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Thursday, February 20

Meeting

Genealogy over Lunch: Check out NewspaperArchive.com

Date:
Time:
11:30 am – 12:30 pm
Location: Love Library South Room: 318
At this month’s Genealogy over Lunch we will walk through a database the Libraries is considering for purchase – NewspaperArchive.com. It contains digitized newspapers from the United States and 31 other countries, spanning 1607-2020.
This event originated in Libraries.
Activity

Lecture: To Die for the Fatherland!

Daniel Howell speaks on 19th-Century Cuban Nationalism and Havana’s Multiracial Working Class

Date:
Time:
6:00 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Nebraska Union Room: Heritage Room
In 1865, the writer Luis Victoriano Betancourt published a prose poem titled “To Die for the Fatherland!” It appeared in the workers’ newspaper La Aurora and was likely read out loud in cigar factories. Three years later, Betancourt would …
This event originated in Ethnic Studies.