Iowa and the Meskwaki Nation (1856-Present) with Jonathan Buffalo
June 6: 2 p.m., Meskwaki Gymnasium, 349 Meskwaki Road, Tama
Join Meskwaki staff for insights on history, culture, language, and natural resources. The Meskwaki Cultural Center will be open to attendees.
National Norwegian-American Folk Art Exhibition
June 12 to July 25, Vesterheim Norwegian-American Museum, 502 W Water St., Decorah
See contemporary artists creating in the Norwegian-American tradition. For more information, go to vesterheim.org.
250th Flag Day for Families
June 13: 9 a.m., Bremer County Courthouse, 415 E Bremer Ave., Waverly
Bremer County invites families to celebrate the founding of America. Learn about respecting the flag, the Declaration of Independence, voting and the history of the Statue of Liberty.
Women’s Role in the Revolutionary War
June 13: 9 a.m.-noon, Iowa Genealogical Society Library & Research Center, 628 E Grand Ave., Des Moines
Denise Baker Hamilton, America 250 chair of the Iowa Society of Daughters of the American Revolution and a family historian, will present a program on women’s role in the Revolutionary War. Dianna Baker Hoye, a DAR member and genealogy and history researcher, will present a program on Revolutionary War wives buries in Iowa. Free event.
Emancipation Day and Election Day
June 13: 9 a.m., Living History Farms, 11121 Hickman Road, Urbandale
Iowa entered the Union in 1846 as a free state, but our history of civil rights is complicated. Use our family workbook to dive into the history of Black Iowans from before statehood through the Civil War and landmark civil rights cases as you visit our sites. Listen to speeches and vote for a new mayor of Walnut Hill and learn who could and couldn’t vote in 1876. Free pizza while it lasts. Also, watch a free historic baseball game on the front lawn starting at 3:30 p.m. More information is available at lhf.org.
Clayton County Museum Crawl
Through June 30: Clayton County Iowa Museum, 200 East Bridge Street, Elkader
Learn about the history of northeast Iowa with a museum crawl. Visit six or more of the museums located in Clayton County and have a punch card stamped to be in a drawing for a prize.
In Flanders Field The Poppies Grow: Cherrywood Poppy Quilt Challenge and Quilts of Valor Exhibit
Through July 5: 10 a.m., Iowa Quilt Museum, 68 E Court Ave., Winterset
Exhibit includes a collection of six quilts of valor surrounded by 225 cherrywood poppy quilt challenge quilts with a military/veteran theme. Also, an American Album quilt featuring the 50 states in the order of when they joined the union.
Summer camps at the Grout Museum District
Through Aug. 3: 9 a.m., Grout Museum District, 503 South St., Waterloo
Themes include Road Trip Across America, Art in Americana, American Folklore, and more. Registration is required at groutmuseumdistrict.org with prices starting at $30.
40th Anniversary Summer Iowa Games
Through Aug. 31, various times and locations
The Summer Iowa Games presented by Grinnell Mutual will celebrate 40 years this annual multi-sport festival. More than 40 sports will be offered for athletes of all ages and abilities. For schedule, visit iowagames.org/summer-iowa-games.
250 Stops in 250 Days along Iowa’s Lincoln Highway
Through Sept. 5: online event
The Lincoln Highway was America’s first planned, improved and promoted transcontinental automobile route. Over 250 days, the Facebook page Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway will highlight a different stop daily, from monuments and museums to restaurants and roadside markers, on the Lincoln Highway Heritage Byway, a designated National Scenic Byway.
Paper Money of the Revolutionary War Era
Through Sept. 6: 11:30 a.m., Higgins Museum of National Bank Notes, 1507 Sanborn Avenue, Okoboji
The Higgins Museum presents a special display of 31 bank notes issued during the colonial period and the early statehood era. Continental currency issued by Congress during the Revolutionary War will be on display.
Prairie, Plows and the People’s College
Through Oct. 2: Farm House Museum, 601 Farm House Lane, Ames
This exhibition honors key people, moments, objects, and experiences with more than 250 primary source objects representing six themes: early Iowa State Agricultural College and Model Farm; early Iowa; immigration; national imagery; native stories; and innovation and the Victorian home.
Shaped by Immigrants: Celebrating 250 years of the United States
Through Nov. 1: 10 a.m., German American Heritage Center and Museum, 712 W Second St., Davenport
History exhibit celebrates immigrant groups that settled and made an impact here in the United States. For more information, go to gahc.org..
This article originally appeared on Des Moines Register: What to know about America 250 events coming up in Iowa
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