Category: History - Page 12

Veterans Who Write: Sharing Their Stories, Seeking Peace

By | November 11, 2022 |

Louise Graul, a recent nursing school graduate, arrived in South Vietnam in 1969. In 2015 this photo appeared on the cover of her book -- writing as Lou Eisenbrandt -- “Vietnam Nurse: Mending & Remembering.”

Many Kansas City area veterans have chosen to write – often several decades after the fact – stories about their military experiences. Here are their stories.

curiousKC | How Mexican Communities Kept KC Boxcars Cold

By | October 10, 2022 |

Tony Quiroga is a Kansas City veteran and former ice plant worker. His family's story is one of a handful about a small Mexican community nestled between the 42nd Street bridge and main rail line. (Ji Stribling | Flatland)

This is the story of “La Hielera” aka “The Ice Plant,” the tiny Mexican community nestled behind the 42nd Street Bridge and Santa Fe Railroad main line.

Art House | KC Filmmaker Vies to Share Black Perspective

By | October 7, 2022 |

A boy in a laundromat stares at the camera in a scene for the movie "Vie."

More diverse representation in local cinema comes through strongly in two compelling short films by DeVonte Brown, “Vie” and “Now What?”

Historic Elmwood Cemetery Honors Those Above and Below the Sod

By | September 30, 2022 |

Visitors to Elmwood Cemetery can examine thousands of grave markers and monuments.

Kansas City’s historic Elmwood Cemetery’s 150th anniversary will be celebrated from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, at the cemetery at 4900 E. Truman Road.