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Lawrence 1970s Project
Since 2020, the Watkins Museum has hosted a series of events to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1970s. Events related to the 1970s will be hosted throughout the city until […]
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Public Events
Poster Sale
Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United StatesWe're holding a poster sale! We have deaccessioned duplicate copies of posters and other archival materials already in the museum’s collections and several posters unrelated to Douglas County history. All […]
Civil War on the Border
Now in its 29th year, Civil War on the Border is Lawrence’s largest annual history event. This year’s theme is the Civil War in art. We’ll have special exhibits, talks […]
Zouaves: The Civil War’s Most Colorful Soldiers
In their new book Zouave Theaters: Transnational Military Fashion and Performance, Carol E. Harrison and Thomas J. Brown chart the rise and fall of the Zouave uniform, the nineteenth century’s […]
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Online Talk with Shae Smith Cox: The Fabric of Civil War Society
Military uniforms, badges, flags, and other material objects have been used to represent the identity of Americans throughout history. In her new book The Fabric of Civil War Society, Shae Smith […]
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Danger & Glory: The Life of a Civil War Soldier
Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United StatesOver three million Americans served in the Civil War, including twenty thousand Kansans. Join us in-person and online as historian Will Haynes tells stories of the adventures and harsh realities […]
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The Write Bridge Author Expo
Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United StatesThis program will be held in-person and also livestreamed on the Watkins Museum Facebook and YouTube.
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Combee: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom During the Civil War
Watkins Museum of History 1047 Massachusetts St, Lawrence, KS, United StatesIn June 1863, Harriet Tubman ventured into the heart of slave territory in South Carolina to carry out one of the most daring and extraordinary missions of the Civil War. […]
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