The North-East branch will be closed Monday, July 22 for staff training.
Signature Event
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Railroads were essential to moving men and military supplies during the Civil War. The Battle of Atlanta, fought on July 22, 1864, was an attempt by f...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
Half a century after Barry Goldwater ran for president as the 1964 Republican candidate, the late five-term U.S. Senator from Arizona remains an icon...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 24, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
As Scottish voters prepare for this autumn’s national referendum on leaving the United Kingdom, military historian Tony Mullis loo...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 22, 2014
2:00pm
On October 21-23, 1864, a Confederate army led by General Sterling Price clashed with its Union counterpart commanded by General Samuel Curtis. The im...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
John Quincy Adams (1767-1848) is among the most overlooked presidents in U.S. history even though his progressive values helped shape the course of th...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 17, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
George F. Kennan (1904-2005) was America’s most respected foreign policy thinker of the 20th century, a man who advised presidents, raised alarms a...
Signature Event
Monday, June 9, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
World War II veteran Dick Cole, 98, joins Park University professor Dennis Okerstrom for a discussion of the 1st Air...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 8, 2014
2:00pm
Postcards were the “instant messages” of their day, a means of communicating hometown pride, civic identity, and a visitor’s curiosity. But where toda...
Signature Event
Sunday, May 18, 2014
2:00pm
In Person
A now forgotten advertising slogan once proclaimed that Kansas City — proud of its “cowtown” heritage — was “where the steak is born.”...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 15, 2014
6:30pm
In Person
For most of the Civil War, the role of cavalry was limited to reconnaissance and screening infantry movements. But at the Battle of Yellow Tavern (Vir...