Events

Join Dan Kroese, traveler who has visited all NPS sites, as he retraces different periods and events in Grant’s life through the National Park Service sites that tell much of his life story. Over thirty NPS sites across the country, from the Atlantic Seaboard to the Pacific, are directly connected with Ulysses Grant. The program […]

War Pigeon! Missouri’s role in the training of pigeons and pigeoneers in WWII Neosho, 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 […]

White Haven was a working farm from the time that Col. Frederick F. Dent purchased the property in 1820 until after Grant’s ownership ending in 1885, and into the early 20th century. Ranger Blake discusses Grant’s farming experience at Hardscrabble as well as the farming process for the Dent family and enslaved laborers at White […]

How do small changes alter how we see a place? In this interactive program, participants will explore altered historical images of St. Louis—from photographs and paintings to maps and newspaper clippings—and try to “spot the difference.” Each image holds a story, and once the difference is revealed, we’ll dive into a conversation about what the […]

Celebrate the United States’ 250th birthday by exploring Missouri’s stories right where they happened at the Wornall/Majors House Museums. This six-part series of free, drop-in programs invites you to wander, engage, and chat your way through hands-on history experiences. Drop-In History: Reconstruction in Missouri arrives April 30. Delve into this less-talked-about era, marked by tense […]