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Event: Campfire Program: Germans from Russia and Windy Dulcimers
Start Date/Time:  
2019-08-11 01:00:01.0
End Date/Time:  
2019-08-11 03:00:00.0
Location:
Homestead National Monument of America - Beatrice, NE
Contact Email:
info@visitbeatrice.com
Website URL:
https://www.nps.gov/home/index.htm
Event Description:

On August 10, 2019 at 7 p.m. at the Homestead Education Center learn the fascinating story of the Germans from Russia, a group that migrated from Germany to Russia before coming to the United States to take advantage of the Homestead Act. Sara Roberts of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia will give a program on the group’s history.

Following the presentation the Windy River Dulcimers will give a musical performance. Windy River Dulcimers is a local group led by Forrest and Eileen Smith. They both teach the mountain dulcimer and perform widely throughout southeast Nebraska.



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