Join us at Homestead NHP's Education Center at 2 pm on Jan 17 or 18 for our Film Festival! 🎬 This week's films: 📽️#LongfellowHouse 📽️@FtNecessityNPS Film stills: NPS #A250_HOME #HomesteadNHP #FilmFestival #LongfellowHouse #FortNecessity

📽️🎉 2026 Film Festival: Celebrate America’s 250th! ❄️ Enjoy free films at Homestead National Historical Park from Jan 17-Feb 22, every Sat & Sun at 2 pm. 🎬🍿 Film still: PBS #A250_HOME #FilmFestival #HomesteadNHP #AmericanRevolution #NationalParkService #Celebrate250

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Many homesteaders missed privacy. Homestead National Historical Park's Palmer-Epard Cabin (1867) shows the cramped living spaces homesteaders faced. 📷: NPS/Amber Kirkendall #HomesteadNationalHistoricalPark #HomesteadHistory #HistoricalHomes

Artists! Apply for the 2026 Artist-in-Residence Program at Homestead National Historical Park by Jan 31, 2026! More info: https://t.co/8Mpg57mGJw Painting by Rachael Wells, 2025 Artist-in-Residence #ArtistInResidence #HomesteadNHP #ArtOpportunity #CallForArtists #ArtResidency

Step back to 1923 this Sunday, Jan 11, at 2 PM for a living history program on the Children’s Blizzard of 1888. Learn about Minnie Mae Freeman's bravery from Park Ranger Amber! Photo: NPS/Robert Hartwig #A250_HOME #America250 #ChildrensBlizzard #MinnieMaeFreeman #LivingHistory

#NoFilter Sunset 🌄 Winter transforms landscapes with vibrant colors. Cleaner air and low sun angles make reds, purples, and magentas pop. 📷: NPS/Amber Kirkendall #WinterSunset #NaturePhotography #Sunset #HomesteadNationalHistoricalPark #Nebraska

Happy 2026 and Happy America250! 🎉 This year, we will explore the powerful ways homesteaders understood themselves to be part of the American story. 📷: NPS/Amber Kirkendall #A250_HOME #America250 #HomesteadNationalHistoricalPark #AmericanHistory #Homesteaders

#OTD in 1775, General Richard Montgomery was killed at the Battle of Quebec. His sacrifice became a key part of American identity. As settlers moved west, they named towns like Montgomery, MN in the 1870s, to honor their influential leaders. 📷: LOC #A250_HOME

Ranger Jesse's Year End Jottings: Graff Pond was dry for the first time in 23 years! After low rainfall since 2022, it's beginning to recover. Let’s reflect on resilience as 2025 ends! 🌱 📷: NPS/Jesse Bolli #Nature #Resilience https://t.co/rDqImLRxyn

🏡 #TodayInUSLandLaw, Woodrow Wilson signed the Stock-Raising Homestead Act of 1916! Key changes: no crop cultivation needed & surface rights only! #USLandLaw #StockRaising 📷: LOC/Marion Post Wolcott 1910-1990 #HomesteadAct #LandLawHistory #Ranching #Grazing #America250

Thanks to @NebraskaCzechs for the Czech ornaments at the Winter Festival of Prairie Cultures! Visit the displays by Jan 4. 📷: NPS: Robert Hartwig #CulturalTraditions #WinterFestival #HomesteadHistory #HomesteadNationalHistoricalPark

Not all Homestead Acts were equal! FDR’s New Deal promoted “subsistence homesteading" to relieve urban overcrowding. Visit Homestead Park to learn more! Poster: LOC/US Department of Agriculture #HomesteadAct #NewDealHistory #AmericanHistory #Homesteading #FDR

Explore the Nebraska map from the New Deal era at the Weaver Hotel! It showcases the Daniel Freeman Homestead's historical significance. 📷:NPS/ Amber Kirkendall #A250_HOME #America250 #ChildrensBlizzard #MinnieMaeFreeman #LivingHistory

Happy holidays from our homestead to yours! For those wishing for a little bit of snow, we gift you this digital snow globe featuring the Woodland Loop at Homestead National Historical Park. 📷: NPS/Amber Kirkendall #DigitalSnowGlobe #NPS

While good girls and boys await Santa, #HomesteadNHP's #FreemanSchool had a different visitor sneak down its chimney. 🌕🏫🎅 Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and a healthy holiday season to all! 📷: NPS/Robert Hartwig #MerryChristmas #HappyNewYear #HolidaySeason

#OTD in 1823, The Night Before Christmas was published! Thank you to @PaperMoonPastries and @LindsayOelling for showcasing sugar plums at our Dec 14 program! 📷: NPS/Amber Kirkendall #SugarPlums #NightBeforeChristmas #BakingDemo #HistoricRecipes #PaperMoonPastries

Strong Mussels in Cub Creek Ranger Jesse, interns, and students explored Cub Creek for mussels! Proud to contribute to science with our new publication! 📚 📷: NPS/Jesse Bolli Read more: https://t.co/eIGobg8gzF #HomesteadNHP#FreshwaterMussels #YCC #ParkScience #NPSVolunteers

Step back to 1923! Experience the Children's Blizzard of 1888 on Jan 11 at 2 pm in the Education Center with Park Ranger Amber Kirkendall as Minnie Mae Freeman. 📷NPS/Robert Hartwig #A250_HOME #America250 #ChildrensBlizzard #MinnieMaeFreeman #LivingHistory

Explore the Herbert Palmer Transcripts! At 85, Palmer shared memories of his father's log cabin and his mother’s spinning wheel. Walk through history as you visit the Palmer Epard cabin today! Photo: NPS #HomesteadHistory #OralHistory #PalmerEpardCabin #ThrowbackThursday

On Dec 16, 1773, Boston Harbor saw tea dumped in protest, a powerful idea that later reached schoolchildren with McGuffey Readers in prairie one-room schoolhouses. 📷: NPS/Amber Kirkendall #America250 #OTD #RevolutionToHomestead #A250_HOME