Bleeding Kansas

Lawrence Life December 9, 2023 - 4:17 pm

Reenactors bring scenes of Wakarusa War to South Park

Reenactors on Saturday recreated the defense of Lawrence at South Park, on the ground where much of the Wakarusa War occurred 168 years ago.

Education December 6, 2023 - 10:24 am

Reenactors to recreate the defense of Lawrence in Wakarusa War

by Will Haynes, Watkins Museum of History

Reenactors this weekend will recreate the defense of Lawrence on the very ground where much of the Wakarusa War occurred 168 years ago.

Arts & Events September 2, 2021 - 11:47 am

Which Free Stater are you? Watkins Museum quiz can tell you

by Lawrence Times

A fun online quiz from the Watkins Museum of History will help you answer a question you might not have asked yourself before: Which Free Stater do you most resemble?

Lawrence news August 27, 2021 - 5:09 pm

Watkins Museum exhibition to spotlight abolitionist John Brown

by Lawrence Times

A new traveling exhibition on abolitionist John Brown will make its debut at Lawrence’s Watkins Museum of History next Saturday.

Arts & Events August 12, 2021 - 12:11 pm

Watkins Museum events to commemorate Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence (Sponsored post)

by Will Haynes, Watkins Museum of History

Now in its 26th year, Civil War on the Border provides participants with unique and meaningful explorations of Lawrence history — including Quantrill’s Raid, one of the most notorious atrocities of the war.