Take the time to remember, preserve your own history

Jun 3, 2026
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Burt County Courthouse Independence Day 2014 — The display of memorial flags was back on the Burt County Courthouse lawn for Independence Day. Collin Warren organized the effort, receiving help from i-Help, the community service organization at Tekamah-Herman High School.
Mark Jackson/Burt County Plaindealer

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Glenn Brunkow

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Glenn Brunkow

Memorial Day weekend Jennifer and I made our annual trip nearly around Kansas decorating family graves. I must admit that my family did not do this, but it is one of those traditions that I married into that I like. I am not sure why we did not decorate graves, but we did not.

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Glenn Brunkow is a fifth-generation farmer in the Northern Flint Hills of Pottawatomie County in Kansas. He was a county Extension educator for 19 years before returning to farm and ranch full time. He can be reached at editorial@midwestmessenger.com.