Valley Falls Kansas Historical Society: Society windows honor Rev. King; show Lincoln raising 34-star flag

January 17, 2012

Society windows honor Rev. King; show Lincoln raising 34-star flag

by Betty Jane Wilson, society president

A mega portrait of Martin Luther King, Jr., famed civil rights leader, dominates a window of the Valley Falls Historical Society Museum. Small military service flags and miniature American flags honor the memory of the slain activist and author of the renowned "I Have A Dream" phrase.

The museum's companion window display celebrates the entry of Kansas Territory into statehood with a colorful mural of sunflowers with "Happy Birthday" greetings and a painting of the Kansas state seal. Also featured is a silhouette drawing of Abraham Lincoln coupled with a Kansas magazine cover featuring Mr. Lincoln at the nation's Constitution Hall Jan. 29, 1861. In it, the President is raising the United States flag with its new 34th star, which adds historical significance in honoring the State of Kansas.

The historical society museum will be open at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 21.

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Statement of Purpose - Valley Falls Historical Society

The purpose of this Society shall be to bring together those people primarily interested in the history of Valley Falls and Delaware Township [Jefferson County, Kansas].
The Society's major function will be to discover and collect any material which may help to establish or illustrate the history and this area: It's pre-history, exploration, settlement, development, and activities in peace and war; its progress in population, wealth, education, arts, transportation, business activity, and manufacturing.
It will collect such items as histories, genealogies, obituaries, biographies, reminiscences, letters, diaries, charts, surveys, church, school and cemetery records, either in the original or as copies, and material objects illustrative of life, conditions, events, and activities of the past and present.
The Society will copperate with the State Historical Society and the Jefferson County Historical Society in collecting and preserving materials of historical significance so this material may be available to those who wish that information and for those engaged in research.