In late August the Flint Hills Discovery Center in Manhattan opened an exhibit recognizing the 100th anniversary of the organization of the 1st Infantry Division, the Big Red One.

Titled Duty First:  100 Years of the Big Red One, the exhibit runs until January 14, 2018.

For more information, click here:  http://www.flinthillsdiscovery.org/395/Duty-First-100-Years-of-the-Big-Red-One?utm_source=FHDC+Foundation&utm_campaign=7d32244ab4-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017_09_12&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6f14d797e1-7d32244ab4-258998173

For more information about the Division, see Jim Patton’s previous post:  https://www.kansasww1.org/centennial-of-the-big-red-one/

 

Blair Tarr is the Museum Curator of the Kansas State Historical Society. He oversees the three-dimensional collections of the Society, but has special interests in the Civil War, Wichita-made Valentine diners, and Leavenworth's Abernathy Furniture. In the last few years he has also done a lot of cramming on The Great War. He is a past president of the Kansas Museums Association and the Civil War Round Tables of both Kansas City and Eastern Kansas. He is currently a board member of the Heritage League of Greater Kansas City.