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Major: A Soldier Dog – a Fort Robinson WWII story for kids

October 29, 2022 | Last updated Oct 25, 2023 | books | dogs | Fort Robinson | World War II
A new children’s book tells the story of a Nebraska-based World War II dog training program. Written by History Nebraska Director/CEO Trevor Jones, the story is told ...
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12-Star Suffrage Flag, 1911-1917

October 29, 2022 | Last updated Jul 17, 2023 | 19th Amendment | Flag | Suffrage | women | World War I
The first US flag had 13 stars. Why does this one have only 12? This flag from the Nebraska History Museum collections bears a star for each of the states in which ...
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What happened when a million Nebraskans drank Polio Punch

October 29, 2022 | Last updated May 2, 2023 | Dr. Albert Sabin | Dr. Jonas Salk | medicine | Omaha | polio
In 1962 Nebraskans organized the largest mass vaccination campaign in the state’s history. An estimated 1 million Nebraskans drank polio vaccine at a series of “Sabin ...
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Nebraskans react to moon landing, July 20, 1969

October 29, 2022 | Last updated May 2, 2023 | anniversary | journalism | Kearney | moon landing | Rev. Martin Gruenke
July 20, 2019 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the first moon landing. Here at History Nebraska, we’ve looked through some of our microfilmed newspapers to see what ...
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“What’s happened to our teenagers?” Elvis in Nebraska

October 29, 2022 | Last updated Jul 17, 2023 | dancing | Elvis Presley | entertainment | Omaha | Omaha Civic Auditorium
Why is this young man all shook up? Elvis Presley performed at the University of Nebraska Coliseum on May 19, 1956, and at the Omaha Civic Auditorium the next day. This ...
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