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The 150th Anniversary of Lincoln’s First Inaugural Address – March 4, 2011
Abraham Lincoln. NSHS-761P-1
Shortly after noon on March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln stepped to a platform on the east portico of the U.S. Capitol. He was about to ...
Marker Monday: Mari Sandoz
This is the country of Mari Sandoz--historian, novelist, teacher--who brought its history and its people to life in her many books, articles and stories.
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Leap Year Once Viewed as Opportunity for Women
This year is a leap year, which means that it has 366 days instead of the usual 365 days. The year 1896 was also a leap year and was widely observed in Nebraska with ...
Found at an Estate Sale: A Trophy from the Year Nebraska Banned Girls’ Basketball Tournaments
By David L. Bristow, Editor
Jim Brogden was browsing an estate sale in Acworth, Georgia, when he noticed this beautiful trophy. It tells a story not only of ...
African Americans in Nebraska History
""African Americans in Nebraska History: A Special Double Issue" (Fall/Winter 2010) is one of the most popular issues of Nebraska History magazine that we've ...
Marker Monday: Malcolm X
Marker Text
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz was born Malcolm Little at University Hospital in Omaha, Nebraska, May 19, 1925. He was the son of Earl and Louise Little, ...
Nebraska airmail in the 1920s
Early airmail pilots flew open-cockpit biplanes, navigating by landmarks and simple maps, and landing in grassy airfields. But by 1930 their facilities and technology ...
Lincoln’s Final Decree
Not every project we work on at the Ford Center has dramatic before and after results. Sometimes, the most important work we do is to stabilize an artifact for its ...
Throwback Thursday Photo, North Side Community Center
February is Black History Month. This photograph celebrates the brave African-American men and women who served in the military during World War II. Taken in October ...
Funny, Weird, and Aggressively Wholesome: Valentine’s Day Cards in Our Collections
Valentine's Day cards come in a variety of types. They can be sweet, funny, or just plain strange. It's Valentine's Day and we've been looking through our collections ...
The Cartoons of Herbert Johnson
By Deb Arenz, Associate Director, Collections
(From Nebraska History News, July-August-September 2014)
John Falter, featured in a 2012-13 Nebraska History Museum ...
Two Governors Welcome a President to Omaha
In 1891 President Benjamin Harrison visited Omaha on a return trip to Washington, D.C. from the Pacific Coast. Omaha’s Morning World-Herald on May 14 noted that ...
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