I am excited to share the 2023-2024 North Omaha History Presentations! Throughout the next year, writer and speaker Adam Fletcher Sasse is making quarterly presentations available to the public for FREE! Each presentation starts at 1pm on a Sunday and is 60 minutes long—the dates are included below. Attendees are invited to come to the fellowship hall at Mt. Olive Lutheran Church and hangout to watch Adam’s presentations. A Zoom url will also be made available for those who want to join online. Questions? Call the church at (402) 455-8700. ALL ARE WELCOME!
2024 Topics and Dates
Playing in the Parks
(January 21, 2024) North Omaha has many beautiful public parks and natural spaces for anyone to enjoy. However, few people know the histories of these places, including the people who created them, what they originally featured, and who enjoyed them. Including Miller, Dodge, Levi Carter, Adams and other popular North Omaha parks, there will be plenty of historic photos, interesting details and more!
Uncommonly Known VIPs
(April 21, 2024) Details about more than a dozen uncommonly known important people from the history of North Omaha will be explored in this presentation. Even if you do know them you might learn something new! Inventors, leaders, activists, advocates, educators, writers and others will be included in this unique exploration.
“Recognizing North Omaha’s History”
(July 21, 2024)What are the things that have been done, are being done, and can be done to save the history of North Omaha? This presentation will include past historical preservation efforts throughout the community, including the people, places and events that make North Omaha awesome. It will also feature the work of different organizations, institutions and individuals working to make a difference throughout the community right now, along with practical steps anyone can take to make a difference!
North Omaha’s Education History
(October 20, 2024) The community has been educating students publicly and privately from kindergarten through doctoral programs, with specialty degrees, workforce learning and much more for more than 150 years. This presentation highlights the schools, teachers, institutions and outcomes of all this learning and teaching in North Omaha’s past.
I’m very grateful to Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, the presenting sponsor of the 2023-24 North Omaha History quarterly public presentations. They are FREE and you can watch there LIVE in-person or online! Questions? Call the church at (402) 455-8700.
Past presentations in this series have included…
- “A History of North Omaha,” (October 9, 2022)
- “Churches in Far North Omaha,” (January 15, 2023)
- “Losing North Omaha’s History,” (April 16, 2023)
- “North O’s Planes, Trains and Automobiles—AND MORE!,” (July 16, 2024) — Focused on how people move around, this presentation will start with keelboats and steamboats, horses and wagons, then introduce trains and streetcars. Details on dirt roads and cobblestone streets will morph into the North Freeway, the interstates and other high speed roadways. North Omaha’s boulevard system and remaining unpaved roads will be included too!
- “North Omaha’s Cool Buildings,” (Oct 15, 2023) — Highlighting the history of architecture in North Omaha, the details of mansions, schools, businesses, shanties and soddies in the community will be featured in this presentation. Information on notable architects will be shared, as well details for self-guided tours anyone can take right now.
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This looks great , how do we enroll in the 2023-2024 North Omaha History Presentations? I am particularly interested in the April and July ones you have coming up.
Hey Serena, thanks for asking! There is no registration for these presentations, and they’re all free to attend! If you have any questions about them give the host church a call at (402) 455-8700. Thanks again for your interest!