A recent renovation brings technology to the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City. The new interactive touch tables engage adults and children and help spark the desire to learn more about the history of WWI. The exhibit featuring the importance of mules and other animals is not to be missed.
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The moment George Brett charged out of the dugout will be forever etched in the minds of baseball fans. Brett just hit a two-run home run against the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium in the ninth inning to give the Royals the lead. The Yankees challenged the play, claiming the slugger had used too …
Hillary Clinton’s choice of a running mate was closely watched. She selected Tim Kaine on this day in 2016. Kaine attended Rockhurst High School in Kansas City and the University of Missouri-Columbia before launching his political career. Although he never served as Vice President, Kaine became a United States senator in Virginia. Based upon content …
Electric Park was an amusement park in Kansas City constructed by Joseph Heim and his brothers Michael and Ferdinand Jr. in the early 1900s. Dubbed “Kansas City’s Coney Island,” Electric Park became the inspiration for Walt Disney’s Disney World. The circle swing was a new attraction in 1907. After the accident in its first season …
Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller wrote “Kansas City” 13 years before the Beatles’ release. Neither of them had ever been to Kansas City, but they were so inspired by the works of Kansas City blues legend Big Joe Turner they felt compelled to write the song. It first became a hit in 1952 when Little …
Like the title of Missouri native Tennessee WIlliams’ famous work, streetcars became objects of desire after their 2016 debut in Kansas City. Approved by voters in 2012, when KC was in search of ways to update its transit system and make downtown more accessible without cars, the streetcars were an almost instant success. They run …
TWA announced in its employee newsletter, Skyliner, that it had achieved a first quarter profit and reduced net losses for its historically unprofitable first three months of the year. TWA had been playing catch up — its first regularly scheduled jet flight took place on November 23, 1959 — a year after its main rivals. …
The largest city in the state of Missouri had modest beginnings but grew into a major metro area, thanks to its location at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas rivers. The city’s convenient location had a major impact on westward migration during America’s early years, while also helping the city become a major transportation …