Lecompton - Constitution Hall - Bleeding Kansas Program Series
Join us for our Bleeding Kansas Program Series held at 2 p.m. on Sundays from January 30 to March 6, 2022. Admission is $3 for adults.
Bill McFarland, author and educator, and Tim Nedeau, educator, will present today's program, “Faces of the Free State House: The First General Assembly of the Territory of Kansas, Legally Elected by the People.”
In addition to the presentation there will be a special unveiling of a group portrait identifying each member of the 1857-1858 Kansas House of Representatives, the first-ever antislavery majority to convene in Kansas at Lecompton in Constitution Hall.
Upcoming programs:
February 6 - T. Kevin Griffin,“President John Calhoun: Chief Architect of the ‘Lecompton Swindle.’”
February 13 – Donald Wade Davis, “Smoky Hill Thompson: A Life Wild and Perilous.”
February 20 – Peggy Buhr, “Civil War Order No. 11 – Desperate Days and Hard Travel: Recollections of Women.”
February 27 – Bryce Benedict, J.D., “The Life and Times of Ross Burns: Accidental Linn County Pioneer and Civil War Hero.”
March 6 – Lane Smith, first-person portrayal, “The Trial of Jefferson Davis and the Issue of Secession.”
