Month: November 2017

Veterans Day events planned at Liberty Memorial

Veterans Day events are planned this weekend at the National World War I Museum and Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Mo.

There will be free admission for veterans and active-duty military from Nov. 10-12, and half-price admission for the public Nov. 10-12.

A free public Veterans Day ceremony will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, in the museum’s J.C. Nichols Auditorium.

The keynote address at the ceremony will be by Maj. Gen. Maria R. Gervais, deputy commanding general, Combined Arms Center.

Other guests at the ceremony will include U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver II, D-Mo.; and Kansas City, Mo., Mayor Sly James.

Other highlights of Veterans Day weekend at the Liberty Memorial, 100 W. 26th St., will include:

• Nearly 100 new “Walk of Honor” bricks will be dedicated during a ceremony at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, in the J.C. Nichols Auditorium.

• A Vietnam-era Bell UH-1 Iroquois “Huey” Helicopter display will be on exhibit from Nov. 10 to 12, from the Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 243.

• “Hope 22: Dark to Light Photography Exhibit” will be on display from Nov. 11 to Nov. 12. It is raising awareness about veterans’ suicide epidemic. The exhibit features photos of 22 veterans. The name of the project is from a Veterans Affairs report indicating that, on average, 22 veterans are killed by suicide every day.

• “Find Your World War I Connection” – Museum visitors will have access to research stations featuring Fold3.com, Ancestry.com, the Museum’s online collections database, records from the American Battlefield Monuments Commission, and the National Archives to help individuals find their World War I connection, from Nov. 10 to Nov. 12.

• The Hands-on History family-friendly program will invite children of all ages to handle Great War artifacts, at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11.

• There will be an opportunity to view special exhibits, “Revolutions! 1917,” “Posters as Munitions, 1917,” “The World Remembers” (closes Nov. 11), and the recently opened “Images of the Great War: America Crosses the Atlantic.”

For more information, visit https://www.theworldwar.org/.

Offices closed today for Veterans Day

Many offices are closed today to observe Veterans Day.

The Unified Government offices are closed Friday, Nov. 10, to observe Veterans Day.

Also closed are state offices in Kansas and federal offices.

The Kansas City, Kansas, Public Library and its branches are closed today for staff in-service.

The U.S. Postal Service will observe Veterans Day on Saturday, Nov. 11 – post offices are open today.

Trash is being picked up at residential locations today by Waste Management.

Cold weather on Friday followed by slightly warmer weekend

National Weather Service graphic

Temperatures today are well below the average, with a high of 42 predicted, according to the National Weather Service.

The temperature was 29 degrees at 9 a.m. Friday. A slow warming trend begins on Saturday, when the high will be 49, with rain in the forecast.

Tonight’s low will be around 36 with a south southeast wind of 8 mph, according to the weather service.

Rain chances return on Saturday, according to the weather service, with a 40 percent chance of rain.

Saturday night, the low will be around 41, with a 30 percent chance of rain before midnight, according to the weather service. A south wind of 5 mph will become calm.

Sunday, the high will be near 52 with mostly cloudy skies, gradually becoming sunny, the weather service said. There will be a north wind of 5 to 7 mph.

Sunday night, it will be mostly clear with a low of 32, according to the weather service.

Monday, it will be mostly sunny with a high near 57, the weather service said.

Monday night, there is a 30 percent chance of rain after midnight, with a lot of 49, according to the weather service.

Tuesday, there is a 40 percent chance of rain, with a high near 61, the weather service said.

Tuesday night, there is a 60 percent chance of rain, with a low of 46, according to the weather service.