A convoy of historic military vehicles is less than a week from traveling through Southeast Kansas. The Military Vehicle Preservation Association: History In Motion convoy is traveling old Jefferson Highway from the Canadian line to New Orleans. The route mostly follows US-69 through Kansas. The convoy will be in Fort Scott on October 13, then will come through the Arma-Pittsburg-West Mineral area October 14-15. It will continue on to Joplin from there.
These vehicles will be on display at multiple locations.
On Monday, October 14, there will be a public viewing at the Franklin Community Park in Franklin from around 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This viewing is hosted by Miners Hall Museum.
Also on Monday, October 14, there will be a public viewing at the Crawford County Historical Museum in Pittsburg from around 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Then, on Tuesday, October 15, a public viewing will be held at Big Brutus near West Mineral from around 3 p.m. until 5 p.m. Please note, due to the convoy Big Brutus is allowing free admission beginning at 3 p.m.
You can follow the progress of the convoy at Facebook.com/MVPAConvoy.
