Monticello Community
Historical Society
(913) 667-3706
2025 EVENTS
LOCATION AT MONTICELLO HISTORICAL STATION 23860 W 83RD LENEXA, KANSAS IF NOT LISTED OTHERWISE.
EVENTS
THURSDAY MARCH 13, 2025
6:30PM - Chili Potluck Dinner Kitchen Fundraiser
Chili Potluck Dinner Kitchen Fundraiser: 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.SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2025
11AM - 1PM - Annual Presidents” Day Soup
Luncheon Fundraiser
Annual Presidents’ Day Soup Luncheon Fundraiser: Homemade soups and desserts will be served along with drinks and bread/crackers. Soup to-go will also be available.2025 upcoming events.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2025
7:00PM - General Meeting: “The Future of MCHS”
General Meeting: Last November, the MCHS Board presented to membership several ideas to support the viability of MCHS into the future. This month, Board members will review these ideas and summarize suggestions/thoughts received from members. The board will also present additional details on future plans and solicit questions, feedback, and discussion from members.THURSDAY MAY 8, 2025
7:00 PM, GENERAL MEETING: “KANSAS
MUSIC HISTORY”
General Meeting: Derrick Doty, a music historian, will use music and storytelling to tell us what it was like to be a musician from Kansas in the early 19th and 20th centuries. He will explore informal music traditions, styles, and musicians from Territorial Kansas up through the age of the radio, and will conclude with a demonstration of various instruments and music. This presentation is sponsored by Humanities Kansas.SATURDAY MAY 3, 2025
8AM - 11AM - BREAKFAST AND BAKE SALE
FUNDRAISER
Breakfast and Bake Sale Fundraiser: Donations will be accepted for pancakes or biscuits with gravy along with a wide variety of homemade baked goods.THURSDAY APRIL 10, 2025
7PM - General Meeting: “World’s Fair Remnants
in Kansas”
General Meeting: Thomas Prasch from Washburn University will speak about World’s Fair wonders held today in the towns of Lawrence, Lindsborg and Wamego. This presentation is sponsored by Humanities Kansas.THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11 2025
7:00 PM - GENERAL MEETING: “ONE
POTATO, TWO POTATO”
General Meeting: Priscilla Howe, a professional storyteller and author from Lawrence, will talk about how the intangible cultural heritage of rhymes, stories and folklore gets passed down through generations. This presentation is sponsored by Humanities Kansas.SATURDAY JUNE 7 2025
9:00 AM - FIELD TRIP TO TRUMAN LIBRARY
AND MUSEUM
Field Trip to Truman Library and Museum: We will carpool from the Station to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. The library has recently undergone significant renovations and updates to its exhibits. Admission to the library is $12 for adults; $10 for seniors or veterans. Afterward, the group will have lunch at a restaurant in Independence. Sign up at the May general meeting, by phone, or email.THURSDAY OCTOBER 9 2025
7PM GENERAL MEETING: “TWA - OUR
HOMETOWN AIRLINE”
General Meeting: John Mays, who worked for Trans World Airlines and American Airlines, will present the history of TWA. He is very involved with the TWA Museum near the Downtown Kansas City Airport.THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13 2025
7PM - GENERAL MEETING: “HISTORIC
PHOTOGRAPHS 101”
General Meeting: Charlie Pautler, director of Shawnee Town 1929, will discuss early photography from the Daguerreotype era to paper snapshots of the mid-20th century. Charlie will share several examples from his collection.SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15 2025
8 - 11AM - BREAKFAST AND BAKE SALE
FUNDRAISER
Breakfast and Bake Sale Fundraiser: Donations will be accepted for pancakes or biscuits with gravy along with a wide variety of homemade baked goods.THURSDAY DECEMBER 11 2025
6:30 PM - ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING
AND HOLIDAY PARTY
Annual Business Meeting and Holiday Party: Election of officers (President, Treasurer and four Board Members) and adoption of budget for 2026, holiday pot-luck dinner and optional ornament exchange.
