The monthly enews of Missouri Humanities |
January 1, 2023 | Issue 2023-1 |
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US Grant Traveling Exhibit
At the Campbell House Museum in St Louis for January 2023
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Fall/Winter 2022 Magazine
Winter is a wonderful time to sit inside with a warm drink and read.
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Hungry for MO Season 2
New Segments available now
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Food for Our Table
by Stephana Landwehr
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As the daughter of a first generation German immigrant Missouri farmer in the 1940’s, our family always had plenty of salads, vegetables, fruit and dairy food at our table. I grew up working in the gardens and fields. From my father, my mother, and aunt, I learned how to plant peas, beans, corn, and other vegetables and grains in rows, how to make compost, how to put some plants together and some in tiers to save space. |
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Who is Sgt. Ed Fox?
Sgt. Ed Fox will be 100 years old on 1/7/2023.
Sgt. Fox is a WWII veteran, and is the last known survivor of the battle of Midway. He survived the Marine invasion, and take-over of Iwo Jima, as well as the war in Korea.
The Marine Corps League detachment is having a birthday party for Sgt. Fox on January 8th at the American Legion Post 125. It is located at 3335 West Sunshine St. in Springfield Missouri.
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Black Archives Museum of St. Joseph
After the Civil War the Missouri legislature passed the Constitution of 1865 which banned slavery and provided free (but segregated) public education for the children of the State.
The new law provided education for black children in townships where the population exceeded 20 school-aged children......
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Ulysses S Grant promoted to General of the Armies of the United States.
Missouri history was made last week on December 23, 2022, when the Civil War hero and one-time Missouri resident Ulysses S. Grant was posthumously promoted to the rank of General of the Armies of the United States, sometimes referred to as being a “six-star general.” The promotion commemorates the 200th anniversary of his birth.
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -Tsione Wolde-Michael, most recently the founding Director of the Smithsonian's Center for Restorative History, has been named Executive Director of the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities (PCAH). |
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Mo’ Curious: The living legacy of Missouri’s dramatic 1939 sharecroppers’ strike (part 1) |
Back in 1939, the world was a different place. For one thing, there were a lot more people involved in farming. In Missouri's Bootheel region, this meant bodies were needed to grow cotton. Under the sharecropper model, those Missourians who grew... |
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St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum | St. Louis |
Learn about Holocaust history through special exhibits and programs, explore survivor stories, find educator resources and more at the St. Louis Holocaust Museum. |
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