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SUMMARY:America 250 Homestead Days
DESCRIPTION: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. \nHomestead National Historical Park will be celebrating America’s 250th birthday with expanding demonstrations broken down by decades and a special Junior Ranger activity to explore it all. Through hands-on experiences and engaging presentations\, visitors can discover how the ideals of the nation’s founding continued through the Homestead Act and into the lives of homesteaders across generations. This year’s stage presentations will feature music\, dance\, and living history performances that share cultural traditions and personal stories connected to the homesteading experience and the broader American story. \nSaturday\, June 27 \n10 a.m.- 4 p.m.  Traditional craft demonstrations and antique farming demonstrations\nNoon  The Bloomer Costume: Dress Reform and Women’s Freedom\, Rayma Volkmer\n1 p.m.  Acapella Men’s Choir\, Homestead Harmonizers\n2 p.m.  Wichita War Dancer\, Greg Victors\n3 p.m.  Czech Band\, Kenny Janak Orchestra \nSunday\, June 28 \n10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Traditional craft demonstrations and antique farming demonstrations\nNoon  Dulcimer Music\, Courtland Opry House Dulcimer Players\n1 p.m.  Musical Review \, Beatrice Community Players\n2 p.m. Musical Patriotic Panoramas\, Donna Gunn\n3 p.m. Abraham Lincoln Living Historian\, Fritz Klein \nKlein\, the event’s keynote presenter\, has been featured in multiple Abraham Lincoln documentaries and will share how Abraham Lincoln connected the Homestead Act to the founding principles of the United States. \nAdditional activities will take place throughout the weekend\, including opportunities for visitors of all ages to participate in interactive demonstrations and explore the park’s rich history. \nThe site is fee-free year-round. No entrance fee or pass is required.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/america-250-homestead-days/2026-06-28/
LOCATION:Homestead National Historic Park\, 8523 West State Highway 4\, Beatrice\, NE\, 68310\, United States
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SUMMARY:America 250 Homestead Days
DESCRIPTION: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. \nHomestead National Historical Park will be celebrating America’s 250th birthday with expanding demonstrations broken down by decades and a special Junior Ranger activity to explore it all. Through hands-on experiences and engaging presentations\, visitors can discover how the ideals of the nation’s founding continued through the Homestead Act and into the lives of homesteaders across generations. This year’s stage presentations will feature music\, dance\, and living history performances that share cultural traditions and personal stories connected to the homesteading experience and the broader American story. \nSaturday\, June 27 \n10 a.m.- 4 p.m.  Traditional craft demonstrations and antique farming demonstrations\nNoon  The Bloomer Costume: Dress Reform and Women’s Freedom\, Rayma Volkmer\n1 p.m.  Acapella Men’s Choir\, Homestead Harmonizers\n2 p.m.  Wichita War Dancer\, Greg Victors\n3 p.m.  Czech Band\, Kenny Janak Orchestra \nSunday\, June 28 \n10 a.m.- 4 p.m. Traditional craft demonstrations and antique farming demonstrations\nNoon  Dulcimer Music\, Courtland Opry House Dulcimer Players\n1 p.m.  Musical Review \, Beatrice Community Players\n2 p.m. Musical Patriotic Panoramas\, Donna Gunn\n3 p.m. Abraham Lincoln Living Historian\, Fritz Klein \nKlein\, the event’s keynote presenter\, has been featured in multiple Abraham Lincoln documentaries and will share how Abraham Lincoln connected the Homestead Act to the founding principles of the United States. \nAdditional activities will take place throughout the weekend\, including opportunities for visitors of all ages to participate in interactive demonstrations and explore the park’s rich history. \nThe site is fee-free year-round. No entrance fee or pass is required.
