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Declaration of Independence Full Story People   Watch Kansans Come Together to Read the Declaration of Independence The short film captures the spirit of Kansans coming together for readings and discussions about the Declaration of Independence in Belleville, Franklin, Overland Park, and Tonganoxie in honor of America's 250th. Full Story two men playing soccer Full Story People   From Football to Futbol Produced by Justicia, Inc. and Via Dolorosa Films. Full Story The Trail Through Their Eyes Full Story People   Trail Talk Santa Fe Trail Center Museum and Library uses Humanities For All grant for new immersive exhibition called "The Trail Through their Eyes" Full Story Two men being interviewed a radio station Full Story People   In Their Own Words: Mexican American Vietnam Era Veterans American Legion Post #213 in Kansas City, Kansas, recorded 13 oral histories with veterans as part of the Kansas Stories of the Vietnam War initiative. Full Story
Indian Sign Language   Full Story Hand Talk Long before spoken English or Spanish dominated the region, the Plains Indian tribes, of what is now called Kansas, developed a solution rooted in visual communication: Hand Talk. Full Story
illustration of a scene from Hamlet   Full Story Hotline: Ghosts in Literature Kim Stanley of McPherson College discusses the role of ghosts in Western literature, from The Odyssey to Hamlet to The Haunting of Hill House. Full Story
statue of woman in a bonnet   Full Story Hotline: The Legend of the Blue Light Lady Generations of Hays residents have stories about seeing or seeking the ghostly "Blue Light Lady." Jim Hoy tells the story of Elizabeth Polly and how she became the "Blue Light Lady" of Hays. Full Story
Mrs Satan Full Story   Magic, Mystics, and Murder A new Speakers Bureau topic looks at the story of Spiritualism. Full Story
Bender Land Full Story   True Crime in Kansas: The Mystery of the Benders An upcoming lecture in Pittsburg separates myth, lore, and legend from the facts. Full Story
illustration of a soucouyant Full Story   Hotline: The Folklore of the Soucouyant Giselle Anatol of the University of Kansas talks about the history of the vampiric "soucouyant," a shapeshifting character from Caribbean folklore. Full Story
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Beeman Full Story   Ranching on the Tallgrass Prairie Full Story Vietnam Display Close Full Story   “If They Want to Enlist, Tell ‘Em to Do it Now” Full Story Walker School students and teachers Full Story   Before Brown: Madam C.J. Walker School and Desegregation Full Story Jacque Sherrill Full Story   Meet Jacque Sherrill Full Story Kirk Sharp Full Story   Meet Kirk Sharp Full Story Jancita Warrington Full Story   Meet Jancita Warrington Full Story
Bill Tsutsui Full Story People   Meet Bill Tsutsui Bill Tsutsui is the Chancellor and Professor of History at Ottawa University. Full Story Wickware Full Story People   Frank Wickware: From Girard, Kansas to Schenectady, New York Phil Dixon’s visit to Girard for a Humanities Kansas Speakers Bureau presentation begins an unforgettable week commemorating a Negro League legend from Kansas: Frank E. Wickware. Full Story Coal Mine Full Story Places   Mining for Stories in a Kansas Ghost Town A new documentary, "Minersville: The Town, the Mines, the People, the Legacy", tells the little-known story of a ghost town. This documentary was supported by a Humanities For All Grant. Full Story Kansas Freedom Fighters Full Story People   African American Soldiers in the Civil War: A Kansas Story African American Midwest Documentary Project and the Nicodemus Historical Society partnered to create the "Kansas Free Fighters" documentary, with the support of a Humanities for All grant. Full Story
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It Was Us We Were Looking For: Kansas, UFOs, and the Unknown

February 18th is Pluto Day, the 95th anniversary of Kansan Clyde Tombaugh’s discovery of Pluto. In commemoration, HK is sharing this essay, originally published in the Written in the Stars celestial poetry chapbook.

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