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 […]
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 […]
Music played a pivotal role in connecting homesteaders to each other and the homes they left. By experiencing fiddle traditions, guests have a unique opportunity to connect to this important part of the homestead story. There will be fiddle competitions for juniors and seniors, a picking competition, and an acoustic band competition featuring stringed instruments. […]
Speaker: Janet Jefferies Sponsored by the Nebraska Czechs of Lincoln
Speaker: Bill Hayes Sponsored by the Friends of the Homestead
Speaker: Jolene McLaughlin Sponsored by the Friends of the Homestead National Monument
Speaker: Paul Siebert Sponsored by the Friends of Homestead National Monument
Music played a pivotal role in connecting homesteaders to each other and the homes they left. By experiencing fiddle traditions, guests have a unique opportunity to connect to this important part of the homestead story. There will be fiddle competitions for juniors and seniors, a picking competition, and an acoustic band competition featuring stringed instruments. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Speaker: Jerome Kills Small Sponsored by the Friends of the Homestead