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Title: Liberty Memorial Great Frieze
Description: Postcard image of and short article about the stone frieze carved into the north wall of the Liberty Memorial monument. The frieze measures 18 feet high and 140 feet long. It was designed by Italian sculptor Edmond Armateis and was dedicated on November 10, 1935.
Date: 2011-11-09
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Robert Graham's Charlie "Bird" Parker Memorial
Description: Article describes history and methodology of Charlie "Bird" Parker Memorial commissioned by Tony and Marti Oppenheimer and sculpted by Robert Graham.
Date: 2007-04
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Park Planned to Honor 'Precious Doe'
Description: The Precious Doe Memorial Committee and the Kansas City parks department announced plans to transform the former crime scene at 59th and Kensington into the Precious Doe Memorial Park on April 25, 2009. The estimated cost of the project is $250,000 and organizers hope the park will be usable by the end of 2009.
Date: 2009-04-03
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: The Rise and Fall of General Nathaniel Lyon in the Missouri State Capitol
Description: Brief article on the military career and legacy of Union General Nathaniel Lyon. Lyon was hailed as a Union hero after his death at the Battle of Wilson's Creek in 1861, and a painting of him by George Caleb Bingham was commissioned for the Missouri State Capitol. His popularity did not last, however, as a reconciliationism and revisionist history in the late 19th and early 20th centuries affected Lyon's reputation.
Date: 2013
Object Type: Magazine Article

Title: Remembering 'Forgotten' War
Description: Photograph and article about the dedication of the Missouri Korean War Veterans Memorial located in Washington Square Park, Kansas City, Missouri. The memorial is a result of the efforts of James Shultz, a Korean War veteran. J.E. Dunn Construction oversaw the project. The article indicates that "some 37,000 Americans died, with 8,000 more still unaccounted for. Those numbers included at least 900 Missourians, 100 of whom came from the Kansas City area."
Date: 2011-09-29
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: Liberty Memorial
Description: Photograph taken from Union Station looking toward the south across Pershing Road, with the full north side of the Liberty Memorial in the view. Automobiles, including taxicabs, can be seen parked in the Union Station parking lot in foreground as well as a clock situated in the lot.
Date: 1940~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Liberty Memorial, Aerial View
Description: Aerial view of Liberty Memorial, looking south. Main Street runs along left side of image.
Date: 1960~
Object Type: Negative

Title: Memories Take Wing
Description: Article about the groundbreaking for the Skywalk Memorial to be built at Hospital Hill Park. The ceremony was held Sunday, July 17, 2011, with dozens of survivors, families of survivors, and emergency personnel in attendance.
Date: 2011-07-18
Object Type: Newspaper Article

Title: SC30-8 DAR Elizabeth Benton Chapter Scrapbook Finding Aid
Description: A Kansas City Times article dated Nov. 12, 1979, stated that the Elizabeth Benton DAR chapter, located in Kansas City, Mo., was the first Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution formed west of the Mississippi River. It was organized in 1894 and named after Elizabeth Benton, wife of Missouri Senator Thomas Hart Benton. The scrapbook was assembled in 1921 by the chapter's Committee on Preservation of Historic Points. The scrapbook contains 177 photocopied pages with 70 black and white historical photographs of the Kansas City area. Located at the front of the scrapbook is a contents page listing the local subjects included which pertain to historical points of interest in the area such as area businesses and buildings, disasters, events, churches, cemeteries, local personalities, etc.
Date: 1921
Object Type: Finding Aid

Title: For Many, a Memorial Long Overdue
Description: Article describes the drive by the Skywalk Memorial Foundation to erect a monument to the victims of the Hyatt Regency skywalk collapse. It also discusses the disaster's long-term affect on the city and some of the victim's families.
Date: 2008-07-27
Object Type: Newspaper Article

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