| National WWI Museum and Memorial

Live Demonstration

Saturdays | 11 a.m.

Hands-on History (2025)

History is brought to life in this family-friendly program in which guests of all ages are invited to handle Great War artifacts. 

Lecture

Thursday, Jan. 30, 2025 | 7 p.m.

Black Butchers, Big Berthas, and Bombardments: Technology and the Making of the Great War

The greatest killer of WWI was modern artillery. Investigate the unforeseen consequences that contributed to the ugly attritional character of the Great War.

Rags and the Heroes of WWI: Exploring History Through the Eyes of a Brave Dog

This unit plan provides a comprehensive exploration of World War I through engaging activities over two weeks. Any one of the included activities can be used separately from the overall unit. The...

Field Communion set

Portable Communion sets allowed chaplains to bring the spiritual comfort of sacraments to service members wherever they were stationed, even under active bombardment.

Volunteerism, Citizenship and Democratic Participation in WWI

In this lesson, students will examine how World War I increased civic engagement amongst diverse groups of Americans as they seek to answer the essential question: “How did volunteerism in World War I...

Conversation and reception

Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025 | 6 p.m. reception, 7 p.m. program

Home Run History: Baseball and War

Baseball players during the Civil War and WWI charged off base onto battlefields. Others played at home to boost morale – but racism divided the sport. Find out how baseball mirrored the issues and hopes of the United States.

Fighting with Faith: “Der Grosse Krieg in Bildern”

In almost every country involved in WWI, propaganda played its part as a munition of the war.

Happy Hour and Book Exchange

Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 | 5:30 p.m.

Modernist Happy Hour and Book Exchange

Ring in the New Year with The Modernists with drinks, general revelry and an optional book exchange.

Members Exclusive

Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 | 5:30 p.m.

An Evening at Harry S. Truman Library & Museum

Join the Modernists to explore the life and legacy of one of Kansas City’s most prolific leaders and WWI veterans at Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

Battlefield Tour

Monday, Sept. 8 - Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025

2025 Battlefield Tour

In a beautiful landscape immortalized by Lt. Col. John McCrae’s iconic poem “In Flanders Fields,” explore the gateway of the Western Front with the Museum and Memorial in Belgium.

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