March partner meeting announced [updated]

By Johnny Szlauderbach

NEWS — FEB 19, 2025

Please note: FFNHA’s partner meeting format has changed.

Meetings will be held from 1-4 p.m. A catered lunch will not be served. Registration is now free.

Update: Due to the threat of a federal government shutdown, FFNHA cannot guarantee venue space will be available at Fort Scott National Historic Site. The meeting will instead be held at the National WWI Museum and Memorial.

Freedom’s Frontier NHA will hold its next partner meeting on Monday, March 17 at the National WWI Museum and Memorial in Kansas City, MO.

The meeting’s program is titled “Museum Marketing 101.” Hannah Howard of Shawnee Town 1929 and Jill Carlson from the National WWI Museum and Memorial will share tools partners can use to improve their digital presence and marketing. There will also be time for networking, tours, and snacks.

The meeting space opens at 12:45 p.m. The program will begin at 1 p.m. and end at 4 p.m.

The deadline to guarantee seating is Wednesday, March 12.

Partner Meetings are among FFNHA’s primary means of fulfilling its mission. The events, which include speakers, breakout sessions, and best-practices seminars, encourage communication between the organization, FFNHA partners, and the communities they serve.

Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area (FFNHA) builds awareness of struggles for freedom in western Missouri and eastern Kansas. Established by Congress in 2006, FFNHA covers a unique physical and cultural landscape across 41 counties and 31,000 square miles. It promotes three diverse, interwoven, and nationally significant stories: frontier settlement, the Missouri-Kansas Border War and Civil War, and enduring civil rights disputes. FFNHA inspires respect for multiple perspectives and empowers area residents to preserve and share these stories, achieving its goals through interpretation, preservation, conservation, and education for all residents and visitors. It is one of 62 federally recognized National Heritage Areas across the United States.