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Sep24Event The 1951 Flood: 75 Years Later ImageSep 24 | 9:00AM - 9:00PMThe 1951 Flood: 75 Years LaterTopeka RoomSep24Event You Are Here: Maps and the Art of Travel ImageSep 24 | 9:00AM - 9:00PMYou Are Here: Maps and the Art of TravelTopeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Alice C. Sabatini GallerySep24Event Online to IRL: Teens Get Creative ImageSep 24 | 5:30PM - 7:30PMOnline to IRL: Teens Get CreativeTopeka and Shawnee County Public Library, The EdgeSep24Event Civil War Medicine: 19th Century Treatments ImageSep 24 | 7:00PM - 8:30PMCivil War Medicine: 19th Century TreatmentsTopeka and Shawnee County Public Library, Anton Room 202
 
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