Speakers: 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 […]
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 […]
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
