Members from the Lawrence Juneteenth Committee made a timely presentation to talk about this year’s community celebration. Markus Logan is a long time Lawrence resident and graduate of Leadership Lawrence and owner of Lasting Memories… Read More »Juneteenth Celebration
Jim Peters interviewed local author Charles Jones about his new novel “The Illusion of Simple”. Jones is the retired director of the public Management Center at the University of Kansas. Jones stated that he has… Read More »Small Town Story; Big Take Away
Jim Peters made many trips to Arlington National Cemetery when he lived in Washington D.C. and he was inspired to write Arlington National Cemetery; Shrine to America’s Heroes. Arlington is a U.S. Cemetery operated by… Read More »Sacred Ground
Sarah Bell, Watkins Museum Development Director, made a return engagement to talk abut women’s suffrage in Kansas history. Kansas women were active in community affairs in the early years and by 1861 women were serving… Read More »Women’s Suffrage Comes to Kansas
In 1956 a far-sighted group of women purchased twenty acres of hilly farm pasture for the use of the Girl Scouts. Today Hidden Valley Camp has grown to forty acres and is completely surrounded by… Read More »An Urban Wilderness in the Heart of Lawrence
