A Premature Fireworks Display
Independence Day celebrations began a day early in Omaha in 1901 when on July 3, a carelessly dropped match at H. Hardy's Ninety-nine Cent Store ignited a large stock of ...
4th of July
What We Found
Nebraska Apples
The United States celebrated its first one hundred years with a Centennial Exposition, held appropriately in Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence was ...
A Kids’ View of Fourth of July in Beaver City, 1897
Firing a cannon at a Fourth of July celebration in Brownville, Nebraska, in the early 1900s. History Nebraska RG3190-23a
Two boys in Beaver City published their own ...
Centennial County Histories
In the spring of 1876 Congress passed a resolution asking individual counties and towns in the U.S. to compile their histories and to have them read at local Fourth of ...
The Fourth of July at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition
Independence Day at Omaha's Trans-Mississippi and International Exposition in 1898 was marked by a memorable parade and a celebration of American victory in the war with ...
Miss America Doll
7010-86; Source: Elizabeth Gaylord Rathburn (left).
With the Fourth of July right around the corner, I thought it would be a good excuse to show you one of the ...
Lincoln’s Fourth of July in 1907
Photo depicts a Fourth of July parade in Lincoln circa 1895.
The Fourth of July at Capitol Beach, once a popular recreation area near Lincoln, was a “record-breaker,” ...
Nebraska’s Centennial County Histories
Commemorative ribbon, Philadelphia, 1876 Centennial. NSHS 11940-1-(51) (at right).
In the spring of 1876 Congress passed a resolution asking individual counties and ...
Through the Lens of Wallace Rhodes
Family portrait of John Wallace Rhodes (commonly called Wallace), his wife Rubina "Ruby" Rhodes, and their daughter Phyllis J. Rhodes [RG1900.PH3-7]
Phyllis Rhodes ...
4th of July in Spalding, Nebraska
Are you ready for the 4th of July? The folks in today’s Throwback Thursday photograph certainly are prepared. A man and a large group of young girls ride in a new ...
Sewing the Flag
In 1872 we held our first Fourth of July celebration. Everybody was eager to help and
preparations went forward swiftly. The magnificent natural park with School ...
Seward, 4th of July City
Seward is known across Nebraska as the 4th of July City. Since 1868 they have sponsored a yearly 4th of July celebration nearly every year.
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