April By the Numbers

250 – Weight in pounds of the Country Club Plaza bunnies, which stand 6 feet tall. They’ve been marking the district’s Easter celebration since the 1930s.

1889 – On April 15 of this year, Thomas Hart Benton, one of Kansas City’s most famous painters, was born in Neosho, MO.

$15 – The price in millions of the Louisiana Purchase on April 30, 1803, which included what is now Missouri and Kansas.

2,000 – Distance in miles of the Pony Express route from St. Joseph, MO, to Sacramento, CA. Runs began April 3, 1860.

1945 - On April 12 of this year, U.S. Vice President Harry S. Truman became president upon the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

10 – April date of the Kansas City Royals’ 2017 home opener against the A’s.

15 – This date in April is both Rubber Eraser Day and Tax Day…coincidence?

18th & Vine - Location of the American Jazz Museum, where you can celebrate Jazz Month with interactive exhibits and music in the Blue Room.

26 – Date this month of 2017’s first super moon, when a full moon has its closest approach to the earth, resulting in the moon’s largest apparent size.

27 – Take your daughters to work day.