Memorial Day is approaching and we honor those who served our country with this week’s #ThrowbackThursday.
This week, we have sheet music of a World War I song written in 1917 by Nebraska musician Albert Haberstro and published in Omaha, Nebraska – “Dedicated to the soldier of democracy wherever he may be and to the greater cause of liberty for which he is fighting”
This piece is owned and published by Polley Music Library of Lincoln City Libraries. Just over 250 pieces of Nebraska sheet music are available through the Nebraska Memories databases, as well as concert programs, manuscripts, theatre programs, photographs, and other Nebraska memorabilia which features an element of music. Searchers can also listen to a dozen performances of selections from this music collection performed by local musicians.
If you are someone who likes history, especially Nebraska history, check out the Nebraska Memories archive.
Nebraska Memories is a cooperative project to digitize Nebraska-related historical and cultural heritage materials and make them available to researchers of all ages via the Internet. The Nebraska Memories archive is brought to you by the Nebraska Library Commission. If your institution is interested in participating in Nebraska Memories, see http://nlc.nebraska.gov/nebraskamemories/participation.aspx for more information.
