Why should we save historic homes? Why do I care about historic homes? Because those walls of wood or brick encapsulate the stories of the people who lived in them, stories which could become lost without those nail and mortar reminders. How do I know this? A recent article headlined “Ceremony celebrates black Union veteran,”…
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Lost Black history spotlighted on Tuesday, May 19, 2015
Black history will be the brought back to life on Tuesday, May 19, 2015 with the unveiling of a marker to highlight a place that once existed — Sharp End — will be highlighted. From 5:30 to 6:15 p.m., members of the Sharp End Heritage Commission and city and state officials will mark the unveiling…
Hidden history heard again
J.W. “Blind” Boone started out life as the child of a run away slave and a bugler in the Missouri Militia. Before his death in 1927, he was one of the most famous Missourians — black or white — and one of the wealthiest, income from a touring schedule that took him all over the…
Four easy ways to help shape history
Shaping history comes in, well, all shapes and sizes. Here are four ways to help shape Columbia’s history. 1. A Saturday, June 1, 2013 concert will let you hear history — and help to preserve and discover it. A second J.W. “Blind” Boone piano has been discovered. Boone was a classical and ragtime musician who…
June 9, 10, 11, 2013 festival features historic music of J.W. “Blind” Boone era
On June 9, 10, and 11, 2013, you’ll be able to hear history with the music from the era of J.W. “Blind” Boone, who lived at the historic home at 10 N. Fourth St., which is currently being considered for interior renovations. The “Blind” Boone Early Jazz and Ragtime Festival tickets are on sale now…
Does the April 2013 election bode well for J.W. “Blind” Boone home at 10 N. Fourth Street?
The election on Tuesday, April 2, could herald good news for the renovation of the J.W. “Blind” Boone home at 10 N. Fourth St. The voters re-elected Bob McDaniel as mayor of Columbia, put Karl Skala on City Council for the Third Ward and Ian Thomas on City Council for the Fourth Ward. All these…
3 Ways for History to Come Alive
History often seems like something, well, in the past. Yet, here are three ways to make history come alive right now. For starters, there is a free upcoming discussion and book signing set for 1:30 p.m., Feb. 2, 2013 at the Historic Society of Missouri’s Columbia Research Center in Ellis Library at the University of Missouri….
June 11-13, 2012: See and hear history – Blind Boone Ragtime and Early Jazz Festival
On June 11, 12 and 13, 2012, you’ll have a chance to see — and hear — history. The Blind Boone Ragtime and Early Jazz Festival includes concerts as well as free, open to the public events. But where’s the history? What’s the historic home part of this festival? Ah, I can answer that. 1….
May 5 concert gives history buffs a two-fer experience
On May 5, 2012, history buffs will be given a two-fold historic opportunity, according to this article by Bill Clark in the Columbia Daily Tribune. A three-hour concert (!) will be held in the Second Baptist Church at 407 E. Broadway, to benefit the renovation of the John William “Blind” Boone home, which is within…
Dec. 4 concert for historic home of John W. “Blind” Boone
When I mentioned to a friend I wanted to write a book about historic homes, she suggested a title for it: If these walls could talk. Well, on Dec. 4, 2011, in a way, the walls of one historic home will talk, and it will be the language of music. A fund-raising concert will be…