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National WWI Museum and Memorial Curator’s Career in 10 Objects

By | December 22, 2022 | 0
National WWI Memorial

After close to 33 years as curator at the National WWI Museum and Memorial, some artifacts remain proven conversation pieces for Doran Cart.

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KC Remembers Pearl Harbor, Even Now

By | December 6, 2022 | 1
In this Dec. 7, 1941, file photo, smoke rises from the battleship USS Arizona as it sinks during a Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

Local remembrance of the attack on Pearl Harbor continue even after the last Kansas City area military survivors have died.

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The (R)evolution of the ‘Soft Black Girl’

By | November 25, 2022 | 0
Woman Looking Up

Many Black women are ditching the expectations of the “strong Black woman” stereotype and tapping into the “soft Black girl” lifestyle focusing on luxury.

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Ken Burns on ‘Our America: A Photographic History’

By | November 24, 2022 | 0
Ken Burns and his father in 1958.

Documentarian Ken Burns’ new book of photography, 15 years in the making, tells the story of the U.S. and us.

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Chillicothe Remembers the Holocaust Through the Lives of its Survivors

By | November 23, 2022 | 0
A elderly woman holds a match over a white candlestick. She's wearing a large amethyst ring. High schoolers watch in the background.

Chillicothe High School has staged a play preserving the story of Holocaust survivors George and Erika Mandler, who found a new home in the rural Missouri community.

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