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Louise Hanson, a retired librarian and researcher who has more than 500 Kansas cookbooks in her collection, will present a free virtual program, Tasting the Past: Exploring Kansas Food Memories, via Zoom at 7 p.m. Thursday.
The public is invited to the presentation, which is being put on by the Topeka Genealogical Society. To receive the Zoom link to view it, email that organization at tgstopeka.president@gmail.com.
Hanson s presentation will explore the diverse ethnic food traditions in Kansas, as expressed in community cookbooks over the years.
Hanson is part of Humanities Kansas s Movement of Ideas Speakers Bureau, which offers presentations and workshops designed to share stories that inspire, inform, spark conversations and generate insights that strengthen civic engagement.
The Capital-Journal
Landry Brewer the author of Cold War Kansas, a book published last August will give a free program via Zoom at 3 p.m. Sunday.
The presentation by Brewer, a professor at Southwest Oklahoma State University, will include information about how Topeka s Forbes Air Force Base during the Cold War operated nine intercontinental ballistic missile launch sites, located in a ring of sorts around the base.
To receive the Zoom link to watch the presentation, email the Shawnee County Historical Society at shawneecountyhistory@gmail.com.
Sunday’s event will be the latest in a series of virtual presentations being hosted by the county historical society.