# Event Details

- **Event Name**: History Unveiled: Journey to Freedom - Researching and Writing the Grayson Sisters' Escape
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 11 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Tue, 11 Aug, 2026 at 07:00 pm
- **Event Description**: On Tuesday, August 11th, at 6pm, award-winning historian and author Gail Shaffer Blankenau shares the remarkable story behind her book, Journey to Freedom: Uncovering the Grayson Sisters' Escape from Nebraska Territory, while taking you behind the scenes of historical research and writing. Join us at the Nebraska History Museum to learn how court records, newspapers, family histories, and archival discoveries came together to reconstruct the lives of Celia and Eliza Grayson and illuminate the history of slavery and freedom seeking in Nebraska Territory.

This event is free and open to the public thanks to the support of the Nebraska State Historical Society Foundation. This lecture is the final presentation during the museum’s summer History Unveiled program series, each month from June to August.



About Gail Shaffer Blankenau

Blankenau is an award-winning historian, genealogist, speaker, and author from Nebraska. Her book, Journey to Freedom: Uncovering the Grayson Sisters' Escape from Nebraska Territory, received the 2025 Nebraska Book Award for Nonfiction History and a Silver Midwest Book Award for History.

Blankenau holds master's degrees in history and international policy and has conducted research for museums, archives, and historical organizations. Her articles have appeared in scholarly and popular publications, including Nebraska History, Nebraskaland, The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, and Family Chronicle.

A frequent presenter at local, regional, and national conferences, she lectures on Nebraska history, slavery in the borderlands, genealogy, and research methodology. Through her writing and presentations, she seeks to recover overlooked stories and bring forgotten lives back into the historical record.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/lincoln/history-unveiled-journey-to-freedom-researching-and-writing-the-grayson-sisters-escape/200030392374716
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 37

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Lincoln
- **state**: NE
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Nebraska History Museum
- **lat**: 40.81439
- **long**: -96.70015
- **full address**: Nebraska History Museum, 131 Centennial Mall North,Lincoln,NE,United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is History Unveiled: Journey to Freedom - Researching and Writing the Grayson Sisters' Escape being held?
  - **A:** History Unveiled: Journey to Freedom - Researching and Writing the Grayson Sisters' Escape takes place on Tue, 11 Aug, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Tue, 11 Aug, 2026 at 07:00 pm at Nebraska History Museum, 131 Centennial Mall North,Lincoln,NE,United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing History Unveiled: Journey to Freedom - Researching and Writing the Grayson Sisters' Escape?
  - **A:** History Unveiled: Journey to Freedom - Researching and Writing the Grayson Sisters' Escape is organized by Nebraska State Historical Society.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** History Unveiled: Journey to Freedom - Researching and Writing the Grayson Sisters' Escape is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Lincoln, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If History Unveiled: Journey to Freedom - Researching and Writing the Grayson Sisters' Escape sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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