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Only in Kansas City: National WWI Museum

by Susan Parker

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Sparxafire! In my zone of highlighting quirky or unique things about Kansas City, today we discuss our National World War I Museum at Liberty Memorial. Drive far and wide across the great land of ours, drive to every corner of the U.S. and you will not find another national museum dedicated to World War I. For we have the one and only, right here.

The Liberty Memorial itself is a 217-ft. tall monument to that war, built in 1926 and dedicated by Calvin Coolidge, “Silent Cal” (”the magnitude of this memorial, and the broad base of popular support on which it rests, can scarcely fail to excite national wonder and admiration.”)

It’s a big deal; the real deal, with research and educational services, a gift shop and everything! You can buy a commemorative shot glass for $5!


Posted in General on July 3rd, 2007

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One Response to “Only in Kansas City: National WWI Museum”

  1. Eliza Says:
    October 24th, 2007 at 7:15 pm

    I’ll be moving out here by the end of the year. Thank you for all the wonderful reviews. I think I’ll frequent your blog more often now that I know we’ll be headed out there. Any good reviews on locations? I’ve got lots of kids. :)

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Kansas City is a city in the U.S. state of Missouri encompassing parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. It is situated at the confluence of the Missouri and Kansas rivers (Kaw Point), and it sits opposite Kansas City, Kansas. It is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the most populous city in Missouri, the seventh largest city in the Midwest, and the 39th most populous city in the United States. As of 2006, the city had an estimated population of 447,306. The city's municipal water was recently rated the cleanest among the 50 largest cities in the United States, containing no detectable impurities. Kansas City has more fountains than any other city in the world except Rome. The city also features more miles of landscaped boulevards than any city except Paris.

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