Coming Events
Terry and Peggy Dunn selected as Outstanding Kansas Citians for 2008, Reception on September 25th at Liberty Memorial
Historical Epitaphs, Voices from the Past Returns to Union Cemetery
September 12th and 13th, 2008, will again bring Union Cemetery’s story to
the public with Historical Epitaphs, Voices from the Past. Presented by
the Union Cemetery Historical Society and the Kansas City, Missouri Parks
and Recreation Department, and funded in part by a grant from the Missouri
Humanities Council with support by the National Endowment for the
Humanities, "Historical Epitaphs" will take visitors to Union Cemetery
back in time as tour guides tell them the history of the cemetery. The
tours will be led through the cemetery, stopping at gravesites
where they will hear first person accounts of some of the well-known, and
not so well-known, persons buried in Union Cemetery. Read more. . .
Recent Events
Fort Osage Marker Dedication and Ft. Osage Rededication, 1808 — 2008, Saturday, September 6, 1:00 p.m.
While the storm clouds threatened, the memorable ceremony proceeded.
There were Indians from Iowa and militia re-enactors, women dressed in period costume, trappers, and infantry. A number of other interests where present, 
including Mike Sanders, Jackson County Executive; the Corps of Engineers represented by Lt. Col. Michael Fitzgerald; the keynote speaker, Lt. Col. Scott Farquhar, United States Army, Ft. Leavenworth; and Native Sons President, Hon. Thomas Sims.
The keynote speaker suggested the pioneering spirit of the 1800’s in western Missouri had similarities and kinship to the conflict in Iraq and the challenging military efforts made by our country. The Colonel’s participation in the current war echoed a presence for him that occurred 200 years ago on this land’s bluff. He felt as if he had been here before without ever visiting this site.
A replica of the flag of the 1808 period was raised over the fort and a musket and cannon salute by Dave Bennett and the 1st United States Infantry Re-enactors followed. Dedication of the Native Sons and Daughters marker by President Sims commemorated the Fort, the struggle of the pioneers and the celebration of this anniversary. As the crowd dispersed, the rains fell and signaled a renewed commitment to value and protect this historic site and the meaning of its contribution to our nation. The crowd seemed pleased and satisfied as this singular event concluded.
Since 1932, the Native Sons and Daughters of Greater Kansas City
has been on the forefront of historic advocacy and preservation in the
Greater Kansas City, Missouri, area. Its goal, in the words of first
President, D. Ralston Spaulding, is to "be a booster organization as
well as a society for reminiscence...We intend to link the past with
the present and the present with the future. We who are native best
understand its problems." 
Members come from a wide variety of backgrounds, professions and interests, but their common bond is an intense love of Kansas City and the desire to be part of an organization dedicated to the recognition, preservation and restoration of Kansas City's unique and rich heritage.