The Hot Lunch Plan
Serving Lunch at Lincoln High in 1906
As many Nebraska students head off for school, they'll check to see "what's for lunch." The hot lunch program has become a ...
World War II
What We Found
Duren, Terence
Terence Duren (1907-1968) was a leading Nebraska artist from the post-World War II period. Duren, who lived most of his life in Shelby, is most widely known for his ...
Food Conservation
"Conservation" is a word we hear a lot these days, as Nebraskans join others worldwide in efforts to preserve the earth and its resources. "Conservation" was a ...
Bauer, Harold W.
Marine aviator Harold William "Joe" Bauer (1908-42), one of a handful of Nebraskans to receive the Medal of Honor during World War II, was also honored by a U.S. Navy ...
Marker Monday: Alliance Army Air Field
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In the spring of 1942 the U.S. Army selected a site one mile south of here for an airfield. The dry climate and open landscape afforded ideal ...
Marker Monday: Ainsworth Army Air Field
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Ainsworth Army Air Field, completed on November 30, 1942, was a satellite of Rapid City Army Air Field and under command of the Second Air Force. ...
Marker Monday: Atlanta Prisoner of War Camp
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During World War II, a prisoner-of-war internment camp was located directly north of here. The camp had its beginning in a request by the ...
Marker Monday: McCook Army Air Base
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McCook Army Air Base, activated April 1, 1943, was one of eleven Army Air Force training bases in Nebraska during World War II. The base was ...
Bombs Away!
Many plant workers during World War II were female. On March 24, 1942, construction began on the Cornhusker Ordnance Plant near Grand Island. Bombs and cannon shells were produced there throughout World War II.
World War II food rationing
Sugar rationing ended in the U.S. in June 1947 after nearly five years of shortages brought about by World War II. Here's a ration book from the Nebraska History ...
The Textile Industry Goes to War
Bette (left) and Lois Rathburn of Lincoln in dresses typical of the 1940s celebrate the end of World War II. NSHS R234-173
How did the 1930s and 1940s affect feminine ...
The Wad Room
11744-51; In Memory of the Mary Hannah Hansen Lux and Clarence Burton Lux by the Gladys Marie Lux Museum Acquisition Endowment Established at the Nebraska State ...
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