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Museum and memorial symposium. Good morning. Am not and it is my pleasure to welcome you, thank you for coming out to what i think is going to be an extraordinary couple of days as we came together and learning at this of speaking together and learning at this symposium. We are delighted to work with so many partners to create another exceptional opportunity for us. I hope it will take the time to spend time in the galleries. The special exhibition piece with 19 from 1919 fits with this piece. Preparing for the opening of a new exhibition, the vietnam war, 19451975. That opens next weekend, so this is a teaser. We invite those of you who are able to come back to memorial day weekend of year to come back and take in an exceptional exhibition that also provides the link sent helps people understand the enduring impact of the war and world war i. And how it contributed to the vietnam war. There iskes us is that a continuum and growing interest in world war i and its enduring impact. I am
With the help of our spectrum Cable Partners well explore the citys history and literary community, beginning with author pat oneill on the history of irish immigrants and how they helped build kansas city in what it is today. One of my Favorite Places in the whole cold is browns market run by john and john mcclain and cary brown. And they start the business in the late 1880s. Irish style. The oldest continual Retail Operation in west of the mississippi, maybe in the whole world. But browns is kind of our community center. One of those great Little Corner Neighborhood Grocery stores where people are extended credit in the neighborhood, people came here for generations, and its now kind of the same thing. People come here just to gossip and compare notes notes and head kids. So, its a much like a small town Crossroads Store in ireland. The title of the book, from the bottom up, its in the sense that in kansas city, were along the rivers, and the Missouri River in the kansas river and it
Will find books, articles, and newspaper clippings documenting the history of organized crime in kansas city, from extortion, violence, syndicates, bootlegging, to the 26th year reign of the crime boss nick sabella, skimming casinos in las vegas, and bombing businesses. Whether we like it or not, organized crime is a part of our history. Moreover, it continues to capture our fascination as well as generate interest and new scholarship. Last year, the special Collections Department acquired a piece of our mafia passed when the organized crime files of the Kansas City Star work donated by former reporter mike mcgraw. These contain photos, notes, and reports on local mafia members and provide a glimpse of how reporters investigated the mob during its heyday. Wasory about the collection featured in kcpts digital magazine, which included a short interview with retired fbi agent William Moseley william ouseley. William they take a closer look at the gangland past. Mr. Ouseley is an authority