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Soon after World War I ended, a group of 40 prominent Kansas City residents formed the Liberty Memorial Association (LMA) to create a memorial to those who had served in the war. For president, they chose lumber baron and philanthropist Robert A. Long , who had personally donated a large sum of money. [ 6 ]
The front cover of the Kansas City Star newspaper, engraved on a copper plate, is displayed on stage during the unveiling ceremony of a 100-year-old time capsule at the National WWI Museum and ...
The National World War I Museum and Memorial in Kansas City on Wednesday showed off an excavated century-old time capsule, revealing a cornucopia of early 20th-century relics, artifacts and documents.
Pre-Civil War era house Kansas Fire Brigade Museum: Downtown: Firefighting: Located in a historic fire station [2] Kansas City Garment District Museum: Downtown: History: Clothing, hats, photos of the period, period tools of the trade such as sewing machines, scissors and industrial fabric cutters Kansas City Irish Center: Broadway Gillham: Ethnic
The Second Line of Defense: American Women and World War I (U of North Carolina Press, 2017). xvi, 340 pp. Ebbert, Jean and Marie-Beth Hall (2002). The First, the Few, the Forgotten: Navy and Marine Corps Women in World War I. Annapolis, MD: The Naval Institute Press. ISBN 978-1557502032. Gavin, Lettie.
This was a new social phenomenon and marked a major cultural shift in how nations commemorated conflicts. Interest in World War I and its memorials faded after World War II, and did not increase again until the 1980s and 1990s, which saw the renovation of many existing memorials and the opening of new sites. Visitor numbers at many memorials ...
Memorial Hall, or Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building, is a multi-purpose auditorium located in Kansas City, Kansas. The 3,500-seat auditorium, which has a permanent stage, is used for public assemblies, concerts and sporting events. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985. [2]
Memorial Hall (Kansas City, Kansas) Memorial Hall (Newark, Delaware) Memorial Hall (University of Kentucky) Memorial Park, Houston; Mojave Memorial Cross; National World War I Memorial (Washington, D.C.) National World War I Museum and Memorial; Navy – Merchant Marine Memorial; Newton City Hall and War Memorial; Over the Top to Victory ...