Patriotic Panoramas
Speaker: Donna Gunn Sponsored by the Higland Park Care Center
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Patriotic Panoramas
Highland Park Assisted Living 150 W 24th St., Alliance, NE, United StatesSpeaker: Donna Gunn Sponsored by the Highland Park Assisted Living
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*CANCELLED* Family Picnic
Chautauqua Park, Hastings W 5th St, Hastings, United StatesSorry, folks. The weather is not cooperating, so this event has been cancelled. 2200 W. 3rd St, Hastings Please join us to enjoy food, fun, and community at a picnic for everyone! Please bring lunch and picnic blanket. (Some picnic tables will be available in the park) Play lawn games with Hastings Parks & Recreation, […]
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Uncle Sam: The Origins and Evolution of an American Icon
Norfolk Public Library 308 W. Prospect Ave., Norfolk, NE, United StatesSpeaker: Donald Hickey Sponsored by the Norfolk Public Library
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Weaving a Nation
Hastings College 710 Turner Ave, Hastings, United StatesJoin us in Hastings to hear the lesser-known stories of the forging of our nation and our state. Details here.
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Weaving a Nation Storytime
Hastings Public LibrarySpecial story time for kids!
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Black Homesteaders in the Great Plains of America
Hastings Public LibrarySpeaker: Eric Ewing, Executive Director of Great Plains Black History Museum Across every state in the Great Plains, African American homesteaders claimed land, built communities, and shaped a distinct chapter of American history. Though their numbers were smaller than those of the vast wave of White settlers, Black homesteaders established homes, cultivated farms, and created […]
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Giving Voice to the Silenced Stories
Hastings Public LibrarySpeaker: Beth Dotan, Research Assistant Professor at the Norman and Bernice Harris Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln This program will take a glimpse into the collections of Holocaust survivors who settled in Nebraska and Nebraska WWII servicemen who liberated individuals interned in Nazi concentration camps, existing under inconceivable conditions. A […]
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A Chicano Ancestral Perspective of 485 Years of Great Plains History
Hastings Public LibrarySpeakers: José Garcia and Linda Garcia Linda and Jose were each raised by Mexican American parents who grew up in both urban and rural settings, and who themselves were children of Mexican immigrants.Their deep understanding of the Spanish American experience—from the historical beginnings with the 1541 Coronado Expedition to the Fabled Land of Cibola (a […]
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Raices de mi Pueblo
French Memorial Chapel Hastings College, Hastings, NE, United StatesAuthentic Mexican dancing performed by area children. The mission of Raices de mi Pueblo is to provide opportunity for the children to develop their self-esteem and confidence in their many talents and abilities.
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An Evening with El Vaquero
French Memorial Chapel Hastings College, Hastings, NE, United StatesMeet El Vaquero, America’s first cowboy, as portrayed by Angel Vigil. A composite of many different historic figures, El Vaquero is a Spanish colonial cowboy. These cowboys were the first Europeans to ride the open ranges and sleep under the stars. They learned to tame the wild horses of the plains and delivered vast herds […]
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Women’s Rights and the Saucy Mrs. Adams
Hastings Public LibrarySpeaker: Jessica Downing-Ford, Chautauqua Scholar Five years after Abigail Smith married John Adams, the American colonies adopted the British law of coverture. This law held that no female person had a legal identity. Married women owned nothing—not even the clothes on their backs. More importantly, they had no rights over their own bodies, or custody […]
