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Today the museum highlights the history of Slovaks and Czechs in Omaha. [1] Located at Omaha's only Sokol (est. 1911), the Czechoslovak Museum includes fine hand-cut lead crystal , costumes, photographs, showcases of memorabilia, a Czech/English reference library and a gift shop, which features only items imported from the Czech Republic . [ 2 ]
Czechs from Omaha helped gain legislative approval to found the Czech Language Program at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln, instituted in 1907. Additionally, a Czech heritage course was created at the College of St. Mary in Omaha. [9] These programs have served as centers for teaching Czech language, literature and culture for nearly a ...
Czech Americans (Czech: Čechoameričané), known in the 19th and early 20th century as Bohemian Americans, are citizens of the United States whose ancestry is wholly or partly originate from the Czech lands, a term which refers to the majority of the traditional lands of the Bohemian Crown, namely Bohemia, Moravia and Czech Silesia.
The organization was a western offshoot of the Czech-Slovak Protective Society (CSPS), which was based in the eastern states. [4] ZCBJ founder members disagreed with some CSPS policies which were not tailored to their specific circumstances, especially about the calculation of payments to members, [4] and the admission of women to the club's ...
A Czech language newspaper, the Pokrok Západu (Progress of the West), was founded in Omaha in 1871. [3] Other Czech language newspapers in Nebraska included Přítel Lidu (People's Friend), [4] Ozvěna Západu (Echo of the West), [5] and Wilberské Listy. [6] A state organization for Czech Nebraskans, Nebraska Czechs Inc., was formed in 1963. [7]
The Notre Dame Academy and Convent is located at 3501 State Street in the Florence neighborhood on the north end of Omaha, Nebraska.It is significant for its ethnic association with the Czech population in Nebraska as the only school and convent of the Czechoslovakian School Sisters de Notre Dame (this is not the same order as the School Sisters of Notre Dame) in the United States.
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The Festival is a living display of the various Slavic customs and events continued by the people of Sugar Creek. Groups and companies from across the Kansas City area serve traditional Slavic food, including Sarma (cabbage roll) meals with Croatian potato salad and slaw, Kielbasa (Polish sausage), Goulash (Slovak stew), Haluski, Peirogi and moe For those with a sweet tooth, authentic Slavic ...