Speaker: Sara Crook, professor emerita of political science and history, Peru State College This session will discuss the history and politics of Nebraska’s admittance as the 37th state in the Union. As the first state admitted after the Civil War, Nebraska not only faced the politics within the state, but Reconstruction politics as well. (Concurrent […]
Abigail Adams played an important role in the founding of this nation. She and her husband, John Adams, were intellectual equals who discussed the complex issues of founding a nation together. She wrote him many letters that contained her astute advice while he worked with other patriots. Presented by Jessica Downing-Ford
Big Elk was chief of the Omaha Tribe during the 1800s. As the expanding U.S. threatened First Peoples, he sought ways to protect his tribe and their culture from obliteration. He created alliances and attempted to prepare for a future that he thought depended on a closer relationship with the U.S. Chief Big Elk will […]
Homestead National Historical Park is hosting a full weekend of free activities, demonstrations, and performances that allow visitors to explore how the ideals and hopes of the American Revolution continued through the era of the Homestead Act, extending into the 1980s and beyond. Homestead National Historical Park will be celebrating America’s 250th birthday with expanding […]
Speaker: Dianne Bystrom Sponsored by Lincoln City Libraries
Two events in Lincoln kick off the series of statewide events celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Nebraska's 500-Mile Sculpture Garden: 3pm @ Ross Media Arts Center The Committee for the Preservation of the I-80 Bicentennial Sculptures and the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation will present a special screening of Nebraska’s 500 Mile Sculpture Garden, a […]
Two events in Lincoln kick off the series of statewide events celebrating the 50th Anniversary of Nebraska's 500-Mile Sculpture Garden: 3pm @ Ross Media Arts Center The Committee for the Preservation of the I-80 Bicentennial Sculptures and the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation will present a special screening of Nebraska’s 500 Mile Sculpture Garden, a […]
John discusses the I-80 BSP project as well as his other pieces in Nebraska (at University of Nebraska at Kearney and Eppley Airport in Omaha). This event will occur four times: Wednesday, July 1 at noon Kearney at the Museum of Nebraska Art Wednesday, July 1 at 6pm Grand Island at the Stuhr Museum Thursday, […]
John discusses the I-80 BSP project as well as his other pieces in Nebraska (at University of Nebraska at Kearney and Eppley Airport in Omaha). This event will occur four times: Wednesday, July 1 at noon Kearney at the Museum of Nebraska Art Wednesday, July 1 at 6pm Grand Island at the Stuhr Museum Thursday, […]
John discusses the I-80 BSP project as well as his other pieces in Nebraska (at University of Nebraska at Kearney and Eppley Airport in Omaha). This event will occur three times: In Grand Island at the Stuhr Museum on Wednesday, July 1; in Omaha at Joslyn Art Museum on Thursday, July 2, and in Seward […]
John discusses the I-80 BSP project as well as his other pieces in Nebraska (at University of Nebraska at Kearney and Eppley Airport in Omaha). This event will occur four times: Wednesday, July 1 at noon Kearney at the Museum of Nebraska Art Wednesday, July 1 at 6pm Grand Island at the Stuhr Museum Thursday, […]
The Gering Civic Plaza Sculpture Project Committee - Crystal Sandberg, Rita Stinner and Gretchen Peters, - installed a Littleton Alston sculpture of Nebraska author Willa Cather in Gering to celebrate the 250th Anniversary of American Independence and 50th Anniversary of Nebraska’s Interstate-80 sculptures. This free event helps celebrate the statue's installation. The movie “O Pioneers” […]
