America 250 - at the Fair!
Scattered About the Grounds
- Remembering our Fallen Exhibit (Sandhills Suite)
- Historic Military Equipment on Display (Labor Day)
- Divas — Tribute to Our Troops Musical Act
- Stars and Stripes Fireworks & Drone Display (Fri/Sat/Sun ~10pm)
- Army National Guard Display (Labor Day)
- Veterans Wellness & Assistance Booths (Labor Day)
- USS Nebraska Submarine Photo Op
- America250 Photo Booth
- Skydivers (Labor Day)
- Contests (Pie Eating & More)
Veterans Day (September 7)
All active-duty and veteran service members receive free admission to the Fair, with their Military ID on Monday, September 7.
Join us for our annual tribute to our nation’s greatest heroes, inside the BigIron Events Center beginning at 10:30 AM.
- Keynote Speaker: Astronaut Clayton Anderson
- Musical Performance by U.S. Air Force Veteran Jimmy Weber
- Nation of Patriots Flag Hand Off Ceremony
- POW Tribute
- Where I Served Maps
- Quilts of Valor Presentation
- USA Celebration Parade
- Free Coffee and Donuts – Provided by the Salvation Army
- Army National Guard Military Vehicle Display
- Army National Guard Helicopter Display (Weather Permitting)
- Historic Military Vehicle Display
- Veterans Resource Fair
- Skydivers
Team Fastrax™ is the largest professional parachute demonstration team in the world. A pair of professional skydivers will kick off this years USA Celebration Parade carrying an American Flag and a medley of Armed Forces Flags, landing right here on the Fairgrounds.
Clayton Anderson (Astro Clay®) is – “Nebraska’s Astronaut!” A seasoned spacewalker, Anderson spent nearly 40 hours in the unforgiving vacuum of space, helping build the space station through the execution of 6 spacewalks, ranking him in the top 40 on the world’s cumulative all-time spacewalk record list. Hear Astro Clay speak at the American Heroes Veterans Day Program.
Don’t miss our very own Stars and Stripes Drone and Fireworks Show happening around 10 PM on Friday, Saturday and Sunday nights during the Fair! The best place to view from? Check out our Fairgrounds map (key) to find out!