Celebrating Kansas in 2011

Although the official day is January 29, 2011, Kansans will be celebrating the 150th anniversary of Kansas statehood throughout 2011. Below is a sampling of sites and articles offering events, dates and places where you can participate in this grass roots fête of everything Kansas:

Kansas 150 Calendar of Events
http://ks150.kansas.gov/Pages/Calendar.aspx
(Kansas 150 website)

News About the Kansas Sesquicentennial
http://ks150.kansas.gov/Pages/news.aspx
(Kansas 150 website)

Kansas 150 Celebrations
http://www.travelks.com/s/index.cfm?AID=583
(Kansas Travel and Tourism Division)

Kansas Day at the Kansas Historical Society
http://www.kshs.org/portal_kansas_day

Kansas 150 Commemoration
http://ks150.kansas.gov/Pages/default.aspx
(Kansas 150 Advisory Committee)

Kansas Day Presentation: John Carlin
http://www.washburn.edu/reference/cks/flyer2011legal.pdf
(January 28, 2011, sponsored by the Center for Kansas Studies at Washburn University)

150 Things I Love About Kansas
http://www.kshs.org/p/150-things-i-love-about-kansas/15782
(Kansas Museum of History Exhibit, Jan 28-Dec 31, 2011)

Kansas Arts Calendar
http://kansasartscommission.org/calendar/
(Kansas Arts Commission)

Kansas Humanities Council 2011 Calendar
http://kansashumanities.org/site/calendar.html?Name=Value

"150 Years of Statehood"
http://www.kansas.com/2010/12/26/1647772/array0xc041d28.html
(Wichita Eagle)

"Kansas 150th anniversary events"
http://www.kansas.com/2011/01/16/1676492_kansas-150th-anniversary-events.html
(Wichita Eagle)

"Kansas Day 2011"
http://kansas150slk.blogspot.com/2010/12/kansas-day-2011.html
(Kansas 150 SLK, State Library of Kansas)

Article contact: Bill Sowers
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