The week has been off to a magnificent start! Tuesday, night
Michelle Martin performed "She Fought Like a Lion." Forty-five people
attend this moving program to hear the story of a young woman who dressed as a
man to fight in the civil war.
Tonight at the library we will be hosting the Shared Stories
of the Civil War Reader's Theater Project "Quantrill's Raid and Order
Number 11." The readers for tonight include: Lori Martin, Jim Fischer,
Jeff Shaw, Brian Hight, Robert Wullenschneider, and Ray Rothgeb. This evenings
event starts at 6:30pm at the Independence Public Library.
The Shared Stories of the Civil War project is a partnership
between Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area and the Kansas Humanities
Council. It features short stories created from historical letters, diaries,
newspaper articles, and other materials. Similar to reader's theater, the
stories have been researched and compiled into short scripts. In commemoration
of the 150th anniversary of the start of the Civil War and the recognition of
events that occurred in Kansas and Missouri during this period in history, the
reader's theater scripts explore themes of interest to communities on both
sides of the Kansas-Missouri state line. These voices from history provide
insight into how 19th century Americans struggled with determining the future
of our nation and defining the meaning of freedom.
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