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Veterans Lead Charge for New Museum Focused on Fort Leavenworth’s Role in US History

George Pettigrew, left, and Brigadier General Bryan Wampler

The oldest fort west of the Mississippi River is a massive operation that’s been serving the country since 1827. And though it sits less than 40 miles from downtown Kansas City, Fort Leavenworth is surprisingly easy for many of us to overlook. That’s ironic, because the fort’s location, high on the Missouri River bluffs, was […]