Sinte Gleska knew how to pick good friends. One of them, Cicero Newell, kept his eagle feather bonnet and other items safe for nearly 150 years then returned it to his ggggrandson. Now they have donated it to the State Historical Society Museum. #SDHistory open.substack.com/pub/thedakotas…

We are actively looking for artifacts for our State History Museum. If you were involved in Citibank coming to Sioux Falls in 1980-83 time frame, we’d love to talk to you. See why 👇. Please spread the word. #SDHistory

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Ahead of the 80th DDay anniversary in June, listen to Ben Jones discuss his book 'Eisenhower's Guerrillas: The Jedburghs and the Liberation of France' with WW2TV Paul Woodadge. 📺⬇️
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An unfortunately forgotten book: I’ve assigned Joseph Martin’s book to my students for the past couple years and they always enjoy it. The Revolution from the soldier’s level comes through.

And here's some more great history!

We've made four more issues of SD History available to read for free on the journal website, sdhspress.com/journal. This collection comprises the Spring, Summer, Fall, and Winter issues from Vol. 45 (published in 2015).

We hope you enjoy!

A “reveal” of what a Nebraska poet hid inside a lonely monument a century ago revealed more of what Mother Nature could wreck over the span of 100 years. #JohnNeihardt #HughGlass southdakotasearchlight.com/2024/04/28/con…

I’m glad South Dakota made an impression on Jason Steinhauer. Thanks to Verna Kay Bormann for supporting his talk and to Lori Walsh for having him on your show. open.substack.com/pub/jasonstein…

Looking forward to joining Paul Woodage today to discuss 'Eisenhower's Guerrillas: The Jedburghs and the Liberation of France' youtube.com/live/R-JPM2QJD… via YouTube

The headline could easily be about library books. They have errors too. But yes many markers are atrocious for their mistakes and biases. Markers suffer from the same problems as Wikipedia - but MUCH harder to fix. ⁦⁦⁦Laura Sullivan⁩ npr.org/2024/04/21/124…

It’s frequently said that the winners write the history. Not true! Anyone can and often anyone does write history - especially the losers of the Civil War.

For two unrelated reasons, South Dakota’s net population growth continues: COVID dynamics and the B-21 coming to Ellsworth AFB. ⁦dakotainstitute⁩ dakotainstitute.org/research_analy…

That time in June 1999 when Citibank sponsored the New York Philharmonic to perform in Sioux Falls and open the new Washington Pavilion.

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Just finished speaking to Mrs Weiking’s AP English class ⁦SFChristianHS⁩. They are reading _The Kite Runner_ and I shared with them about my experiences with Afghan culture. Great group! #SpeakersBureau

I look forward to doing activities on MoH Remembrance Day in the future. Thanks to Tyler Tordsen and Sen Hoffman for sponsoring the bill. Well done. #MedalOfHonor open.substack.com/pub/thedakotas…

Attention all educators! We've partnered with Discovery Education to create customizable lesson plans and resources tailored to different grades & subjects to integrate #AmericasFieldTrip into YOUR classroom!

In the latest episode we spoke to David Hosmer about his odyssey of completing over one hundred oral interviews of South Dakota WWII veterans. After a great conversation he shared what he learned from this amazing experience. #SDHistory #WWIIVeterans listen.sdpb.org/podcast/histor…