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Landry Brewer the author of Cold War Kansas, a book published last August will give a free program via Zoom at 3 p.m. Sunday.
The presentation by Brewer, a professor at Southwest Oklahoma State University, will include information about how Topeka s Forbes Air Force Base during the Cold War operated nine intercontinental ballistic missile launch sites, located in a ring of sorts around the base.
To receive the Zoom link to watch the presentation, email the Shawnee County Historical Society at shawneecountyhistory@gmail.com.
Sunday’s event will be the latest in a series of virtual presentations being hosted by the county historical society.
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The Capital-Journal Socialism From Behind a Sewing Machine will be the topic of a free virtual presentation given at 3 p.m. Sunday via Zoom by historian Thom Rosenblum, who recently retired from his job at Topeka s Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site.
The presentation will focus on socialist Ike Gilberg, a Russian-born tailor who became known as the leader of Topeka radicalism after moving to the community in 1903.
To receive the Zoom link to watch Rosenblum s presentation, email the Shawnee County Historical Society at shawneecountyhistory@gmail.com.
Sunday’s event will be the latest in a series of virtual presentations being hosteby the county historical society.