May 6, 2016
Kansas City unveils its new streetcar system. What is old becomes new again as the KC streetcar system opened to the public. Voters approved the system in 2012.
Based upon content from the book Missouri 365: This Day in Missouri History by John W. Brown, broadcaster and Missouri historian. Get your copy at Reedy Press.
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