Watkins Museum of History
Watkins Museum exhibition to spotlight abolitionist John Brown
A new traveling exhibition on abolitionist John Brown will make its debut at Lawrence’s Watkins Museum of History next Saturday.
Watkins Museum of History
Douglas County Historical Society/Submitted Photo
Watkins Museum events to commemorate Quantrill’s Raid on Lawrence (Sponsored post)
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.
Chance find in Lawrence City Hall answers a 138-year-old question: Where are the 3 Black men lynched in 1882 buried?
A small pink flag signifies an answer 138 years in the making: the burial location of Pete Vinegar, one of three Black men lynched in Lawrence in the summer of 1882.
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