Declaration Conversation

Name: Declaration Conversation
Start: 2026-06-09T10:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-06-09T11:30:00-05:00
Location: Wyandotte County Historical Museum

Schedule

Tue Jun 09 2026 at 10:00 am to 11:30 am

UTC-05:00

Location

Wyandotte County Historical Museum | Bonner Springs, KS

Wyandotte County Historical Museum in Bonner Springs will host a “Declaration Conversation,” a reading and discussion of the Declaration of Independence on June 9th at 10 am at the museum (631 N. 126th St. Bonner Springs, KS 66012). Members of the community are invited to attend the free event. Contact the Wyandotte County Historical Museum at 913-573-5081 for more information. The “Declaration Conversation” is made possible by Humanities Kansas.

The museum will be hosting the Americans, a Smithsonian traveling exhibit from May 30th-July 5th. The exhibit uncovers the many ways American Indian images, names, and stories have been part of the nation’s identity since before the country began.

The “Declaration Conversation” event is an opportunity to learn more about America’s founding document and its impact on the world during the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Participants will read excerpts from the document and participate in a discussion facilitated by Travis Lamb, program development officer at the Robert J. Dole Institute of Politics, and Dr. Eric P. Anderson, professor of history at Haskell Indian Nations University.

“Declaration Conversations” is part of Humanities Kansas’s “Declaration at 250” activities, including the statewide tour of the “Declaration 1776: The Big Bang of Modern Democracy” traveling exhibition from The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Support for “Declaration Conversations” has been provided by the State of Kansas through the Kansas Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts and the United Methodist Health Ministry Fund.