Please join us for a special night honoring our Veterans. The event will include: speakers: Mayor Jean Stothert, Councilmember Pete Festersen, and special guest Jeanette Harper, USAF Veteran and Bellevue University Professor a laying of the wreath ceremony for our war representatives, music, and the grand lighting of the WWII Colonnade. Hot cocoa and desserts […]
The veteran's ceremony at Memorial Park American Legion Post 1 (7811 Davenport) due to bad weather will start at 11 a.m. on Veteran's Day — Friday, Nov. 11. The celebration of Veterans Day will continue all next week with Operation Green Light, part of the national push to help veterans and their families.
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For their Shop for Good campaign, sponsored by Wells Fargo, SHARE Omaha features one nonprofit’s wish list each week on our social media. Omaha Parks Foundation will be spotlighted on […]
Thank you to our generous donors at the Corporal Daegan Page Foundation for funding a new scoreboard to be installed at the Motto McLean Ice Arena! Before enlisting in the Marines, Daegan Page was an avid hockey player in Omaha, playing at Moylan and Motto frequently from a very young age. To learn more about […]
In celebration of Memorial Park's 75th Anniversary, the Omaha Parks Foundation in cooperation with the City of Omaha plan to bring the statue "Embracing Peace" to the park from June-October 2023. Read more about this project and celebration here. "Embracing Peace" Statue arrives at Memorial Park on April 27th and prepares for installation on April 28th! […]
In celebration of Memorial Park's 75th Anniversary, the Omaha Parks Foundation in cooperation with the City of Omaha plan to bring the statue "Embracing Peace" to the park from June-October 2023. Read more about this project and celebration here. "Embracing Peace" Statue arrives at Memorial Park on April 27th and prepares for installation on April 28th! […]
America entered World War II following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Before the outcome of the war was even assured, in 1943 Mrs. Lulu N. […]
The Nebraska Game and Park Commission, the City of Omaha, Omaha Parks Foundation, Greater Omaha Trail Runners, and the Omaha Running Club invite you to help clean up Standing Bear Lake. Standing Bear Lake is currently drained for a renovation and enhancement project. This creates a great opportunity to remove trash from the lake bed. […]
1:30pm Start 2:00pm Ceremony In celebration of Memorial Park's 75th Anniversary, the Omaha Parks Foundation in cooperation with the City of Omaha plan to bring the statue "Embracing Peace" to […]
Summer concert and fireworks show produced by the City of Omaha 2022 Headliners: TBA Schedule: 5:45 p.m. — National Anthem & Event Welcome 6:00 p.m. — 8:45 pm Bands TBA 10:00 […]