2025 EVENTS
THURSDAY MARCH 13, 2025
6:30PM - Chili Potluck Dinner Kitchen
Fundraiser
Chili Potluck Dinner Kitchen Fundraiser: 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.SATURDAY FEBRUARY 15, 2025
11AM - 1PM - Annual Presidents” Day Soup
Luncheon Fundraiser
Annual Presidents’ Day Soup Luncheon Fundraiser: Homemade soups and desserts will be served along with drinks and bread/crackers. Soup to- go will also be available.2025 upcoming events.
THURSDAY FEBRUARY 13, 2025
7:00PM - General Meeting: “The Future of
MCHS”
General Meeting: Last November, the MCHS Board presented to membership several ideas to support the viability of MCHS into the future. This month, Board members will review these ideas and summarize suggestions/thoughts received from members. The board will also present additional details on future plans and solicit questions, feedback, and discussion from members.THURSDAY MAY 8, 2025
7:00 PM, GENERAL MEETING: “KANSAS
MUSIC HISTORY”
General Meeting: Derrick Doty, a music historian, will use music and storytelling to tell us what it was like to be a musician from Kansas in the early 19th and 20th centuries. He will explore informal music traditions, styles, and musicians from Territorial Kansas up through the age of the radio, and will conclude with a demonstration of various instruments and music. This presentation is sponsored by Humanities Kansas.SATURDAY MAY 3, 2025
8AM - 11AM - BREAKFAST AND BAKE SALE
FUNDRAISER
Breakfast and Bake Sale Fundraiser: Donations will be accepted for pancakes or biscuits with gravy along with a wide variety of homemade baked goods.THURSDAY APRIL 10, 2025
7PM - General Meeting: “World’s Fair
Remnants in Kansas”
General Meeting: Thomas Prasch from Washburn University will speak about World’s Fair wonders held today in the towns of Lawrence, Lindsborg and Wamego. This presentation is sponsored by Humanities Kansas.THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 11 2025
7:00 PM - GENERAL MEETING: “ONE
POTATO, TWO POTATO”
General Meeting: Priscilla Howe, a professional storyteller and author from Lawrence, will talk about how the intangible cultural heritage of rhymes, stories and folklore gets passed down through generations. This presentation is sponsored by Humanities Kansas.SATURDAY JUNE 7 2025
9:00 AM - FIELD TRIP TO TRUMAN
LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
Field Trip to Truman Library and Museum: We will carpool from the Station to the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum in Independence, Missouri. The library has recently undergone significant renovations and updates to its exhibits. Admission to the library is $12 for adults; $10 for seniors or veterans. Afterward, the group will have lunch at a restaurant in Independence. Sign up at the May general meeting, by phone, or email.THURSDAY OCTOBER 9 2025
7PM GENERAL MEETING: “TWA - OUR
HOMETOWN AIRLINE”
General Meeting: John Mays, who worked for Trans World Airlines and American Airlines, will present the history of TWA. He is very involved with the TWA Museum near the Downtown Kansas City Airport.THURSDAY NOVEMBER 13 2025
7PM - GENERAL MEETING: “HISTORIC
PHOTOGRAPHS 101”
General Meeting: Charlie Pautler, director of Shawnee Town 1929, will discuss early photography from the Daguerreotype era to paper snapshots of the mid-20th century. Charlie will share several examples from his collection.SATURDAY NOVEMBER 15 2025
8 - 11AM - BREAKFAST AND BAKE SALE
FUNDRAISER
Breakfast and Bake Sale Fundraiser: Donations will be accepted for pancakes or biscuits with gravy along with a wide variety of homemade baked goods.THURSDAY DECEMBER 11 2025
6:30 PM - ANNUAL BUSINESS MEETING AND
HOLIDAY PARTY
Annual Business Meeting and Holiday Party: Election of officers (President, Treasurer and four Board Members) and adoption of budget for 2026, holiday pot-luck dinner and optional ornament exchange.
