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NSHS Historic Sites and Museums Join Blue Star Museums Program
Blue Star Museums offer free admission to the nation’s currently serving active-duty military personnel and their families, including National Guard and Reserve, at ...
Bill Green, a World War II Soldier
By David L. Bristow
Here is the story of one of the many Nebraskans who served in World War II. William Green wrote to his mother in Lincoln on February ...
Marker Monday: Standing Bear and the Ponca Tribe
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In 1877 the Ponca Tribe and Chief Standing Bear were forced from their Nebraska homeland along the Niobrara River to an Oklahoma reservation. ...
Nebraska History Spotlight: Sheridan County Historical Society
The Sheridan County Historical Society (SCHS) was first organized in 1933 and reorganized in 1957 as a non-profit organization to preserve the history and historic ...
Marker Monday: The Nebraska State Teachers’ Association
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On October 16, 1867, the first meeting of the Nebraska State Teachers’ Association was held on this site in the Brownville Union High School, at ...
New book, An American Corner of the World, explores Richardson County, Nebraska
April 30, 2025
A new book from the Nebraska State Historical Society offers a “deep geography” of an American place, Richardson County, Nebraska, in the state’s ...
