Veterans exhibit to travel NW Nebraska

“This exhibit will add an even more patriotic flavor to a number of truly American events in northwest Nebraska this summer,” said Ken Korte, CSC interim exhibit design and display specialist. “The exhibit represents the stories and faces of many area heroes from ‘the greatest generation.’”

The exhibit will be displayed at Rushville American Legion Post 151 as part of a Rushville celebration honoring WWII veterans Saturday, May 29. The event will coincide with the dedication of the National WWII Memorial in Washington, D.C. The exhibit will be in Rushville from May 25-June 22.

The display will open during the Fourth of July weekend at the Crawford Community Center during the city’s annual Old West Trails Rodeo. The exhibit will hang in Crawford July 2-28.

The display also be in Gordon for the Sheridan County Fair in August. It will hang Aug. 9-31 at the Ad Pad on the 100 block of North Main St.

Korte said the exhibit also is scheduled to be displayed at Eastern Wyoming College in Torrington this November.

The Veterans Exhibition, which was created in 2000, features 30 framed one-page excerpts from essays written by students in Dr. Kathy Bahr’s Composition II courses. The students interviewed nearby residents of the Great Plains who witnessed the war -- veterans and many of the “unsung heroes” who remained on the home front. The exhibit also includes pictures of those interviewed who were photographed by students in Alan Schoer’s Creative Photography course.

Pieces from the exhibit have been displayed at numerous sites throughout Nebraska and beyond during the past three years, including the U.S. Library of Congress and the state capitol building.

In 2002, Chadron State entered a partnership with the Library of Congress and its American Folklife Center to encourage support and participation for the federal Veterans History Project.