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Join us in downtown Lexington as we recreate the attempted capture and death of infamous guerilla and outlaw, Archie Clements. On December 13, 1866, Clements was ambushed by... details>>
11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. blacksmith demonstrations, Austin Hillrich; talk on coals, iron,old tools by Jim Dwyer. 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. antique horse-drawn hearse... details>>
Many African Americans saw WWI as an opportunity to redefine their US citizenship and improve social, political and economic conditions. Join US Army Lt. Col. (ret.) Bernard... details>>
Join us for a catered meal served in the 1865 stagecoach dining room by lantern light! Guests will arrive to the historic farmhouse by stagecoach and be welcomed by our... details>>
Kids bring your family and take a walk along our nature trails and stop to read a good book or poem - page by page, and then come to the Learning Center for a fun follow-up... details>>
6/19/2017 6:30:00 PM | Kansas City, MO
Recaptured Africans (book discussion with author Sharla M. Fett)
In celebration of Juneteenth, commemorating the end of slavery in the U.S., history professor Sharla M. Fett examines the 19th-century march toward abolition. Before the Civil War, as the government worked to suppress the import of slaves (banned by Congress in 1808), the U.S. Navy seized about 2,000 captured Africans from illegal slave ships and took them to temporary camps in Key West and Charleston. Fett looks at the social world of those “recaptives.”...details >>
