A near-full-capacity crowd gathered on May 14, 2022, at Francie & Finch Bookshop in downtown Lincoln to hear Ed Zimmer and Jim McKee describe the process of coauthoring their latest book, Lincoln, which is part of the “Postcard History Series” of Arcadia Publishing. Ed and Jim wrapped up the event by autographing books purchased by attendees. The book is now available at Lincoln booksellers.

PAL is collaborating with the Wyuka Historical Foundation for this tour, which will begin at 2:00 PM on Sunday, May 1. The tour launches a series of PAL events in May, a month designated annually as “Preservation Month” by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Efforts to extend the Nebraska Historic Tax Credit have likely been futile. According to state legislation, the program will sunset on December 31, 2022. In an attempt to strengthen the program and extend its life, several bills were introduced to the legislature during the 2021 and 2022 sessions. As of Friday, April 7th, none of the bills were listed on the agenda for a floor vote.

Join PAL on Tuesday, April 12th for a Brown Bag Lecture about the Nebraska State Capitol tower and dome restoration project.

Historians Jim McKee and Ed Zimmer, both highly respected experts on the history of Lincoln, have each dipped into their vast collections of Lincoln postcards to assemble a jointly-authored book of 211 scanned postcard images and accompanying explanatory narratives. The selected postcards, all considered rare today, date from the early 1900s through the 1930s.