In celebration of the Free State Historic Site Day on May 17th at 2 PM, the Neligh Mill State Historic Site welcomes Dan Holtz and Gary Zalud, sponsored by the Humanities Nebraska Speakers Bureau, to perform their program titled “Heroism on the Plains: Story Songs of Courage and Determination.” Don’t forget to grab a delicious muffin before the performance provided by Sly’s Family Bar and Grill!
The program features many of Nebraska’s many unsung heroes–people who have enriched our state’s story–yet many Nebraskans know little about them. Evelyn Sharp, an Ord native, was a legendary flight instructor during World War II. Robert Ball Anderson, a Union Civil War veteran, was an escaped slave who had the largest land-holding of any African-American in our state’s early days. And roughly 55,000 volunteers from 125 communities came together to greet over 6,000,000 servicepeople at the North Platte Canteen from Christmas Day of 1941 until April 1, 1946, during World War II.
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