{"id":7817,"date":"2014-06-16T16:22:04","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T16:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/?p=7817"},"modified":"2014-06-16T16:22:04","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T16:22:04","slug":"upcoming-free-events-on-gen-ewing-wwi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/2014\/06\/16\/upcoming-free-events-on-gen-ewing-wwi\/","title":{"rendered":"Upcoming FREE Events on Gen. Ewing &amp; WWI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tJoin <em>The <\/em>State Historical Society<em> of<\/em> Missouri (SHSMO) at these FREE upcoming events!\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 15pt\">\n\t<strong>Gen. Thomas Ewing: Beyond Order No. 11<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 15pt\">\n\t<strong>June 21&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1:30 p.m.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Research Center-Columbia<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 15pt\">\n\tMany people best know Thomas Ewing as the general who issued General Order No. 11, a forced evacuation impacting four western Missouri counties in 1863. The famous George Caleb Bingham painting by the same name illustrates the repercussions of that edict. Guest lecturer Walter E. Busch, site administrator of the Fort Davidson State Historic Site, will discuss Ewing&rsquo;s career in Missouri <em>after<\/em> Order No. 11, arguing that the controversial evacuation order has overshadowed the general&rsquo;s important role in preserving Union control of Missouri in 1864.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 15pt\">\n\t<strong><em>Missouri and World War I <\/em>Walk-Through <\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 15pt\">\n\t<strong>June 28&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1:30 p.m.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Corridor Gallery&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Research Center-Columbia<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 15pt\">\n\tOn this date 100 years ago, a single act ignited a chain of events that led to World War I. Join SHSMO in remembering the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria with a walk-through of a new exhibition. <em>Missouri and World War I <\/em>examines the Great War&rsquo;s impact on Missourians&rsquo; daily lives through photographs and correspondence that provide firsthand accounts of their experiences, both on the home front and abroad.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tFor more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/shs.umsystem.edu\/\">http:\/\/shs.umsystem.edu<\/a> or contact the Society at 573.882.7083.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join The State Historical Society of Missouri (SHSMO) at these FREE upcoming events! Gen. Thomas Ewing: Beyond Order No. 11 June 21&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 1:30 p.m.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Research Center-Columbia Many people best know Thomas Ewing as the general who issued General Order No.<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/2014\/06\/16\/upcoming-free-events-on-gen-ewing-wwi\/\">Read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Upcoming FREE Events on Gen. Ewing &amp; WWI<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\"> &#8250;<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":115,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 20:42:11","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/115"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7818,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7817\/revisions\/7818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.missouri.edu\/newsnotes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}