The North-East branch will close early at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 16, due to staff shortages.
Signature Event
Thursday, September 24, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Like so many others in the late 1930s, the young black Americans who would become known as the Tuskegee Airmen were eager for military service as the...
Signature Event
Thursday, August 20, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Kansas City’s ad-industry history runs deep, featuring a host of agencies representing major brands including Guy’s Potato Chips and the McDonald’s Ha...
Signature Event
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Lyndon Johnson had the misfortune of following the handsome, martyred John F. Kennedy into the White House and then miring his country in Vietnam....
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 23, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
The role of women during World War II is little known, obscured by attention to the men who fought and led. But women were essential to the outcome. I...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 9, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
At the height of World War II, the city of Oak Ridge, Tennessee—then known only as the Clinton Engineering Works—boasted 75,000 people...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 5, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Among our “greatest generation” was a succession of U.S. presidents who were informed and defined by World War II. Harry Truman, who oversaw the end o...
Signature Event
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
6:30pm
Aristocratic and sophisticated, Edith Kermit Roosevelt, the wife of Theodore Roosevelt, ran the White House with a sure hand and figured prominently i...
Signature Event
Wednesday, March 25, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
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Signature Event
Thursday, March 12, 2015
6:30pm
Short, balding, and soft-spoken, James Madison was overshadowed by many of America’s other, more dynamic Founding Fathers. His list of accomplishments...
Signature Event
Thursday, February 26, 2015
6:30pm
In Person
Harry S. Truman’s relationship with Canada has received limited attention from historians. But the 33rd president’s appreciation for our “good neig...