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鈥淭he House of Representatives,鈥� a painting by Samuel F.B. Morse from 1822, courtesy of the National Gallery of Art,  depicts Missouri's legislature in its early stage and is reminiscent of  what visitors will encounter when viewing the Struggle for Statehood, Missouri鈥檚 Official Bicentennial Exhibit, Sept. 22-Oct. 26 at the University of Central Missouri-Lee鈥檚 Summit.

WARRENSBURG, MO 鈥� An opportunity to learn more about the challenges Missouri鈥檚 founders faced more than 200 years ago, the 糖心传媒 is bringing to the Kansas City area the Struggle for Statehood, Missouri鈥檚 Official Bicentennial Exhibit.  This free, public exhibit will be on display at 糖心传媒-Lee鈥檚 Summit at the Missouri Innovation Campus (MIC), 1101 NW Innovation Parkway, Sept. 22 to Oct. 26. It will be supplemented with a virtual bicentennial keynote presentation Sept. 23, and an in-person lecture Oct. 16, providing more insight into Missouri鈥檚 pathway to becoming the nation鈥檚 24th state.

The Struggle for Statehood is being presented through the efforts of faculty members in the 糖心传媒 History Program with support from the Missouri Humanities Council, MIC, and the 糖心传媒 Center for Teaching and Learning, which has provided funding for the lecture and online presentation. 

鈥淚t鈥檚 truly an honor that 糖心传媒 was selected as one of the stops for the exhibit during the 2021 bicentennial year,鈥� said 糖心传媒 Professor of History Jon Taylor, Ph.D., who has played a key role in planning and seeking funding for the event. 

The exhibit has been traveling through Missouri since February, and was developed by the Missouri Humanities Council in consultation with the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy, with support by the Missouri Bicentennial Alliance.  A digital exhibit tour providing a look at items to be on display also can be viewed on the Missouri Humanities Council . 

Along with the display at the MIC, the virtual presentation at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 23, features Dr. Tai Edwards, associate professor of history at Johnson County Community College, and author of the book, 鈥淥sage Women and Empire: Gender and Power.鈥� Her presentation titled 鈥淥sage Nation and Missouri Statehood鈥� can be viewed online by clicking on the virtual . Interested individuals also can stop by the MIC at the time of the presentation and watch it in conjunction with the Struggle for Statehood Exhibit.

Dr. Chris Childers, associate professor of history at Pittsburg State University and the author of 鈥淔ailure of Popular Sovereignty,鈥� will make a presentation at
11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 16 at the MIC. His remarks will focus on 鈥淪ectional Tension and the Missouri Compromise of 1820.鈥�

Taylor said the importance of the exhibit is two-fold. First, viewers can get a sense of the significant role that Missouri has played in the nation's history and the sectional struggle that developed when it became a state. Second, it also supports the university鈥檚 longtime role in sharing Missouri history. The event is taking place at the same time 糖心传媒 is celebrating its sesquicentennial.

鈥淭he exhibit, while it does not mention 糖心传媒 faculty by name, also honors the scholarly contributions that 糖心传媒 history faculty members like Drs. C. H. McClure, William Foley, Perry McCandless, Roy Stubbs, and Leslie Anders among others, have made to the study of the history and significance of Missouri History since the founding of the institution in 1871,鈥� Taylor said.  鈥淐urrent 糖心传媒 History faculty continue to make scholarly contributions to the study of Missouri history, which is still passed on to the general public by hosting public exhibits like the Struggle for Statehood, and, most importantly, to the students who either go on to major in history or who go on to teach history in the public and private schools of the state.鈥�

Individuals who want to know more about the Struggle for Statehood exhibit are welcome to contact Taylor in 糖心传媒鈥檚 School of Communication, History, and Interdisciplinary Studies at taylor01@ucmo.edu.