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Upcoming events include Menorah lighting, theater, music and lots of Christmas activities

Lawrence Journal World 08 Dec 2023
FRIDAY. • Historic Lecompton’s Annual Christmas Tree Display, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., Territorial Capital Museum 640 E. Woodson Ave., Lecompton ...Lawrence Lights ... 27th St ... • “The Nutcracker ... • “War on the Wakarusa ... • “War on the Wakarusa.
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WWII vet celebrates 105th birthday

The Elkhart Truth 20 Oct 2023
WAKARUSA — Lawrence E. Butler, a World War II veteran, celebrated his 105th birthday Tuesday among friends and family members at Miller’s Senior Living Community. Butler, who goes by the name of Bill, was born Oct. 17, 1918, in Grand Rapids, Michigan ... .
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Rayl nominates Gen. James Henry Lane to Kansas National Guard Hall of Fame

Emporia Gazette 29 Oct 2022
He commanded the 3rd and 5th Indiana Regiments during the Mexican–American War, and was a U.S ...Lane was very supportive of the Union during the pre-Civil War Period,” Rayl wrote ... He was credited with success during the Wakarusa War,” Rayl said.
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Lecompton museum celebrates 40th anniversary with display of historic lithograph

Lawrence Journal World 13 Jun 2022
His retired friend, McFarland, then researched the lives of the men ... Free State leader James H ... Sen ... Another Douglas County representative was Oliver Barber, of Clinton, whose brother Thomas Barber was murdered in the Wakarusa War in December 1855 ... ....
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