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Signature Event
Sunday, August 14, 2022
2:00pm
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Dan Desko, founder and CEO of the B-25 History Project, recounts the value of America’s B-25...
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Sunday, June 5, 2022
2:00pm
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In a discussion of his book Mount Washington Cemetery: In Search of Lost Time, local historian Bruce Mathews spotlights the...
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Sunday, May 22, 2022
2:00pm
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Sitting at the nation’s crossroads, Kansas C...
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There was no greater boon to Kansas City’s early development than the opening of the Hannibal Bridge in 1869. Designed by civil engineer Octave Chanut...
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It was inevitable that the bawdy, alcohol-infused culture of 19th-century Kansas City would draw the ire of social reformers and prohibi...
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In commemoration of the bicentennial anniversary of the Santa Fe Trail, historian Joy L. Poole examines the stories of five wives who...
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While his story is not widely known, Kansas City civil rights leader Leon M. Jordan was among the most influential African Americans in Missou...
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Sunday, July 7, 2024
2:00pm
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Although little remembered today, Robert Boatright was one of the greatest con men of the early 20th century. Historian Kimberly Harper shares Boatrig...
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Sunday, March 10, 2019
2:00pm
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Commemorating Women’s History Month, University of Missouri-Kansas City social historian Sandra Enríquez identifies...
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Sunday, March 5, 2017
2:00pm
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In 1894, when women’s lives and choices were restricted and their influence was limited, a group of Kansas Citians answered a call to “stand shoulder...