Continue the long connection between WWI and Scouting with Scout Day at the Museum and Memorial! Admission is $5 for Scouts and Scout Leaders in uniform. This event is made possible through the generous support of Dr. Doug and Barbara Cusick and Family.
The Living History Volunteers teach you the basic training that will help you win the war – from drill to first aid to cooking with what the army gave you.
Historian James P. Gregory, Jr. explores the little-known story of the other sixteen doughboys who took part in the WWI battle made famous by Sgt. Alvin York.
Weapons technology developed dramatically in the 50 years before WWI, but communications technology failed to keep pace. Dr. Dirk Ringgenberg explores the ramifications on the Great War.
The Wichita Grand Opera performs “All is Calm”, a concert retelling of the 1914 Christmas Truce when parts of the Western Front fell quiet…until there was song.