Ramping up for Independence Day, lots of World War I programming coming up, and repeated frequently.  All times are Central.

–American Artifacts, Great War Exhibit, Part I.  From the Library of Congress.  Saturday, June 30th at 9:00 a.m.

–Dwight Eisenhower & World War I.  Keith Dickson at the MacArthur Memorial.  Saturday, June 30th at 9:50 a.m.  Repeats Monday, July 2nd at 7:00 a.m.; Tuesday, July 3rd, at 10:32 a.m.  Tuesday, July 3rd at 2:05 p.m.; Tuesday, July 3rd at 7:00 p.m.; Tuesday, July 3rd at 10:32 p.m.; Wednesady, July 4th at 2:05 a.m.

-World War I in the Middle East.  Brian Steed speaking at the National World War I Museum and Memorial.  Saturday, June 30th at 2:00 p.m.  Repeats on Sunday, July 1st at 6:00 a.m.

-Harry Truman in WWI and U.S. Military Rivalries.  Michael Miller speaking at the MacArthur Memorial.  Saturday, June 30th at 4:05 p.m.  Repeats on Sunday, July 1st at 2:05 a.m.; Tuesday, July 3rd at 9:48 a.m.; Tuesday, July 3rd at 1:21 p.m.; Tuesday, July 3rd at 4:54 p.m.; Tuesday, July 3rd at 9:48 p.m.; Wednesday, July 4th at 1:21 a.m.; Wednesday, July 4th at 4:54 a.m.

–George C. Marshall & World War I.  Jeffrey Kozak at the MacArthur Memorial.  Sunday, July 1st at 8:05 a.m.  Repeats Monday, July 2nd at 8:59 a.m.;  Tuesday, July 3rd at 12:32 p.m.; Tuesday, July 3rd at 4:04 p.m.; July 3rd at 8:59 p.m.; Wednesday, July 4th at 12:32 a.m.; Wednesday, July 4th at 4:04 a.m.

–Douglas MacArthur’s Leadership from World War I to World War II.  James Zobel at the MacArthur Memorial.  Sunday, July 1st at 10:05 a.m.  Repeats Tuesday, July 3rd at 8:03 a.m.; Tuesday, July 3rd at 11:36 a.m.; Tuesday, July 3rd at 3:08 p.m.; Tuesday, July 3rd, at 8:03 p.m.; Tuesday, July 3rd at 11:36 p.m; Wednesday, July 4th at 3:08 a.m.

–World War I and Trench Warfare.  Richard S. Faulkner at the Dole Institute of Politics.  Tuesday, July 3rd at 5:37 p.m.; Wednesday, July 4th at 5:37 a.m.

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.