Nebraska Stories
The Liberators & More
S1 • E3 Nov 15, 2009
Nebraska World War II veterans gather at a special event celebrating the seven "Honor Flights" where some 1500 vets flew to Washington DC to visit the World War II monument. Learn how University of Nebraska Lincoln's College of Agriculture helped farmers recover their land after the devastation of the Dust Bowl years. Loren Eiseley's reflections on the Depression after hopping freight trains across America. Renown author Joe Starita takes us to White Buffalo Girl's grave in Neligh and tells her story when in May of 1877, hundreds of Ponca people forced to leave their Nebraska homeland. Attend a holiday potluck dinner at one of the last one-room schools in Nebraska, Burr Oak School in Custer County. A UNL Piano Professor tows her nearly-1000 pound grand piano across Nebraska to share her love of classical music with audiences in rural communities.
