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Wednesday, May 20, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
The Historic Kansas City Foundation and Dr. Bill Worley host a walking tour of downtown Kansas City on W...
Sunday, April 19, 2009
4:00pm
In Person
From its start in 1857, the Quindaro township—in present-day Wyandotte County—was an unabashedly free-state community surrounded by...
Monday, April 27, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
Author and historian Lynne Olson discusses her new book Troublesome Young Men: The Rebels Who Brought Churchill to P...
Sunday, May 17, 2009
4:00pm
In Person
In 1838, Missouri Governor Lilburn Boggs issued the "Order of Extermination" that ordered the killing or removal of Mormons residing in Missouri&...
Thursday, May 28, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
Author Fred Strebeigh discusses his new book Equal: Women Reshape American Law on Thursday, May...
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
Author and historian David O. Stewart discusses his new book Impeached: The Trial of President Andrew Johns...
Sunday, June 21, 2009
4:00pm
In Person
In 1917, as the U.S. entered World War I, Isaac Katz turned a challenge into an opportunity. A wartime decree prohibited stores from staying ope...
Sunday, August 16, 2009
4:00pm
In Person
Comprised largely of free-state sympathizers, the German community of Concordia was located in Lafayette County, which contained more slaves tha...
Thursday, September 3, 2009
8:30pm
In Person
Among its most noteworthy achievements, the Federal Writers’ Project (FWP) conducted more than 2,000 interviews with former slaves in 17 states f...
Sunday, September 20, 2009
4:00pm
In Person
The Lewis & Clark Expedition paused at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers for three days on its way west in 1804 – longer than...