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Guerrillas in Our Midst

August 18, 2013 - December 29, 2013

Central Library

Before and during the Civil War, Confederate guerrillas – men like William Clarke Quantrill, “Bloody Bill” Anderson, and Frank and Jesse James – battl...

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Quantrill in the Movies: John Tibbetts

Sunday, August 18, 2013 2:00pm

Central Library

In Person

William Quantrill’s August 21, 1863 Confederate raid on Lawrence, Kansas, left nearly 200 men and boys dead and the city in flames. Film expert...

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The Sack of Lawrence and the Guerrilla War

Wednesday, August 21, 2013 6:30pm

Central Library

In Person

On the 150th anniversary of William Clarke Quantrill’s raid on Lawrence, Tony R. Mullis of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff Co...

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Napoleon Bonaparte

The Rise and Fall of Napoleon Bonaparte

Tuesday, May 14, 2024 6:00pm

Plaza Branch

Online

In Person

French Emperor and military commander Napoleon Bonaparte continues to fascinate, even centuries after his death. Jonathan Abel, associate professor of...

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Turning Points Series

Turning Points: Seven Days in September 1814

Tuesday, September 12, 2023 6:00pm

Plaza Branch

Online

In Person

In the latest installment of the Library’s Turning Points series in partnership with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, military histori...

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Voting Access: Know the Law

Saturday, October 1, 2022 2:00pm

North-East Branch

In Person

Join KCUR Community Engagement Reporter Laura Ziegler in an informal discussion with voters’ advocates, including representatives...

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Voting Access: Where We’ve Been and Where We’re Headed

Thursday, September 8, 2022 6:00pm

Plaza Branch

Online

The Library and KCUR 89.3 kick off Securing Democracy, a three-part series inviting the community and its leaders to discuss securing democr...

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Sputnik and the Race to Control Space

Sputnik and the Race to Control Space

Tuesday, June 11, 2024 6:00pm

Plaza Branch

Online

In Person

Military historian Sean Kalic of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College looks back on the 1957 space shot heard ’round the world: the Soviet...

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