Victor Vifquain
Victor Vifquain (1836-1904), a native of Belgium, was one of the first Nebraskans to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, first authorized for heroic action by ...
William Jennings Bryan
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Scenes From Nebraska’s World War I Experience
World War I had a massive impact on every state in the Union, and Nebraska was no exception. This video, produced after the war, shows some of Nebraska's World War I ...
Was William Jennings Bryan a Good Newspaper Editor?
Did you know William Jennings Bryan was the editor of the Omaha World-Herald for two years? Or that he didn't do a lot of actual editing in that time?
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The Patronage Battle Between Bryan and Hitchcock
Soon after William Jennings Bryan 's arrival in Nebraska from Illinois in the fall of 1887, his attacks upon the purveyors of patronage and the pampered monopolies and ...
The Silver Bugs of 1896
The presidential campaign of 1896 was one of the most impassioned in US history. Democratic nominee William Jennings Bryan, age 36, was revered as a godly hero and ...
William Jennings Bryan as the new George Washington
By David L. Bristow
Countless politicians have tried to claim a piece of George Washington’s legacy. This detail from a campaign postcard is a silly ...
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