Kansas City

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• SOURCE: Kansas City Star
  4/25/2021
  

  KC Tributes to Baseball Great Satchel Paige are Crumbling. Can His House be Saved?

  Without a significant financial benefactor, it is unlikely that the Kansas City home of baseball legend Satchel Paige will be preserved. 

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  November 6, 2019
  

  Martin Luther King Jr.’s name removed from historic street by Kansas City voters

  Voters agreed to remove Martin Luther King's name from city street signs.  

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• SOURCE: USA Today
  4-3-17
  

  Why is America’s preeminent World War I museum in Kansas City?

  In Kansas City, community leaders formed the Liberty Memorial Association in 1919 and in just 10 days raised $2.5 million (about $34 million in today's dollars) to build a memorial. One-quarter of the city’s population donated to the cause.

• SOURCE: Kansas City Star
  7-9-13
  

  Theft of pioneer woman statue grabs attention

  Independence wants its pioneer woman back.The recent theft and apparent destruction of the 6-foot bronze statue that for more than 20 years stood sentinel outside the National Frontier Trails Museum has been taken personally by residents and overland trails buffs.Museum officials are discussing a possible fundraising campaign to finance a replacement pioneer, and three sculptors already have volunteered their services....Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2013/07/09/4337559/replacement-considered-for-stolen.html#storylink=cpy