment until the last soldier mustered out on Christmas Day 1865. In 1867 she accepted a job at the Treasury Department in Washington and lived there until 1899. She became a fixture at annual soldiers' reunions until she died on April 24, 1900, at Concord.
This collection was purchased from the wife of a descendant of the nephew of Harriet Dame. She accepted the Hall of Fame award on behalf of Harriet Dame. - Credit Line:
- New Hampshire Historical Society Purchase, Katharine Prentis Murphy Fund
- People:
- Dame, Harriet P. (1815-1900)
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