Ozarks Conversations - The World Wars and the Ozarks

Name: Ozarks Conversations - The World Wars and the Ozarks
Start: 2026-07-23T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2026-07-23T19:00:00-05:00
Location: 304 W. Trish Knight, West Plains, MO, United States, Missouri 65775

Schedule

Thu Jul 23 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

304 W. Trish Knight, West Plains, MO, United States, Missouri 65775 | West Plains, MO

Ozarks Conversations, a series that will run April through August, invites audiences to look beyond familiar narratives and reconsider the Ozarks’ part of the American tapestry through the sharing of stories and thoughts. This event, The World Wars and the Ozarks, will take place on Thursday, July 23, 2026, at 6:00pm in the Ozarks Heritage Research Center, and will be led by Dr. Jason McCollom, associate professor of history at MSU-WP.
This series is made possible with funding from Missouri Humanities. The event is sponsored by the OHRC. It is also sponsored by West Plains Council on the Arts (WPCA), which receives funding from the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency.
The conversations in this series will feature different eras of history that transformed America, and they will be facilitated by OHRC supporters and board members. Attendees will be invited to share stories and thoughts about how the Ozarks are part of the American tapestry. Tools and resources of the OHRC will be highlighted as components to preserve the cultural distinctions of the Ozarks.