EVENTS

SATURDAY JUNE 13, 2026

9:00AM - Field Trip: Harry S. Truman Presidential

Library and Museum

Field Trip: Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum Donations will be accepted to go towards our Kitchen Fund that purchases the cups, plates, coffee, and other supplies for our meetings. Please bring a pot of your favorite chili or other dish to share for dinner. After dinner, MCHS member Bill Hawkins will talk about his Mayflower connections.

THURSDAY APRIL 9, 2026

6:30PM - Annual Chili Potluck Dinner

Annual Chili Potluck Dinner Bring a pot of your favorite chili or a dessert to share for dinner. After dinner, we will discuss what members did or remember about the celebration of America’s Bicentennial in 1976.

THURSDAY FEBRUARY 12, 2026

7:00PM - General Meeting: “Life in Kansas

During the Dust Bowl”

General Meeting: “Life in Kansas During the Dust Bowl” Using eyewitness accounts and photographs, this presentation explores the impact and the legacy of the drought and the “Dust Bowl” on life in Kansas during the 1930s and beyond. Presented by Katie Keckeisen and sponsored by Humanities Kansas.

THURSDAY DECEMBER 10, 2026

6:30PM, Annual Business Meeting and Holiday

Party

Annual Business Meeting and Holiday Party Election of officers and adoption of budget for 2027, holiday pot-luck dinner and optional ornament exchange.

THURSDAY OCTOBER 8, 2026

7:00PM - General Meeting: “Kansas Riverkeepers”

General Meeting: “Kansas Riverkeepers” Dawn Buehler, Kansas Riverkeeper and Executive Director of Friends of the Kaw, will give a presentation on the Kansas (Kaw) River and the work of her organization. Since 1991, Friends of the Kaw have worked to preserve, promote, and advocate for the Kansas River.

THURSDAY AUGUST 13, 2026

7:00PM - General Meeting: "Voices of Japanese

War Brides in Kansas"

General Meeting: “Voices of Japanese War Brides in Kansas” This talk will share the voices of Japanese women who triumphed amidst great struggle to find community, connection, and cultural identity in the place they viewed as the last destination of their lives— the Kansas prairie. Presented by Ayako Mizumura and sponsored by Humanities Kansas.