July 3 and 4 will be jam-packed with events in Seward, Nebraska's official Fourth of July City. Events funded through a Humanities Nebraska grant include the following: Four actors will represent the "Faces of Rushmore" - George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln - for the USA250 celebration at the Nebraska National Guard […]
Speaker: David Marsh Sponsored by the Seward Optimist Club
Speaker: Charlotte Endorf Sponsored by the Seward Literacy Council
Program includes the Governor, state and congressional representatives, Nebraska State Poet Jewel Rodgers, and area musicians and artists
Speaker: Janie York Sponsored by the Keene Memorial Library
Speaker: Jerome Kills Small Sponsored by the Norfolk Public Library
Award-winning author Joe Starita will be the keynote speaker of events on Saturday, July 11. Starita's presentation will discuss the legal, social, and political importance of the landmark 1879 Supreme Court decision in Nebraska, in which Native Americans were recognized as persons within the meaning of the law for the first time in U.S. history.
Curators Sarah Minshew and Russanne Hoff will take visitors on a tour of the Hastings Museum highlighting items with problematic legacy. Participants will be invited to think about the ethics of objects that are on display, multiple viewpoints of having these items on display, and the difficult decisions museums make every day about preservation, representation, […]
On July 4, 1776, the Second Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence. Collectors of early United States history long pursued a complete set of signatures of the 56 men […]
Speaker: Dianne Bystrom Sponsored by the Norfolk Public Library
Speaker: Janie York Sponsored by Lincoln City Libraries
Speaker: Darrel Draper
