{NEWTON, Kan.} — If you're traveling north on I-135 and get off on exit 28 just outside Newton, Kansas, you'll see a strip mall with a few stores scattered about. There's also a movie theater and a sports bar tucked inbetween the outlet shops. But just past the movie theater and an empty space for lease sits a little bit of history just inside the Kansas Sports Museum.
"A lot of people have told me they've gotten a little emotional when they first saw the exhibit. I was one of them," says museum manager Harold Bechard. It's entitled Pro Football and the American Spirit: An Exhibit from the Pro Football Hall of Fame. The traveling exhibit just made its way to Newton almost a month ahead of schedule. Highlighting the dichotomy of the athlete turned soldier and vice-versa, this exhibit documents the bravery certain N.F.L. greats showed on the battlefields of football and war.
