Peony Park

Peony Park Peony Park a Omaha ,NE Landmark.... The park closed in 1994. Throughout its existence the park maintained its status as Nebraska's largest amusement park. Source
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Peony Park
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Peony Park was an amusement park located at North 78th and Cass Streets in Omaha, Nebraska. Founded in 1919, over the next seventy-five years the 35-acre (140,000 m2) park included a 4.5-acre (18,000 m2) pool, beach and waterslide, a ballroom that billed itself as "1 acre under one roof," an open air dance area for 3000 dancers, amusement rides, and

various sundries. History
Peony Park was begun by local entrepreneur Joe Malec, Sr. in 1919 as a gas station and restaurant on the Lincoln Highway. Carl Rosenfield's neighboring Peony Gardens were established 35 years earlier, in 1884, with 25 acres (100,000 m2) of peonies in several hundred varieties. When the Gardens became a highway stop along the burgeoning Lincoln Highway, Malec added amusements to this already busy roadside attraction. The park became the official headquarters for the Lawrence Welk Band in the 1930s, which made it immensely popular. Other events included the Coca-Cola Date Night and Polka Days. Originally built outside city limits, the park was annexed by the city of Omaha in 1958. In the 1980s, Omaha's Italian community began holding their annual celebration called La Festa Italiana at the park, and continued until its closure. La Festa is now held at Roncalli High School. Segregation policies
The park was strictly segregated until 1963. Earlier, in 1955, the State of Nebraska took Peony Park to district court over its segregated swimming policy. In State of Nebraska v. Peony Park, the court found that under Nebraska Civil Rights Law Peony Park discriminated against African American swimmers at the Amateur Athletic Union Swimming Meet held at the park on August 27, 1955. During that event, two African American participants were barred from the meet because Peony Park barred them from pool. On September 7, 1955, the court fined Peony Park $50 and costs of the trial. Additional civil suits were settled out of court.

04/26/2026

HEY COUNTY ASSESSOR and State of Nebraska I’M TALKING TO YOU!! This is my PERSONAL OPINION!!
Hypothetically…….. I’m being taxed on money I never made. Let that sink in.
If I bought my property outright for $60,000 in 2009
Now the county says it’s worth $246,000.
Did I sell it? No.
Did I make a profit? No.
Did I get a check for $246,000? No.
But my taxes jumped like I did.
That’s the problem.
This isn’t income.
This isn’t cash.
This is a number someone decided on paper — and now I’m being billed for it.
If my stock portfolio doubles, I don’t pay taxes until I sell.
If my income doesn’t increase, I don’t magically owe more income tax.
So why does owning a home work differently?
Why am I being taxed on unrealized gains?
A house isn’t just an investment — it’s where people live. And this system means you can do everything right, pay off your home, and still get squeezed harder every year because of a number you never turned into money.
You don’t truly own something if you can be taxed out of it.
This isn’t about “services” or “inflation.”
It’s about being charged for value you never received.
And people are starting to notice.

COPY & PASTE this to Your page, this needs to be on everyone’s mind…

Lots of famous bands…🤘
09/01/2025

Lots of famous bands…🤘

The good old days…
08/27/2025

The good old days…

Love this picture!!
08/22/2025

Love this picture!!

Peony Park in 1933: It was our parent's and grandparent's time. A bus ran every 30 minutes to Peony Park picking you up ...
08/18/2025

Peony Park in 1933: It was our parent's and grandparent's time. A bus ran every 30 minutes to Peony Park picking you up at 49th and Dodge. Why? Because the city limits was at 50th and Dodge and the public bus and street car didn't go further. In 1933, it's been documented that the ballroom had segregated dancing events; and there's not much else documentation about the inclusion practices except for the pool. The swimming pool was the object of a Civil Rights battle that ran from the 1950s to the 1960s.

Peony Park was a family run entertainment complex that ran for 75 years (1919 to 1994). The business fell into legal troubles in the 1950s and 1960s after exclusionary practices around the swimming pool that caused a Civil Rights demonstration and victory in 1963 for the people of color who wanted swim there. The business thrived in the the 1970s-80s, but fell into financial ruin by 1994. Today a HyVee sits on the the site where Nebraska's largest amusement park sat and where a Civil Rights victory happened.

08/04/2025

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Omaha, NE
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