Everyone knew everyone … it was a small, friendly town Liberty, Missouri was a small town in the 1950s. Everyone knew everyone, doors weren’t locked, and you said hello to strangers if you passed on the sidewalk. A friendly town of less than 45,000 people. Published in the Gladstone News – Thursday, March 27, 1958. …
Freedom Fountain
The Freedom Fountain on the northeast corner of the Clay County Courthouse lawn was dedicated in 2001. Mrs. Lulu Johnson Fielder, 102 years old at the time, was the first person to drink from the fountain followed by then Governor Bob Holden and former Liberty City Councilman Sam Houston. The lavender dress, hat and matching …
The Dred Scott Decision
The first Negro History week was created by historian Carter G. Woodson and the Association for the Study of Negro Life and History 1926. Fifty years later in 1976, President Gerald Ford issued the first African American History Month proclamation, as has every president since. February is the month we honor the legacies of African …