{"id":666,"date":"2015-03-23T14:23:48","date_gmt":"2015-03-23T20:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/?p=666"},"modified":"2015-03-23T14:26:37","modified_gmt":"2015-03-23T20:26:37","slug":"spring-is-in-the-air-and-our-spring-speaker-series-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/2015\/03\/23\/spring-is-in-the-air-and-our-spring-speaker-series-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Is In The Air &#8211; and Our Spring Speaker Series Is HERE!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Come to one &#8212; or come to all!\u00a0\u00a0Celebrate Spring by attending our Spring Speaker Series!<\/p>\n<p><strong>March 29, 2015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1:30 pm\u00a0 at the City Council Chambers\u00a0 <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/files\/2015\/03\/Charlotte-Endorf-new-200x300.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-667 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/files\/2015\/03\/Charlotte-Endorf-new-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Charlotte-Endorf-new-200x300\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Charlotte Endorf speaks on the\u00a0&#8220;Orphan Train.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nebraskan author <strong>Charlotte Endorf<\/strong> starts the series off with her talk on the &#8220;<strong>Orphan Train.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong> Endorf traveled more than 8,500 miles, seeking the last surviving riders and descendents to document the real-life stories of the children who rode the Orphan Trains between the years 1854 and 1929. Dressed in period attire, Endorf entertains and educates audiences of all ages about this little known Nebraska history.<\/p>\n<p>Charlotte Endorf is a lifelong Nebraskan, a member of Toastmasters International (earning the Distinguished Toastmaster award twice), and specializes in speaking to elementary schools, museums, town festivals and the elderly\u00a0throughout Nebraska.\u00a0Charlotte\u00a0has authored nine books on the Orphan Train, the North Platte Canteen and her journeys.\u00a0 She also developed a documentary on the Orphan Train riders for the Madison County Historical Society.\u00a0 After a trip to New York City she and an actual orphan train rider created a poetry CD of history and their time together.\u00a0 She was nominated by the Madison County Historical Society and named by American Mothers, Inc. as the 2011 Nebraska Mother of the Year.\u00a0 Her family developed Nebraska\u2019s second Free Little Library in their own front yard.<\/p>\n<p>(http:\/\/humanitiesnebraska.org\/subjects\/programs-by-age-group#topic-1273).<\/p>\n<p><em>Humanities Nebraska (HN) provides major funding for this program.\u00a0 HN receives support from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Nebraska State Legislature, the Nebraska Cultural Endowment, and private donations.\u00a0 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Coming Next:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 7th\u00a0 &#8220;America&#8217;s History, People and Culture on Postage Stamps&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>April 21st &#8220;The Bertrand Exhibit&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Come to one &#8212; or come to all!\u00a0\u00a0Celebrate Spring by attending our Spring Speaker Series! March 29, 2015\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1:30 pm\u00a0 at the City Council Chambers\u00a0 Charlotte Endorf speaks on the\u00a0&#8220;Orphan Train.&#8221; Nebraskan author Charlotte Endorf starts the series off with <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/2015\/03\/23\/spring-is-in-the-air-and-our-spring-speaker-series-is-here\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Spring Is In The Air &#8211; and Our Spring Speaker Series Is HERE!<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[7,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-news","category-programming"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5oMVT-aK","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=666"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":671,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666\/revisions\/671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/blair\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}