Sweet Obsessions: Chocolate and candy history in Missouri
An overview of candy history and the celebrated confectioners who made created and sold candy in Missouri.
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First Capital Lions Club Building 520 N Benton, St. Charles
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Civil Rights Night: The Impact of Racial Laws from Jim Crow to the Holocaust
St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum 36 Millstone Campus Drive, St. LouisJoin the St. Louis Kaplan Feldman Holocaust Museum for Civil Rights Night: The Impact of Racial Laws from Jim Crow and the Holocaust featuring historian Dr. Dan J. Puckett, Professor of History at Troy University and Chair of the Alabama Holocaust Commission. Dr. Puckett will explore racial laws in both American history and the Holocaust. […]
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The Courtship of Ulysses and Julia Grant
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site 7400 Grant Rd, St. Louis, MO, United StatesCome learn about the love story of Ulysses and Julia on February 14th. Park Guide Sky Castilleja will present and discuss their courtship and young relationship. The program is free. Call 314-842-1867 ext. 230 for reservations.
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Missouri in the Revolution
Missouri State Archives 600 W. Main St., Jefferson CityNational Society Daughters of the American Revolution, NSDAR, the American Battlefield Trust, the Jane Randolph Jefferson Chapter, NSDAR, The Missouri State Archives, the Christopher Casey Chapter, SAR, and the Cole County America 250th Committee have partnered to bring a free, nationwide traveling exhibition, "The American Revolution Experience," to Jefferson City from February 17 - March […]
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History Talk: Analyzing Historic Photographs
Ulysses S. Grant National Historic Site 7400 Grant Rd, St. Louis, MO, United StatesWhat are the differences between a daguerreotype, an ambrotype, and a tintype? Park Historian and Curator Nick Sacco will explore a variety of historic photos from both the park’s collection and his own. He will explain the technology of photography and how it evolved during the19th century and how photographic technology combined with the subject […]
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Speaker Series: Missouri Slave Stampedes and the Underground Railroad
Field House Museum 634 S Broadway, Saint Louis, MO, United StatesIn the decades before the Civil War, Missouri’s unique position as a slave state bordering free states made it a flashpoint for escape attempts. Join us on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at 1:00 pm when Dr. Charles Hotle explores the dramatic “slave stampedes,” large, coordinated efforts by enslaved people to flee across the Mississippi River […]
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12 Months of Giving
Foster Wallace Personal Injury Lawyers 4700 Belleview Ave Suite 304, Kansas CityAt Foster Wallace Personal Injury Lawyers, giving back matters. Through our 12 Months of Giving initiative, we’re donating $3,000 each month in 2026 to local nonprofits making a difference. We invite you to nominate a local nonprofit meaningful to you using the form on our event page. Monthly recipients will be announced on our website […]
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First Saturdays at Keystone: Arts, Culture & Creative Entrepreneurship
Keystone CoLAB 800 E 18th St, Kansas CityFirst Saturdays at Keystone: Arts, Culture & Creative Entrepreneurship
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Book Talk – Lucile and Betty: the Ozarks’ Fearless Female Journalists
Barry-Lawrence Regional Library, 202 Jefferson, Aurora, MO 65605Susan Croce Kelly is the author of Newspaperwoman of the Ozarks: the Life & Times of Lucile Morris Upton. Her talk will zero in on the years that Upton worked with newspaper photographer Betty Love, and the impression they made with people across the Ozarks.
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Second Sunday- Free Days at the Museum
The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures 5235 Oak Street, Kansas City, MO 64112, Kansas City, M, United StatesBring the whole family to Free Days at the Museum. Occurring on every second Sunday of the month, Free Days provide greater access to The National Museum of Toys and Miniatures’ vast and awe-inspiring collections for visitors near and far. All attendees can explore the Museum at no charge.
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War Pigeon! Missouri’s role in the training of pigeons and pigeoneers in WWII
Missouri River Regional Library Art Gallery 214 Adams Street Jefferson City, MO 65109Neosho, Missouri found itself the home to Camp Crowder, a US Army Signal Corps replacement training center, built in 1942. In 1943, the Army Signal Pigeon Corps moved from New Jersey to Missouri and began operations. Camp Crowder became the training and breeding home to the pigeon corps. Several of the ten Signal Pigeon Companies […]
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Book Talk: Betty and Lucile – the Ozarks’ Fearless Female Journalists
Author Susan Croce Kelly will talk about her biography of Springfield newspaperwoman Lucile Morris Upton, focusing particularly on the years she teamed up with photographer Betty Love
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