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Faith writer Bill Tammeus ponders the “Auschwitz: Not Long Ago, Not Far Away” exhibit that opens June 14 at Union Station, sponsored by the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education and Union Station.
How to Observe Memorial Day During the Pandemic How to Observe Memorial Day During the Pandemic 6 ways to honor the fallen this year Share this story Published 1 hour ago Above image credit: An aerial view of the National World War I Museum and Memorial, which has a full slate of Memorial Day weekend events scheduled this year. (File photo) On Memorial Day in 2019, visitors browsed the solemn exhibits of the Pearl Harbor National Memorial in Honolulu surrounded by 2,390 six-by-eight-inch U.S. flags, each tagged with the name and duty ass...
Tracing Kansas Cityâs Ties to the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Centennial Next Week Share this story Published 2 hours ago Above image credit: The ruins of "Black Wall Street" after the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. (Courtesy | Library of Congress) Last October an Oklahoma forensic team found 12 unmarked coffins containing human remains in a Tulsa cemetery. What investigators called a âmass graveâ represented evidence of what witnesses had described almost a century ago â that victims of what often is considered the worst incident of...
Kansas Cityâs Surprising Connection to Japanese Internment Camps Kansas Cityâs Surprising Connection to Japanese Internment Camps Understanding History During âA Very Turbulent Moment Right Nowâ In the aftermath of the attack on Pearl Harbor, anti-Japanese hysteria gripped the United States. Early in World War II, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 commanding that âall persons of Japanese ancestryâ be moved into internment camps. The U.S. the government called them âassembly centers.â But some historians now believe that âc...
Less Pollution, Lower Bills: Kansas, Missouri Move Ahead on Utility Securitization Less Pollution, Lower Bills: Kansas, Missouri Move Ahead on Utility Securitization Legislation would help utility providers, like Evergy and Ameren, retire coal-fired power plants faster Share this story Published 3 hours ago Above image credit: A wind turbine towers above Queen City, Missouri. Ameren, the electrical provider for much of eastern Missouri, acquired the wind farm in late 2020. (Allison Kite | Kansas Reflector) KANSAS CITY, Missouri — Utili...