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/america-250-homestead-days/2026-06-27/
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SUMMARY:Homestead Days
DESCRIPTION:This family-friendly three-day festival includes live music and dance on an outdoor stage in addition to firsthand demonstrations of the skills of the past onsite near the Homestead Education Center (woodcarving\, playing and making musical instruments\, knitting\, quilting\, lacemaking\, Dutch oven cooking\, rope making\, and blacksmithing). On Saturday and Sunday\, visitors can view antique farm equipment that will be displayed and demonstrated throughout the weekend on the historic tallgrass prairie. \nEvent schedule: \nFriday\, June 23 \n1 p.m.                   Miss V\, Family Friendly Musical Performer \n2 p.m.                   Carolyn Zeisset\, Children’s Author \nSaturday\, June 24 \n12:00 p.m.            Chris Sayre\, British Isles and Irish Sampler \n1:00 p.m.             Homestead Harmonizers\, A-Capella Choir \n2:00 p.m.              Marty Raney\, Star of Discovery Channel’s “Homestead Rescue” \n3:00 p.m.              Golden Studio\, Yazidi Music/Middle Eastern Music \nSunday\, June 25 \n12:00 p.m.            Courtland Opry House Dulcimer Players\, Dulcimer Music \n1:00 p.m.             Michael Murphy\, Folk Music and Native American Flute \n2:00 p.m.              Greg Victors\, Wichita War Dancer\, Native American Fancy Dancer \n3:00 p.m.              David Marsh\, Music of the Germanic Lands
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/homestead-days/2023-06-25/
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SUMMARY:Homestead Days
DESCRIPTION:This family-friendly three-day festival includes live music and dance on an outdoor stage in addition to firsthand demonstrations of the skills of the past onsite near the Homestead Education Center (woodcarving\, playing and making musical instruments\, knitting\, quilting\, lacemaking\, Dutch oven cooking\, rope making\, and blacksmithing). On Saturday and Sunday\, visitors can view antique farm equipment that will be displayed and demonstrated throughout the weekend on the historic tallgrass prairie. \nEvent schedule: \nFriday\, June 23 \n1 p.m.                   Miss V\, Family Friendly Musical Performer \n2 p.m.                   Carolyn Zeisset\, Children’s Author \nSaturday\, June 24 \n12:00 p.m.            Chris Sayre\, British Isles and Irish Sampler \n1:00 p.m.             Homestead Harmonizers\, A-Capella Choir \n2:00 p.m.              Marty Raney\, Star of Discovery Channel’s “Homestead Rescue” \n3:00 p.m.              Golden Studio\, Yazidi Music/Middle Eastern Music \nSunday\, June 25 \n12:00 p.m.            Courtland Opry House Dulcimer Players\, Dulcimer Music \n1:00 p.m.             Michael Murphy\, Folk Music and Native American Flute \n2:00 p.m.              Greg Victors\, Wichita War Dancer\, Native American Fancy Dancer \n3:00 p.m.              David Marsh\, Music of the Germanic Lands
URL:https://humanitiesnebraska.org/event/homestead-days/2023-06-24/
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SUMMARY:Homestead Days
DESCRIPTION:This family-friendly three-day festival includes live music and dance on an outdoor stage in addition to firsthand demonstrations of the skills of the past onsite near the Homestead Education Center (woodcarving\, playing and making musical instruments\, knitting\, quilting\, lacemaking\, Dutch oven cooking\, rope making\, and blacksmithing). On Saturday and Sunday\, visitors can view antique farm equipment that will be displayed and demonstrated throughout the weekend on the historic tallgrass prairie. \nEvent schedule: \nFriday\, June 23 \n1 p.m.                   Miss V\, Family Friendly Musical Performer \n2 p.m.                   Carolyn Zeisset\, Children’s Author \nSaturday\, June 24 \n12:00 p.m.            Chris Sayre\, British Isles and Irish Sampler \n1:00 p.m.             Homestead Harmonizers\, A-Capella Choir \n2:00 p.m.              Marty Raney\, Star of Discovery Channel’s “Homestead Rescue” \n3:00 p.m.              Golden Studio\, Yazidi Music/Middle Eastern Music \nSunday\, June 25 \n12:00 p.m.            Courtland Opry House Dulcimer Players\, Dulcimer Music \n1:00 p.m.             Michael Murphy\, Folk Music and Native American Flute \n2:00 p.m.              Greg Victors\, Wichita War Dancer\, Native American Fancy Dancer \n3:00 p.m.              David Marsh\, Music of the Germanic Lands
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