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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 StatesAuthor Carolyn Zeisset will explore the ambiguities of conscientious objection and religious exemption during World War I, and the added complexities of generational identities and socio-economic conditions during that time. […]
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 […]