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Sunday Afternoon at the Museum (SAM)
Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum – “Caught in the Middle Between Voices of Conscience and Voices of Patriotism,” Carolyn Zeisset, author
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesMore information to come. Stay tuned!
Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum – “The Cost of Conscience: One Mennonite Family’s Experience in World War I,” Sara Judge Keckeisen, Kansas State Historical Society (retired)
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesWhen the United States entered World War I and instituted a military draft, and federal and state officialdom instituted heavy pressure to support the war effort, the homes, lives, and safety of members of the pacifist Mennonite communities in central Kansas, and of one family in particular, were put in extreme danger. This is the […]