Wikipedia The University of Nebraska was created by an act of the Nebraska state legislature in 1869, two years after Nebraska reached statehood. The school was given a mission to "afford to the inhabitants of the state the means of acquiring a thorough knowledge of the various branches of literature, science, and the arts." The school received an initial land grant of about 130,000 acres and...
The aim of this project is to showcase the SIGNERS and MESSENGERS who spread the word of the Battles of Lexington and Concord on 19 April 1775, and within 10 days had alerted 13 colonies to the war finally at hand. Please add their Geni profiles to this project.==The Lexington Alarm Letter==From The Lexington Alarm Letter Late on April 18, 1775, British soldiers marched from Boston, toward Conc...
Please add profiles of those who were born, lived or died in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska. It is not to be confused with Lincoln County .Lincoln is the county seat of Lancaster County and is the state capital.= Official Website = History Wikipedia Prior to the expansion westward of settlers, the prairie was covered with buffalo grass. Plains Indians, descendants of indigenous peoples who...
This project is for those buried in Lee Cemetery, Lincoln, Addison County, Vermont. Find a Grave
This project is for those who are buried in Maple Cemetery, Lincoln, Addison County, Vermont. Find a Grave
Lincoln Memorial Park, located in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, has winding tree-lined avenues, meticulously maintained monuments, and peaceful arboretum-like sections. The office was originally a farmhouse that was built well over 100 years ago. There are many themed sections of the cemetery beginning with the Veterans’ Garden in front of the office, which has two cannons on display. T...
The first burials at Lincoln Cemetery were in the 1850's in the aftermath of the Gold Rush to California. For many years the cemetery was divided into sections for fraternal organizations (Oddfellows and Masonic), the Catholic cemetery, and the Women's Club section. These were incorporated between the 1920's and the 1950's into Lincoln Cemetery located at 1445 1st Street in the city of Lincol...
Please add those buried in Reed Cemetery, Lincoln, Logan County, Illinois. Find a Grave
Wyuka Cemetery was established in Lincoln, Lancaster County, Nebraska, by an act of the Nebraska Legislature in 1869, which sought to provide a cemetery for the state capital city founded two years prior. The trustees rejected the first cemetery site along Salt Creek to the west of Lincoln due to flooding concerns and instead purchased 80 acres of land east of the city. Wyuka Cemetery has since...
This project is for those buried in Lincoln Cemetery, Lincoln, Lincoln County, Tennessee. Find a Grave
Wikipedia Doane University is a private liberal arts college in Crete, Nebraska, United States, with additional campuses located in Lincoln, Grand Island and Omaha. Notable Alumni
In 1899 a public health hospital was established for patients from the Merchant Marines at Fort Stanton. Many of those who died there were buried in the cemetery and in 1913 it became known as the Merchant Marine Military Cemetery. In 1940 Fort Stanton became a POW camp and German POWs were held there. The cemetery contains the remains of four of the POWS who died while incarcerated and were bu...
Lincoln is a 2012 biographical drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Daniel Day-Lewis as Abraham Lincoln and Sally Field as Mary Todd Lincoln. It opened for limited release on November 9, 2012 and wide release on November 16, 2012.The film, screenplay by Tony Kushner, is based on Doris Kearns Goodwin's biography of Lincoln, Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln , a...
The Ft. Stanton State Veterans Cemetery, New Mexico’s first state-managed cemetery for honorably discharged veterans and their spouses, opened on November 6, 2017 at 1:30pm.The cemetery features 650 in-ground crypts and 480 columbarium niches for cremated remains. It was built through an application sent by the state to the VA’s Cemetery Grants Program which provides funding for VA-funded but s...
This is the Umbrella Project Page for Lincolnshire, England.===Related Projects>* People Connected to Lincolnshire >* Lincolnshire Famous People >* Lincolnshire Genealogical Resources >* Historical Lincolnshire >* Historic Buildings of Lincolnshire >* Lincolnshire Monumental Inscriptions, Cemeteries & Graveyards >* Mayors of Boston, Lincolnshire