Voices in Bronze and Stone: Kansas City's World War I Monuments and Memorials was written to serve a variety of purposes and audiences. By following the Table of Contents, a general reader can pursue the story of how Kansas City remembered its 440 men and one woman who died in the Great War. Beginning with two Kansas City memorials that list the dead, and continuing with the story of the exhumation of bodies from French cemeteries for reburial in Kansas City, the reader then arrives at the dedication of the Liberty Memorial, the most visible and comprehensive World War I monument in Kansas City. From there, the reader is introduced to the roles played by those whose lives were profoundly affected by the Great War: the Kansas City nurses and doctors in the base hospitals; the women at home; the Kansas City men and women abroad in hospital, naval, aviation, infantry, engineer, artillery, field signal, and ammunition train units; and the mothers and widows who took government-sponsored pilgrimages to the graves of their war dead in France in the 1930s. To establish a context for nineteen existing Kansas City World War I memorials and two additional memorials that have since been lost, the book focuses especially on the international and national commemorations of Unknown Soldiers in 1921, at the same time that the newly formed American Legion held its national convention in Kansas City and the commanders of the five Allied nations appeared together for the first and only time in history. It was during the convention that the first three Kansas City Great War memorials were dedicated: Liberty Memorial, American Legion I and American Legion II. From the lists of war dead, the first American Legion Posts in Kansas City adopted names for their posts. Those names appear on the American Legion I Fountain dedicated during the 1921 American Legion Convention. The stories of those twelve men and the units of the 35th, 42nd, and 89th Divisions in which they served form the core of this book of war remembrance. Besides reading the book as a history of Kansas City's remembrance of the Great War, a reader can also use the book as a resource guide for visiting the memorials. The last section, "Monumental Conversations," features each monument separately, lists stories in the book directly pertaining to that memorial, and organizes the monuments into groups of five tours by proximity and/or theme. A map helps the reader easily locate the monuments in each of the tours. Also provided for each monument are discussion questions inviting the participation of young people at the elementary (grades 4-5), middle school (grades 6-8), and high school (grades 9-12) levels. The questions are aligned to the new "Common Core Standards." Adults-- parents, youth group leaders, teachers, or anyone else interested in war memorials or in Kansas City's participation in the War--can use the questions to stimulate observation, interpretation and reflection. In all, thirty-eight reading selections provide a detailed account of how Kansas City remembers its World War I dead. Sources for the reading selections include division and regimental histories, contemporary accounts by eyewitnesses, and most especially, contemporary newspaper articles describing the dedications of the memorials themselves and the stories of the men and women whose lives are commemorated there. Over 200 pictures and illustrations, thorough documentation in endnotes and an extensive index make the book an accessible resource for students, teachers, genealogists, historians and general readers interested in how Kansas City experienced and continues to remember its contribution to the Great War. As the centennial of the Great War approaches, veterans organizations, libraries, schools and museums will find the book a readable complement to their own collections and an opportunity for patrons to engage in a memorable and interactive experience of the Great War