Day 11 Lincoln, NE....A good life

Old Church in downtown Lincoln



Senator Jagdish



Kids at the nature history museum


Largest Mammoth in the world ( see the dwarf in front of it...evolution on a small island)


Similarities between me and my ancestor

Happy earth day.

It turns out the earth day was started in Nebraska as "arbor day" and was used as the day for planting trees. When the city of Lincoln was first founded, there were only 6 trees as far as eye could see. It was just plains and grass land. There were kids growing up here that had never seen a tree.

We spent the day in Lincoln, the capitol city of Nebraska. First stop was capitol building. It was built in 1920 and is very impressive. The architects and the artists tried to show the history of America , not just the white people. It has many interesting murals. One example : one mural showing the 1879 trial of Omaha and " the Standing Bear" which established that native Americans are "PERSONS" and have the same human rights. There were many school groups there ( because of earth day holiday) and I noticed the absence of any Asian kids. Mostly white with few native Americans.

The Nature history museum is huge and we had to see it all. Big claim here is that it has the biggest collection of Elephant fossils in the world. The biggest mammoth skeleton is here and right next to it is the dwarf mammoth skeleton ( the dwarf is small because it is from a small island and adapted to the environment there. ... is fascinating to see the evolution at work).

Speaking of evolution: This museum also has a big section devoted to Darwin, his life story and his books his theory. The genetics exhibits were simple enough that even I could understand most of them. Overall this was a great science museum and lots of kids were enjoying it.

We also, did some shopping in the downtown where we ate at an Indian restaurant owned by BHUTANI people and cooks were Bhutani too.

Another museum: Nebraska history museum had the history of native Americans, white man's arrival , conflicts, Nebraska's acceptance in the union and the present.

In general, it was a good educational day. People are very nice and relaxed and are ready to talk when ever you want.

Time to say good night. I hope all of you are doing well. I always enjoy hearing back from you.