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.

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.

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.

Lecture
Sunday, Jan. 26, 2025 | 2 p.m.

Battle of the Frontiers, 1914

In 1914 many of WWI’s iconic technologies and tactics were still in early stages – or yet to be developed. Explore the opening action on the Western Front in this exclusive preview of 2025’s upcoming battlefield tour to Belgium.

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