Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben

The Knights of Ak -Sar - Ben (English Knights of Ak -Sar - Ben ) are a civic organization in the city of Omaha, Nebraska. The main concern of the now more than a hundred years the existing organization is the cultural enrichment of the city of Omaha.

"Ak -Sar - Ben " is the name of the state written backwards Nebraska and later became the name of the built on the initiative of the Knights of Ak -Sar - Ben cultural center of Omaha.

History

In 1895, the city of Omaha was the home of the Nebraska State Fair, the State Parade of Nebraska. But since there were no family-friendly form of recreation in the city, the State Fair should migrate to the city of Lincoln. To prevent this, met on March 28, 1895 around 60 businessmen from the city. 12 of them founded a result, the Executive Committee of the Business Men's Association of Omaha.

On trips to Mardi Gras in New Orleans and events in other cities in the United States, these people were in front of each municipal organizations, according to their model should also result in an Omaha later. During the return claiming one of those twelve men, in Omaha get lost everything upside down and then suggested the municipal organization that should be established for cultural enrichment, but should take into account the backward pronounced the name of their state of Nebraska. So it was then and the Knights of Ak -Sar - Ben were founded. This made ​​it their task to establish " a thriving heartland ," flourish in the communities and all children can succeed. The organization still exists today of unchanged purpose.

Structure of the organization

Today there are different types of membership levels:

1 The board of governors that includes the board members of the association. 2 The ordinary members are summarized in His Majesty's Council, which forms the council.

Services of the Knights of Ak -Sar - Ben

• Creation of the Ak -Sar - Ben Rodeo, a multi-purpose arena
• The River City Roundup, which summarizes a plurality of events. Especially music concerts and Western shows are held but the River City Roundup.
• The Coronation Ball
• The 4-H Livestock Show, an exhibition, may participate in the 4 -member families from eight selected states.
• Founding of the American Hockey League Hockey teams the Omaha Ak -Sar - Ben Knights in cooperation with the Calgary Flames, migrated as their farm team, but the 2007 einstellten play activities and to Illinois.
• Scholarship programs