Speaker: 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 […]
Speaker: 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 […]
Special story time for kids!
Step back to 1872 and experience a Chautauqua portrayal of Thomas Doane, the chief engineer of the B & M Railroad and famous Hoosac Tunnel Project. Doane was responsible for 240 miles of railroad and telegraph from Plattsmouth to Kearney. He was the co-founder of the town of Crete, Nebraska, founder of the first bank […]
Speaker: Chris Sayre Sponsored by the Hastings Museum
Speaker: Diane Bartels Sponsored by the Hastings Public Library
Speaker: Beth Dotan Sponsored by the Hastings Public Library
Speaker: Joan Wells Sponsored by the Hastings Public Library
Speaker: Charlotte Endorf Sponsored by the Hastings Public Library
Speaker: Randall Snyder Sponsored by the Hastings Public Library
Speaker: Nancy B. Johnson Sponsored by the Hastings Public Library
Speaker: Dan Holtz Sponsored by the Hastings Public Library