Nebraska’s state flag was designed in 1925 and adopted in 1963. It features the Great Seal of the State of Nebraska on a blue background, depicting scenes of agriculture, industry, trade, and expansion. Advertisers are prohibited from using the flag for promotion, and it must be flown below or to the left of the US […]
Nebraska’s nickname “Cornhusker State” comes from the importance of corn in the state’s agricultural industry. Before the Homestead Act of 1862, the flat land was perceived as part of the Great Central Plain Desert. The state’s first official nickname was “Tree Planter State,” but in the 1940s, the state legislature repealed it and deemed “Cornhusker […]
Omaha has many free attractions, including Girls and Boys Town, the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery, Old Market, and the birthplaces of Gerald Ford and Malcolm X. Girls and Boys Town is a facility for abandoned and neglected children, while the Mormon Pioneer Cemetery honors those who died on the Mormon Pioneer Trail. Old Market is a […]
