Nebraska’s First Governor’s Mansion
Nebraska has had two official gubernatorial mansions, the first purchased in 1899, the second built in 1956. The first building was a two-and-one-half story, ...
World War II
What We Found
Letters from Home: Prisoner of War Mail at the Fort Robinson Camp during World War II
A 1943 envelope illustrates the long and complicated process of sending and receiving mail between Nazi Germany and the Fort Robinson Prisoner of War Camp in Nebraska. ...
Bombs Away
During World War II, the US Army Air Force would practice bombing runs in preparation for battle. They had designated bombing ranges where pilots could drop the bombs ...
Major: A Soldier Dog – a Fort Robinson WWII story for kids
A new children’s book tells the story of a Nebraska-based World War II dog training program. Written by History Nebraska Director/CEO Trevor Jones, the story is told ...
German Prisoners of War in Grand Island
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant (2021)
Nebraska and other rural states faced a severe farm labor shortage during World War II. The draft shipped men off to war, ...
Grand Grocery, 1942
Color photography was still relatively rare and expensive in 1942 when photographer John Vachon stopped at the Grand Grocery at 1000 P Street in downtown Lincoln. ...
FDR at the Martin Bomber Plant
World War II raged in both theaters as President Franklin Roosevelt set out on a seventeen-city tour. The Omaha World-Herald reported on April 30, 1943, that the ...
Maj. Helen Sagl, a Nebraskan in World War II
The Nebraska History Museum’s collection includes thousands of objects from World War II. Among them are uniforms worn by Helen Sagl while serving in the WAAC/WAC. ...
Nebraska and the resettlement of displaced persons after World War II, part 1
This is the first of three-part series. The entire article appears in the Fall 2023 issue of Nebraska History Magazine. You can receive four issues a year of ...
Nebraska and the resettlement of displaced persons after World War II, part 2
This is the second of a three-part series. The entire article appears in the Fall 2023 issue of Nebraska History Magazine. You can receive four issues a year of Nebraska ...
Nebraska and the resettlement of displaced persons after World War II, part 3
This is the third of a three-part series. The entire article appears in the Fall 2023 issue of Nebraska History Magazine. You can receive four issues a year of Nebraska ...
World War II Casualties
By Breanna Fanta, Editorial Assistant
Of the millions of World War II deaths, 3,626 were Nebraska natives. Of those, 114 had ties to Buffalo County. ...
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