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Join us at the Midwest Genealogy Center for the Library’s annual tribute to the service and sacrifice of our community’s veterans.

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Created from objects left by immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, Kansas City artist Israel Garcia Garcia explores the historic link between the Latino immigrants who cross the border today and

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Created from objects left by immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, Kansas City artist Israel Garcia Garcia explores the historic link between the Latino immigrants who cross the border today and

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Created from objects left by immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, Kansas City artist Israel Garcia Garcia explores the historic link between the Latino immigrants who cross the border today and

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Created from objects left by immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, Kansas City artist Israel Garcia Garcia explores the historic link between the Latino immigrants who cross the border today and

Created from objects left by immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, Kansas City artist Israel Garcia Garcia explores the historic link between the Latino immigrants who cross the border today and

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Created from objects left by immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, Kansas City artist Israel Garcia Garcia explores the historic link between the Latino immigrants who cross the border today and

Created from objects left by immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, Kansas City artist Israel Garcia Garcia explores the historic link between the Latino immigrants who cross the border today and

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Created from objects left by immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, Kansas City artist Israel Garcia Garcia explores the historic link between the Latino immigrants who cross the border today and

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Created from objects left by immigrants crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, Kansas City artist Israel Garcia Garcia explores the historic link between the Latino immigrants who cross the border today and