The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute invites you to join them on a day trip to Kansas City’s “Gettysburg of the West”, Friday, May 8, at 8 a.m. The coach will depart from the Village Entrance at 8 a.m. and will return back to Manhattan at approximately 5:30 p.m.

In October 1864, more than 30,000 Union and Confederate soldiers engaged in the largest conflict west of the Mississippi River—the Battle of Westport, often called the “Gettysburg of the West.” It was the climactic end of a decade of war and turbulence along with Kansas-Missouri border.

We’ll visit the Civil battle site in Kansas City, including the battle of Westport Visitor Center and Museum followed by lunch at the famed Seasons 52 restaurant in Country Club Plaza.

The cost is $55 per person that includes transportation, lunch and the tour. Sign up in the Blue Book at the Hospitality Desk to attend this event.