Constitution Hall State Historic Site

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Constitution Hall, snow 2010Between December 2009 and January 16, 2010, snow accumulation at Constitution Hall was 24". Some snowdrifts measured 4'.

Upcoming Events

Bleeding Kansas 2010

2010 Bleeding Kansas series poster

January 31 - “We, the people of Kansas… The Wyandotte Constitution and the Birth of the 34th Star”
Virgil W. Dean, editor, Kansas History: A Journal of the Central Plains

February 7 - “Asa Reynard, My Family’s Original Jayhawk”
Timothy R. Graham, chief of staff, Kansas Senate Democratic Leader

February 14 - “Contested Ground: The African American Experience in Territorial Kansas”
Kristen Epps, Ph.D. candidate, American History, University of Kansas

February 21 - “Jayhawkers: The Civil War Brigade of James H. Lane”
Bryce Benedict, author and historian (book signing to follow talk)

February 28 - “Between Two Fires: Cass County Families, Chaos and Order No. 11”
Carol Bohl, executive director, Cass County, Missouri, Historical Society; Jackie Roberts, genealogy librarian, Cass County Public Library; and Tom Rafiner, independent scholar

Constitution Hall State Historic Site in Historic Lecompton
2 p.m. Sundays • Free Admission

Previous Events

Royal Valley Elementary students meet Abraham Lincoln (Tom Leahy)
February 15, 2009

2008 Bleeding Kansas Program images by Shirley Funk





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