4000 Baltimore Kansas City, Missouri, 64111 (816) 561-1821

Upcoming Events 2010

NEW HOURS of Operation:

Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat from 1:00pm until 5:00pm or by appointment.

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Events at The Harris-Kearney House:

 

May 22: Living History: Celebrating "Ladies of Westport and Early Kansas City"

 

June 5-25: "Free at Last" National Exhibit

June 19: Confederate States of America Weekend: Living History Demos & Period Music

June 19: Summer Music Concert on the Veranda "Lemonade and Popcorn", Music by the "3D's Cowboy Version"

July 3: USA Weekend and 4th of July: Living History Demos and Period Music

July 17: Ice Cream Social [Cancelled, No Events]

August 7: Living History: "Country Fair & Picnic", Basketweaving, Period Music. . .

Celebrate a county fair on the lawn of the 1855 Harris-Kearney House Museum with Kelly's Irish Brigade and the West Port Blue and Gray Social Society.  There will be political speeches, a watermelon seed spitting contest, period games, basket weaving and sale, best cookie contest, campfire with cooking demonstration, gun demonstrations, medical demonstration, music, dance and much more. 

Bring a box lunch for auction and then share with a reenactor. Event is 11AM-5PM Please call 816-561-1821 or 913-648-0952 for more information. Sponsored by the Westport Historical Society.

 

August 14: Free Music Concert "Picnic Supper"[Cancelled, No Events]

August 21: Quarterly Luncheon at McCoy's. . . Click for more info

 

September 10-11: Living History: "The Men of Westport and The Town of Kansas"

October Weekends: Ghost Hunting at the 1855 Harris-Kearney House

October 23: Day: Battle of Westport, Evening: Period Ball "Dancing in Swope Park"

November 6: Living History: "Winter's Evening" and Story Telling

November 26-27: 5th Annual Holiday Candlelight Tour: A Frontier Christmas, 1860

December 19: House closed until February 2, 2011

 

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WESTPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY’S

LIBRARY SPEAKER SERIES
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LOCATION: At the Westport branch of the Kansas City Public Library
                           Children’s programs: Presented on the second Tues. of each month at 10:00am
                           Adult programs: Presented on the second Sat. of each month at 2:00pm

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The Quarterly Dinner Information:

Date: Friday, June 11, 2010: RSVP by Wed. June 9th (see Below)*

Location: McCoy's in Westport, 424 Westport Road

Time: Social meeting is at 6:00pm and Dinner is at 6:30pm.

Presentation by Michael Busnell will follow.

Speaker Description:

Michael Bushnell moved from suburban Parkville to the Historic Northeast area of Kansas City in 1990. He was elected President of the Scarritt Renaissance Neighborhood in 1993 and served in that capacity until 2001 (a position to which he was re-elected in 2005, serving through 2008).
     In 1998 Michael and his wife Chris purchased The Northeast News, and trans-formed the lagging weekly “shopper” into a viable, award winning weekly journal of events in and around Kansas City’s urban core. 
     Since his move to the Scarritt neighborhood, Bushnell has been an avid collector of antique Kansas City postcards. What began as a side trip to a local antique store has turned into a passion for documenting Kansas City history through the use of old postcards. Tapping his vast collection of over 3,000 unduplicated views of old Kansas City, Bushnell began a column in his newspaper featuring a different postcard each week with a brief expla-nation of the card’s history, the view on the front of the card and any personal message written on the back of the card.
     In 2003 Bushnell released his first book, Historic Post-cards of Old Kansas City, a 112 page coffee table book showcasing nearly 70 old Kansas City postcards. He has been a frequent guest lecturer at the Kansas City Museum as well as a guest on Walt Bodine’s show on KCUR Public radio in Kansas City. Bushnell has also been a frequent guest on Charles Feruzza’s Anything Goes show on KKFI Community

Dinner is $22.00. *Reservations can be made by calling 913-648-0952 or 816-561-1821. Make checks payable to: WESTPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY, and mail to 4000 Baltimore, Kansas City, MO 64111

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For more information, please call 816-561-1821 or email us at westporthistorical@gmail.com

All Board Meetings take place at the Harris-Kearney House Museum at 6:30 pm.