Sunday Afternoon at the Museum (SAM)
Events
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“Songs of Protest: A Sampling of Music that Defies and Dissents,” Holly Swartzendruber, professor of vocal music, Bethel College
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesFor millennia, people have utilized the arts to describe and comment on reality, as well as call for change. This lecture will examine the use of music as an expression […]
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Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum – “Caught in the Middle Between Voices of Conscience and Voices of Patriotism,” Carolyn Zeisset, author
At HomeAuthor 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. […]
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Sunday-Afternoon-at-the-Museum: “The Dockum Drugstore Sit-in,” Dr. Prisca Barnes-Simmons, founder, Storytime Village
Kauffman Museum 27th & Main St., North Newton, KS, United StatesKauffman Museum at Bethel College will host Dr. Prisca Barnes-Simmons for a presentation and discussion of “The Dockum Drugstore Sit-In,” on April 26 at 3 pm in the Kauffman Museum […]
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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 […]