December 2008 Calendar of Events
Area Museums, Historical Sites and Historical Organizations
 

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2008 Show Calendar

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WANT TO BECOME A MASTER GARDENER?
Join the Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City!

Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City educate the public on gardening topics, answer gardening questions, and are proud contributors in their community.  Some of the programs Master Gardeners of Greater Kansas City are involved in are Hotline, Speakers Bureau, Garden Tour, Demonstration garden plots, Special Events, and Community Projects, which include: Ronald McDonald House, Watkins Woolen Mill historic heirloom garden, Martha LaFitte Thompson Nature Sanctuary, Harvesters, and much, much more.   Application for the next class is due on June 9.  Additional Information.

6 December, Saturday, Times to be announced
Christmas Event
The Friends of the Anderson House will re-create a mid-nineteenth century Christmas. Additional details announced when available.
Battle of Lexington State Historic Site   [Web Site]
1101 Delaware Street, Lexington, MO  64067  660-259-4654

6 December, Saturday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
A 19th Century Christmas Celebration
Experience Christmas as it was meant to be in the 19th century. Visit log cabins of 1825 and 1835, a school, church, mercantile and then St. Nicholas, resplendent in green velvet robes. Ride the horse drawn sleigh and take the walking tour through 17 historic buildings. $3 per person, 5 and under free.
Shoal Creek Living History Museum at Hodge Park    [Web Site]
7000 NE Barry RD, Kansas City, MO  64156    816-792-2655