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Going Public: Celebrating the Stars and Stripes Newspaper with "The Spirit of Democracy"

Dan Woods

On this edition of Going Public, we're talking with local historian, Dr. Frank Nickell and Jim Martin, President of the Board for the Stars and Stripes Museum in Bloomfield. They stopped by to tell us more about their upcoming event "The Spirit of Democracy."

The event will be held on Saturday, November 16 at the A. C. Brase Arena Building in Cape Girardeau. The doors open at 6:00 p.m. The keynote speakers are Governor Mike Parson and Max Lederer, Publisher of the Stars and Stripes military newspaper. Entertainment will be provided by The Jerry Ford Orchestra.

For more information about the event: https://www.starsandstripesmuseumlibrary.org/spirit-of-democracy

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This is the full conversation about "The Spirit of Democracy" fundraising event.

 

Dan is a 1994 graduate of Southeast Missouri State University. He majored in radio and minored in political science. He spent three of his four years at Southeast working as a student announcer at KRCU – the beginning of his radio career.