We’d like to share this upcoming event sponsored by our friends at the Cass County Historical Society because…well, we think it might just be the coolest thing ever! What better way of bringing together so many of our library values in one exciting program – discovery, history, and community – than by joining our neighbors for a dig in the dirt!
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Today we are unveiling a new historical display about the Civil War history of Cass County. The display is a joint project of Cass County Public Library, Cass County Historical Society, and Freedom’s Frontier National Heritage Area. Stop by the open house at the Harrisonville library today from 2:30 – 4:30.
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Presenting the Program will be the authors of Stories in Stitches: Quilts from the Cass County Quilt Documentation Project. The full-color book includes photos of heritage quilts discovered in Cass County, Missouri along with quilt projects inspired by them. Authors Jenifer Dick, Carol Bohl and Janice Britz of Harrisonville and Linda Hammontree of Pleasant Hill collaborated to bring the book to life. It is the culmination of a Cass County Historical Society project to document quilts with county connections made before 1960.
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There will be a signing for the book, Harrisonville by Carol Bohl and David Atkinson, from 6:30 until 8:00 p.m. Tuesday the 27th of November at the Harrisonville library.
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Did your ancestor ride with William Clarke Quantrill?
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