by DCHSADMIN | Sep 1, 2023 | Uncategorized
BY: SUSAN BARON Why does the building on the NW corner of 60th and L looks like it is not of this world? What was there before and who built the motel? To figure that out, we need to go back in history. Before white settlement, Native Americans hunted, fished and...
by DCHSADMIN | Aug 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
By: Tara Spencer I knew people were going to have strong reactions to the blog I wrote about Peony Park. Not because of my writing, but because I’d already heard the way people talk about it. You can see the adoration in their eyes as they recount some of their...
by DCHSADMIN | Jul 27, 2023 | Uncategorized
By: Elise O’Neil The sense of nostalgia across DCHS’s social media platforms was intense following the release of our recent blog post about the ups and downs of Peony Park. Most of the comments we received involved personal memories of time spent at the pool, in the...
by DCHSADMIN | Jun 15, 2023 | Blog, Uncategorized
Nostalgia is a powerful feeling. The mention of a place or a person can make you feel like you’re there, or with that person, (or there with that person) all over again. Sometimes you don’t even have to hear a name. The smell of lilacs can put you in your...
by DCHSADMIN | Apr 28, 2023 | Blog
By: Elise O’Neil There has long been a prevailing historical narrative that the United States did not put forth enough effort to save the lives of Jews and other marginalized groups in Europe during the Holocaust. Like so many hot-button issues today, the...
by DCHSADMIN | Mar 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
By: Tara Spencer Being the first to do something isn’t easy. But being the first woman or person of color to do something comes with its own set of challenges. Those pioneers are often met with more vitriol than accolades—and that kind of contempt can be doubled, and...
by DCHSADMIN | Mar 17, 2023 | Blog
By: Liz Boutin On February 12, 1908, a crowd of about 250,000 people gathered in Times Square in New York City to witness the beginning of an automobile race. The race would run from New York to Paris, with six teams competing, representing Germany, France, Italy, and...
by DCHSADMIN | Feb 17, 2023 | Blog
By: Rita Shelley Ella Mahammitt was an Omaha journalist, civil rights advocate, and women’s rights activist. From 1891 until 1897, she edited The Enterprise, a black weekly newspaper published here. Image source: The Enterprise, Easter edition, 1896. Newspapers.com....
by DCHSADMIN | Feb 3, 2023 | Blog
By Tara Spencer In the late 1930s, a group of men in New York City decided they wanted to show off their culinary talents to their peers. Thus, the Society of Amateur Chefs was formed. Their first organizational meeting was held at the Hotel New Yorker in October,...
by DCHSADMIN | Jan 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
By: Natalie Kammerer Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy as a civil rights leader is reflected in the history of the school that was named for him. It was the first Omaha Public School named for an African American, and the first commemoration of Dr. King in Omaha. Its...
