Seeing Lincoln: Civil War Veterans Remember
Abraham Lincoln's birthday in February of 1925 was celebrated by the History Club of Kearney State Teachers College with a dinner attended not only by members of the ...
Abraham Lincoln
What We Found
The Lincoln-Douglas Debates
This fall, U.S. Senate candidates David Karnes and Bob Kerrey will engage in a series ofdebates, some of which are patterned after the famous 1858 contests between ...
Emancipation Day
Family & friends of Robert H. Hannah on his homestead. "Picture taken by William H. Meehan at annual Emancipation picnic - 1st Sunday in August at Daddy Hannah's ...
The Civil War and Nebraska, 1861
This year marks the sesquicentennial (150th anniversary) of the beginning of the American Civil War on April 12, 1861, the date when Confederate forces opened fire on ...
Timeline Tuesday: Lincoln Penny
The year 2009 is the 200th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's birth and the 100th anniversary of the introduction of the Lincoln penny. When the Lincoln one-cent coin ...
One of Lincoln’s Final Acts
President Abraham Lincoln was shot on the evening of April 14 one hundred and forty-five years ago. He died early in the morning on the following day. Among the items ...
A Window into Abraham Lincoln’s Funeral Car
Source: Mrs. Ethel Carleton
If you had to guess the history of this object, what would you think? Perhaps an old, well-used picture frame? Actually its original ...
Seeing Lincoln: Nebraska Civil War Veterans Remember
This colorful GAR badge is from Hastings, Nebraska. NSHS 13000-3348 (at left).
Abraham Lincoln’s birthday in 1925 was celebrated by the History Club of Kearney State ...
Abraham Lincoln life mask
Abraham Lincoln life mask (7701-17)
This bronze sculpture is from the life mask of Abraham Lincoln that was taken by artist Leonard Volk in 1860. In 1886, a ...
“Nebraska” is on the money!
Did you know the word “Nebraska” is on your money? It’s on one particular bill that’s probably in your wallet. Can you find it?
Hint #1:
It’s right here. Does this ...
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 ...
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 ...
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