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Nebraska showed its mettle during World War II scrap metal drive
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (419+ words) This story originally ran Aug. 7, 2022. It was intended as a look back 80 years ago, when Nebraska's scrap metal drive was so successful that it was replicated across the U.S. The effort energized the homefront, and arguably shortened WWII. It's still a…...
Plymouth Library hosts archaeologist
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (174+ words) Nebraska State Archaeologist Dave Williams shows the group how the Native Americans might have used a bison scapula for farming. The presentation was a part of the Plymouth Library summer reading program's theme of "Unearth a Story." Dave Williams, Nebraska…...
A peek under the Lincoln Memorial
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (272+ words) Original walls of the Lincoln Memorial in the undercroft museum Displays in the Lincoln Memorial Undercroft Museum tell the story of the memorial's construction in Washington. A display in the Lincoln Memorial Undercroft Museum in Washington A signed copy of…...
10 Wild Nebraska Facts Most Americans Never Learn
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (352+ words) Nebraska is the birthplace of Arbor Day, a holiday dedicated to tree planting. J. Sterling Morton, a Nebraska journalist and politician, initiated Arbor Day in 1872. This official U.S. holiday is observed on the last Friday in April. The Leon Myers Stamp Center…...
Shaping Americans views of the Frontier: William Henry Jackson gave Americans a firsthand view of the West
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (68+ words) Before photographs made the frontier visible, the American West existed mostly in imagination. The works of famed photographer William Henry Jackson, whose work is highlighted at the Scotts Bluff National Monument, changed that. Park Ranger Eric Grunwald of Scotts Bluff…...
Civil War cannon-firing event postponed
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (146+ words) The Civil War Round Table of Nebraska has postponed its cannon-firing demonstration in eastern Lancaster County Saturday evening due to the severe weather forecast, the group wrote in an email to the Journal Star. Uniformed reenactors fire "Dorothy," a reproduction…...
Why this Fourth of July has fire officials and veterans bracing
4+ mon, 2+ day ago (1634+ words) America will mark its milestone birthday this summer with a bang — quite a few, actually. The Continental Congress voted for independence on July 2, 1776, but they didn’t get around to putting their John Hancocks on the document until two days later....
More than 'funny clothes.' Why these people love role-playing history
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (160+ words) PHILADELPHIA — The Free Quaker Meeting House felt like it was stuck in an 18th-century time warp, except for the video crew and the street noise outside. Lane Norris rehearses Patrick Henry's famous "Give me liberty or give me death!" speech…...
From page to plaza: In Gering, Willa Cather’s legacy anchors Nebraska’s 250th celebration
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (274+ words) As Nebraska marks its America's 250th anniversary, Gering is bringing together art and literature — honoring Willa Cather while highlighting the legacy of the state’s I-80 sculpture project. “Royal is a longtime and important economic driver. Their growth is huge for the…...
From the editor: Here in Nebraska, we'll celebrate America's 250 years together
5+ mon, 3+ week ago (787+ words) Writing the first rough draft of history is an awesome responsibility. That phrase, “rough draft of history,” has been used by journalism greats over the decades, and it’s a commitment newsrooms take seriously. Like all industries, the newspaper has changed…...