Kansas Day, 2026

Kansas has always been a land of contradictions: hope & challenge, opportunity & exclusion, adversity & progress.

On this January 29, 2026 - our 165th anniversary - we welcome Kansans to stay committed to the best of ourselves. This website, Harvest Blue, launched around this time two years ago as an experiment in connection & progressivism. Happy Kansas Day

It is now our tradition on Kansas Day to share with you this 2021 presentation of Home on the Range, brought to you by the then-students at Friends University Music Department.

(the music starts at time 5:20)

Home on the Range Video, from Music Education majors at Friends University (source: Friends University, on Youtube)

The Seal of Kansas, adopted 1861 (source: Kansas Memory at kshs.org)