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May 11, 2012 Applications: New Prime Time Sites
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Week of exciting events scheduled for Chautauqua

 

Excitement is building as a dynamic week of events takes shape surrounding the 150th anniversary of the Homestead Act and the May 20-25 visit of the Nebraska Chautauqua, "Free Land? 1862 and the Shaping of Modern America," presented by the Nebraska Humanities Council in partnership with Homestead National Monument and the community of Beatrice. 

 

Click here for a complete schedule of the 2012 Chautauqua (PDF).

Click here for a schedule of the May 20 150th Commemorative Event.

 

The week kicks off May 20 with a lunch noon to 1:30 p.m. with the Chautauquans at Homestead National Monument. A 4 p.m. forum at the monument features a discussion of the establishment of the Homestead Act, the Morrill Act, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The day concludes with the 150th Anniversary National Signature Event at the monument, with guest speakers, the "Free Land" Chautauquans, the Brass in Blue Air Force Heartland of America Band and a laser light show. The Homestead Act of 1862 is on display at the monument until May 28, courtesy of the National Archives.

 

Chautauqua events will be held each evening May 21-25 under the tent at Homestead National Monument. Presentations begin at 6:30 p.m. with local entertainment and continue with first-person interpretations of historical figures exploring the collective impact of the Homestead Act, the Pacific Railway Act, and the Morrill Act. The featured scholars are Patrick McGinnis as Union general and railroad builder Grenville Dodge, Paxton Williams as homesteader and inventor George Washington Carver, Taylor Keen as Ponca chief Standing Bear, Karen Vuranch as author and homesteader Laura Ingalls Wilder, Betty Jean Steinshouer as author Willa Cather and Warren Brown as humorist Mark Twain. Audiences will be able to hear the historical figures speak and to ask questions of the historical figures and the scholars who portray them.

 

Chautauquans will conduct daytime workshops for adults and children and Ride Into History will present a Youth Chautauqua Camp for middle-school students. All Chautauqua events are free and open to the public.  

 

For details about the Free Land Chautauqua and a full schedule of 2012 events in Beatrice visit www.nebraskachautauqua.org.