A Faces & Places Roadie Blog On the last stop of the 2013 Faces and Places Tour, we didn't have…
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Before the Civil War — before Gettysburg, before Shiloh, before Fredericksburg, even before Confederate cannonballs rained down on Fort Sumter — a battle was fought over the issue of slavery. And it happened in Kansas. The Battle of Black Jack took place about 20 miles southeast of Lawrence, just…
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My family of “Roadies” was excited to load up the Faces and Places vehicle to explore Kansas last weekend. We set a course for Lawrence with three generations of my family, all of us enjoying varying parts of the trip. My favorite stop was downtown Lawrence. I’ve been to many farmers’ markets, but…
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