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History & Genealogy
Signature Event
Sunday, June 24, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
Author Brandon G. Kinney explores the complex series of events that led to the brief but bloody Mormon War of 1838...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 21, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Flamboyant, confident, and controversial, Edith Bolling Wilson was not your traditional First Lady. After her husband, Woodrow Wilson, suffered a debi...
Signature Event
Monday, June 18, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Author Max Holland delves into the enigma that is Mark Felt (1913-2008), the FBI official who as the mysterious Deep Throat shared...
Signature Event
Thursday, June 7, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Ethan S. Rafuse of the military history department of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth discusses t...
Signature Event
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Historian Robert Rydell describes how world’s fairs inspired and promoted innovations in architecture, the arts, music, science, and...
Signature Event
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Biographer Douglas Brinkley looks at the life and career of CBS newsman Walter Cronkite, the St. Joseph native who became the most tr...
Signature Event
Sunday, June 3, 2012
2:00pm
In Person
On the eve of the 136th anniversary of the famous “Last Stand,” retired National Park Service Superintendent Paul L. Hedren asks: Was...
Signature Event
Tuesday, May 29, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Historian Barry Strauss delves into the personalities and methodologies of Alexander, Hannibal, and Caesar, three generals of the...
Signature Event
Thursday, May 24, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with Willa Cather, portrayed by Jan Chapman...
Signature Event
Wednesday, May 23, 2012
6:30pm
In Person
Author Zachary Karabell examines Chester Alan Arthur, who was propelled into the presidency by the assassination of James Garfield an...