The Third Nebraska at the Exposition

Here is a photo that I just came across this past week. It is from a book called Omaha's Trans-Mississippi Exposition by Jess R. Peterson from the Images of America series. The caption on the photo reads as follows: "With standing orders for deployment to the Spanish-American war theater, the Third Regiment of Nebraska marched along the East Midway. Approximately 1,500 soldiers participated in Military Dress exercises on July 16, 1898. The 10:00 a.m. parade circled the exposition Midway and ended when all participants reached the Grand Court." I think it's a wonderful photo and quite interesting to see Nebraska's soldiers at the great Trans-Mississippi Expo right in their own backyard.

This photo is courtesy of the Omaha Public Library.