The North-East branch will be closed Monday, July 22 for staff training.
Signature Event
Thursday, January 15, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
The story of the U.S. Marine Corps is one rich in history – of serving the nation from the Halls of Montezuma to the shores of Tripoli, let alone t...
Signature Event
Wednesday, January 14, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery has a unique mission among U.S. museums: to reveal biography and history through the portraits of the men...
Signature Event
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
6:30pm
The Civil War may have reached a turning point in 1864, when Ulysses S. Grant became general-in-chief of the Union armies, Confederate defeats continu...
Signature Event
Sunday, December 7, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
George Creel, the onetime head of President Woodrow Wilson’s Committee on Public Information, recalled in his memoir “how we advertised America.” B...
Signature Event
Thursday, December 4, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Seventy-five years ago this week, shortly after the start of World War II, tiny Finland began a valiant, 105-day stand against a massive Soviet inv...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 16, 2014
2:00pm
Although Kansas joined the Union as a free state, African Americans entering this new land looking for homes and livelihoods encountered a rigid color...
Signature Event
Sunday, November 9, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
Despite their country’s institutionalized prejudice, hundreds of thousands of African Americans fought in the U.S. military during World War I. The...
Signature Event
Saturday, November 8, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
Bruce Mathews, professional photographer and local historian, will present his collection of color photographs of stained glass windows found in both...
Signature Event
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
His approval rating low and his own party disenchanted, Harry Truman had the look of a one-term president — unlikely to win a return to office &...
Signature Event
Thursday, October 23, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
In 1864, Confederate Gen. Sterling Price mounted a last-gasp raid into Missouri in hopes of capturing St. Louis and ultimately the state. The end o...