The Kansas City Chapter of the American Institute of Architects holds a national architectural competition to choose a design for the Memorial.
A community-based fundraising drive, organized and led by the Liberty Memorial Association, raises more than $2.5 million in just ten days. This staggering accomplishment for the time reflected the...
Just two weeks after the Armistice, Kansas City leaders meet to discuss the need for the creation of a lasting monument to the men and women who had served in the War, and most notably to those who...
An Armistice is declared to end the fighting in World War I.