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Burt County Museum Tekamah, Nebraska
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The E.C. Houston House is the home of the Burt County Museum. Listed on the National and... |
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Douglas County Historical Society Omaha, Nebraska
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The society maintains a library and archive of local history, thus fulfilling its... |
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Durham Museum Omaha, Nebraska
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The Durham Museum provides countless opportunities to discover Omaha's history. After... |
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Elkhorn Valley Museum And Research Center Norfolk, Nebraska
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The Elkhorn Valley Historical Society was founded in 1958. The members of the society... |
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Farm And Ranch Museum Gering, Nebraska
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A most noteworthy feature of the museum is that visitors are not only able to follow the... |
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Gage County Museum Beatrice, Nebraska
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Gage County Historical Society and Museum is located in Beatrice on the corner of 2nd and... |
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Gothenburg Historical Museum Gothenburg, Nebraska
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Organized in 1980, the museum's purpose is to gather, preserve and make available records... |
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Graves Library Museum Wakefield, Nebraska
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The Wakefield Heritage Organization, a non-profit organization, was organized in 2000 and... |
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Great Plains Art Museum Lincoln, Nebraska
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The Great Plains Art Museum opened in 1981 after a generous donation from Dr. John and... |
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Great Plains Welsh Heritage And Culture Centre Wymore, Nebraska
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The Centre was purchased in December 2003 by GPWHP after a capital campaign raised the... |
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Harold Warp Pioneer Village Minden, Nebraska
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The Pioneer Village complex comprises 28 buildings on 20 acres housing over 50,000 items... |
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Hastings Museum Hastings, Nebraska
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The Hastings Museum brings to life the natural and cultural history of Hastings, Adams... |
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John G. Neihardt State Historic Site Bancroft, Nebraska
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Nebraska's poet laureate John G. Neihardt called Bancroft, Nebraska home from 1900 to... |
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Mari Sandoz High Plains Heritage Center Chadron, Nebraska
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The center celebrates the life and literature of Mari Sandoz and the culture of the High... |
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Merrick County Historical Museum Central City, Nebraska
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The Merrick County Historical Museum conducts bi-monthly meetings, conducts tours and... |
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Museum Of The Fur Trade Chadron, Nebraska
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The exhibits trace the everyday lives of British, French, and Spanish traders, voyageurs... |
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Nebraska Jewish Historical Society And Riekes Museum Omaha, Nebraska
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The Jewish Federation of Omaha celebrated its Centennial in 2003 and for more than 100... |
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Nebraska State Historical Society Lincoln, Nebraska
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For most of its history, a fifteen- or sixteen-member board, including twelve persons... |
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Plainsman Museum Aurora, Nebraska
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The Plainsman Museum was dedicated July 4, 1976, as part of Hamilton County’s... |
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Saunders County Museum Wahoo, Nebraska
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The historical society was formed as a non-profit corporation in 1963 by 31 charter... |
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Trails & Rails Museum Kearney, Nebraska
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In 1974, with the generous gift of land from Mr. & Mrs. Jack Hammer, Dr. & Mrs.... |
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Why do we need a national nonprofit membership society for American history?
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“Save America’s Treasures” has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington’s tent.
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65% of Americans don’t know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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The “Teaching American History” grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
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Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
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40% of Americans can’t identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
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A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
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“There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country,” John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
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The “We the People Program,” which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
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Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
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The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
