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A historian says Kansas City "blew it" in the 1918 flu pandemic. How a corrupt political system and the end of World War I led to a bungled response and an overwhelming loss of life.
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Even when the National World War I Museum and Memorial is open, the majority of its vast holdings aren’t on public display but stored for safekeeping.Now,…
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One day in September of 1918, First Lieutenant George Robb's job was to take a French town called Sechault from the Germans who'd claimed it. At the time,…
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Segment 1: An American tradition revived.In their first iteration, victory gardens provided much needed food for Americans at home and abroad fighting…
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Segment 1: Weird Weather Words.Bomb Cyclone. Polar Vortex. Snowmageddon. If you've listened to weather forecasts as of late, there have been some really…
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Segment 1: The Tomb of the Unkown Soldier is located at Arlington National Cemetery.Established in 1921, the Tomb is the final resting place for unknown…
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It’s likely you’ve never heard of John Lewis Barkley. The Missouri native fought in World War I, winning the Congressional Medal of Honor and later...
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Of the 40 million people who died in World War I, only 441 were from around Kansas City. With so few casualties from this area, how did the national…
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In Flanders fields the poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on row…—from “In Flanders Fields,” written by Lt. Col. John McCrae in 1915 to honor a fallen…
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Seg. 1: Orman Pitches Third-Party Option In Kansas. Seg. 2: Remembering Native Contributions To WWI.Segment 1: The Independent candidate discusses his race for Kansas governor. The fierce gubernatorial race between Republican Kris Kobach, Democrat Laura…
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Segment 1: Art isn't just fun and games.To some, art seems more like a hobby rather than ‘real work.’ But, for many artists, that’s far from the truth. We…
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Segment 1: The echoes of Trump's "zero tolerance" policy in Kansas City.The decision to enforce a "zero tolerance" immigration policy at the U.S. - Mexico…