[2] In 1915 the Fourth of July fell on a Sunday, and for this reason that year’s Independence Day celebrations were extended over a two day period, Sunday the fourth and Monday the fifth. The largest of the events on either day was a massive community celebration in Swope Park [3] on Monday, when an estimated 90,000 people turned out to commemorate the founding of the United States.
[5] It was 150 years ago this month that Missouri found itself with a dual government. After confiscating state records, pro-Confederacy Missouri Governor Claiborne Fox Jackson and ex-Governor Sterling Price relocated the capital from Jefferson City to Boonville. They had secession on their mind.
[7] In seeking ways to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Civil War at his library, Plaza Branch Manager Joel Jones didn’t have to look far. There was a perfect partner just a few blocks away.
[9] Most Kansas Citians have admired Hare & Hare’s work at one time or another. After all, the landscape architectural firm, now known as Ochsner Hare & Hare [10], just celebrated its 100th anniversary – a century spent reshaping and beautifying the area’s most iconic landscapes, such as the Country Club Plaza, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, the Liberty Memorial, Loose Park, Sunset Hill, and Mission Hills among them.
[12] Though Kansas City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade [13] moved out of downtown several years ago, the historical imprint the Irish have left on our metropolitan landscape will never fade.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/KC%20Unbound/feed
[2] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/looking-back-independence-day-1915
[3] http://kchistory.org/u?/Mrs,860
[4] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/13746#comment-form
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/border-war-goes-digital
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/13710#comment-form
[7] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/video-whats-wornall-houses-bookshelves
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/13586#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/exhibit-celebrates-100-years-iconic-kc-landscape-designs
[10] http://www.ohhkc.com/
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12869#comment-form
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/kc-unbound/how-irish-laid-groundwork-downtown-kansas-city
[13] http://kcirishparade.com/
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/12705#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/12478
[16] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/12478?page=4
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/12478?page=1
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/12478?page=2
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/12478?page=3
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/12478?page=6
