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SCLC #455 · Kansas City · one ceremony, three civic records · May 19 1987
Booklet places the bell in Kansas City, Missouri, on May 19, 1987 with Mayor Richard L. Berkley presiding. Appendix preserves three distinct civic records: Berkley's city proclamation, Jackson County Executive Bill Waris's proclamation declaring May 19 “Freedom Bell Day” in Jackson County, and a county legislature resolution. County recognition does not imply a separate courthouse ceremony or officials' attendance.
Limits: reproduced copies ≠ certified originals; legislature text faint; Truman stationery footer is office-history (he died 1972), not attendance; venue not precisely verified in cited leaves; NSA = Buddhist lay org not federal agency; Parks Papers custody ≠ Parks traveled. Expands #440 St. Louis/KC narrative. Standing three hundred forty held.