Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Two Free State militiamen who were killed during the Bleeding Kansas conflict will get a refreshed monument, created by local artist Karl Ramberg, in Pioneer Cemetery.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Reenactors on Saturday recreated the defense of Lawrence at South Park, on the ground where much of the Wakarusa War occurred 168 years ago.
Reenactors this weekend will recreate the defense of Lawrence on the very ground where much of the Wakarusa War occurred 168 years ago.
Watkins Museum of History
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?
Watkins Museum of History
A new traveling exhibition on abolitionist John Brown will make its debut at Lawrence’s Watkins Museum of History next Saturday.
Douglas County Historical Society/Submitted Photo
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.
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