Historic May Day Celebrations at the University of Nebraska
Until I was researching details for A History Lover's Guide to Lincoln, I never realized that celebrating May Day used to be an important spring celebration [...]
Until I was researching details for A History Lover's Guide to Lincoln, I never realized that celebrating May Day used to be an important spring celebration [...]
Thanksgiving might be my favorite holiday. I think I love the fact that this celebration is all about being grateful. Even though challenging times do [...]
Tomorrow is Veteran's Day. In recent years, our country has been providing more perks and benefits for Veteran's Day around this holiday. That makes me [...]
Expecting to tour a home when its under construction never works out very well. The same result is what happened when I stopped by Gering's Legacy of [...]
When ever I travel solo across Nebraska, I guarantee that whenever possible, I would stop by at least one Nebraska historical marker. Something about reading [...]
Heading to Northeast Nebraska was always a part of my plan for my big Labor Day week-end travel trip last year. But then I ran [...]
About eighteen months ago, I introduced you to the newly updated and improved Nebraska History Museum. Finally today I explored the museum with my children. This [...]
The name, James Potter, may not be familiar to you. But by the end of this post, I truly hope you also appreciate the contributions [...]
After 18+ months of structural renovations, the Nebraska History Museum is reopening! All week-end (really all month) they have all sorts of fun family events planned. [...]
Exactly 161 years ago today in the year 1854, Nebraska's First Territorial Governor Francis Burt took office. As the third official auditor of the United [...]