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Our American Stories: Celebrating 250 Years! Exhibit

Legacy of the Plains Museum

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Our American Stories: Celebrating 250 Years! Exhibit
  • Free
  • Legacy of the Plains Museum
    2930 Old Oregon Trail
    Gering, Nebraska 69341
  • 9 AM – 5 PM Mon-Sat, 1-5 PM Sun

Join the Legacy of the Plains in celebrating the United States’ history with Special Exhibits from the museum’s collection, including a camel hair quilt and a driftwood spinning wheel from our Germans from Russia collection. The Rotating gallery will include a 42-star flag from the 1800s, several military uniforms and Quilts of Valor and a Lakota Star Quilt. Quilts made in the Japanese American community, a special quilted chair, and quilts dedicated to those who perished during 9/11 on loan from the International Quilt Museum at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln will be displayed from June 6 through July 19.

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