Tuesday, August 15
Book Release Celebration, 5-6:30 PM, Merchants Pub & Plate
Friday, August 18
Quantrill’s Raid Walking Tour, 8-9:30 AM, starts at Watkins Museum
Online talk with R. Douglas Hurt: Food and Agriculture during the Civil War, 5-6 PM
Walking Tour: Black Civic Leaders in Maple Grove Cemetery, 6:30-8:30 PM
Saturday, August 19
Quantrill’s Raid Walking Tour, 8-9:30 AM, starts at Watkins Museum
Walking Tour: Resting Place: Oak Hill Cemetery and the Creation of the Citizens Memorial, 8:30-9:30 AM
Memorial Service for Victims of Quantrill’s Raid and Talk by Fred Whitehead: The Union Cause in Missouri, 10-11:30 AM, in-person at Watkins Museum and online
Bleeding Kansas Bus Tour, 12-2 PM, leaves from Watkins Museum
Women of Early Lawrence Bus Tour, 3-5 PM, leaves from Watkins Museum
Sunday, August 20
Quantrill’s Raid Walking Tour, 8-9:30 AM, starts at Watkins Museum
Quantrill’s Raid Bus Tour, 9:30-11:30 AM, leaves from Watkins Museum
Quantrill’s Raid Bus Tour, 12:30-2:30 PM, leaves from Watkins Museum
Walking Tour of Black Jack Battlefield, 3-4 PM
Film Screening: I’m So Glad: Kansas City and the Roots of Black Gospel Music, 3-5 PM, at Watkins Museum
The 28th annual Civil War on the Border series will occur August 18 through 20 in Lawrence. This year’s theme is food insecurity, past and present. Featured events will include bus and walking tours of local Civil War sites, in-person and online talks with historians, and a free screening of the new documentary I’m So Glad: Kansas City and The Roots of Black Gospel Music. View the tours and events below, and purchase tickets here >
