FORT SCOTT, KS – July 3, 2025
June 2025 was a record-breaking month for attendance at the Lowell Milken Center for Unsung Heroes in Fort Scott, Kansas. 5,004 visitors came to the Center during June, surpassing the past monthly record for the last 18 years with 2,437 visitors. Other records broken were the daily attendance, which reached a recorded high of 500 visitors on Saturday, June 2nd, and the weekly attendance, which ranked as an all-time high of 1,660 visitors during the third week of June 2025.
These record numbers brought visitors from all the surrounding areas, with many coming from other states throughout the United States. Significant events during June brought many people to the Lowell Milken Center and our community. The majority of visitors came to see the month-long Anne Frank exhibit, made possible by 2021 LMC Fellow and current Anne Frank Center Program Coordinator Megan Helberg, Other events that brought additional guests to the LMC included two weeks with the 2025 Lowell Milken Center’s team of Fellows and the 2025 FSHS All-Class Reunion, attended by many former Fort Scotians.
Along with the special events at the Lowell Milken Center and in the community, visitors were pleasantly surprised and moved to learn the stories of unsung heroes in history featured on the exhibits in the Center’s Hall of Heroes and the Lowell Milken Park. Many commented on this hidden treasure of history and its inspirational impact on lives. The LMC will continue to add new exhibits from student projects, showing the power of one person to effect positive change in the lives of others. Plans are also being explored to bring new and exciting events and special exhibits to the center in the future.