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Posts Tagged ‘History’

Kansas City Starts Down a Long Road to Black Reparations

By | June 15, 2023 | 0
Hundreds of Kansas Citians gather at University Academy for a town hall discussion on reparations in Kansas City.

Kansas City is embarking on a difficult quest to consider and create reparations to address harm the city has caused and perpetuated for its Black residents.

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New Perspectives Emerge on Hyatt Regency Skywalks Collapse

By | May 25, 2023 | 2
The Skywalk Memorial Plaza

Two new books offer fresh perspectives on the Hyatt Regency skywalks collapse, regarded as the most devastating structural collapse in U.S. history.

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A Love Story: Football, the NFL, the Chiefs and Kansas City

By | April 27, 2023 | 0
Chiefs flag waves in Arrowhead Stadium.

The history of football in Kansas City stretches back to the late 1800s, long before Lamar Hunt brought the Chiefs to town, let alone the NFL Draft.

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New Amelia Earhart Museum Gleams with the Energy, Innovation and Bravery of its Subject

By | April 14, 2023 | 0
The centerpiece of the new Amelia Earhart Hangar Museum in Atchison is the plane Muriel, named for Earhart’s younger sister, Grace Muriel Earhart Morrissey. The plane is the one remaining Lockheed Electra 10-E, which Earhart piloted on her final voyage.

The sparkling new hangar-museum at Atchison’s Amelia Earhart Memorial Airport does more than just pay tribute to its namesake’s life and career.

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Truman Library Makes Plans to Host Hiroshima Trees

By | April 4, 2023 | 0
Truman Library visitors to the exhibit can examine Katy McCormick’s photographs displayed alongside witness testimonials of the bombings.

Descendants of trees that survived the Hiroshima atomic bomb that helped end World War II are expected to be planted at the Truman Library sometime in 2024.

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