We spent the morning in Stilwell, and then after lunch, Mom and I drove back into Kansas City, MO, about 12:00 to visit the National World War I museum, which is the official national WWI memorial and museum dedicated to that war. The Art Deco style memorial was built in 1926 from funds collected from the residents of Kansas City, and the memorial, museum, and park grounds continue to be maintained by the city. The top of the tower is more than 200 feet with great views of the city, and we reached it by an elevator. It was appropriate that we visited during Memorial Day weekend.
After we toured the memorial and museum, which had excellent exhibits, we walked down to adjoining Union Station, which was built in 1914 and was a bustling train station in its day, a palace of train travel. Then back to the car to drive to Stilwell by 4:00.
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