langs American English , German language German rels Christianity Christian small br Protestant Lutheran ... br Austrian American s br Swiss Americans br Pennsylvania Dutch br Ethnic Germans German diaspora German ..., government, and the military. GermanAmerican generals Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben Baron von Steuben ... German Americans have also dominated beer brewing for much of American history beginning with breweries ..., Brewing Battles A History of American Beer 2007 ref GermanAmerican celebrations are held throughout the country, one of the most well known being the GermanAmerican Steuben Parade in New York ... settlers arrived at Jamestown, Virginia in 1607, and were accompanied by the first GermanAmerican ... builders. ref Citation last Grassl first Gary Carl date June July 2008 title Tour of GermanAmerican Sites at James Fort, Historic Jamestown journal GermanAmerican Journal volume 56 issue 3 page 10 ... first Albert E. date June July 2008 title 400 Years of Germans In Jamestown journal GermanAmerican ... this, many of the German settlers were Loyalist American Revolution loyalists during the Revolution ... War broke out, Britain made arrangements with German princes to hire some 30,000 Germans in the American ... Hundreds of thousands of German Americans volunteered to fight for the Union American Civil War ... I anti German sentiment see also American entry into World War I During World War I, German Americans ... edrbsass GermAmChron.htm A GermanAmerican Chronology , adapted from The German Americans ... paying members of the pro Nazi GermanAmerican Bund during the years before the war. ref http www.ushmm.org wlc article.php?lang en&ModuleId 10005684 GermanAmerican Bund , United States Holocaust Memorial ... Japanese American s. The Smith Act Alien Registration Act of 1940 required 300,000 German born resident ... of 1798 , the United States government GermanAmerican internment interned nearly 11,000 German immigrants ... ref ref http www.traces.org timeline.aftermath.html GermanAmerican Internees in the United States during ... more details
Infobox award name Distinguished GermanAmerican of the Year description Outstanding leadership and achievement of an American of German speaking ancestry in business, the arts, education, science, politics, and society. presenter GermanAmerican Heritage Foundation of the USA country USA year 1987 website http www.gahfusa.org Since 1987, the Distinguished GermanAmerican of the Year Award has provided national recognition for outstanding leadership and achievement of an American of German speaking ancestry in business, the arts, education, science, politics, and society. The Distinguished GermanAmerican of the Year Award is presented annually at a special event of the Council of 1000 . The Council of 1000 is a special donor recognition level of the GermanAmerican Heritage Foundation of the USA . Distinguished GermanAmerican of the Year 2011 2010 Paul Volcker 2009 William R. Timken 2008 Dr. Jesco von Puttkamer 2007 Margrit B. Krewson 2006 General Norman Schwarzkopf, Jr. H. Norman Schwarzkopf 2005 Dr. G nter Blobel 2004 Albert Wurz 2003 Walter and Maria Brand 2002 Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann 2001 Detlef Ted Hierl 2000 John Patrick Schmitz 1999 C. John Muller 1998 Dr. Otto I. Walter 1997 Gerald R. Kainz 1996 Bruno Karnas 1995 Hon. William Hetzler 1994 Doris Meissner 1993 Dr. George J. Beichl 1992 Heinz Prechter Heinz C. Prechter 1991 Albrecht Maier 1990 Eric Braeden 1989 Werner Fricker 1988 Hon. Ruth E. Denk 1987 Karl Ehmer See also GermanAmerican Heritage Foundation of the USA German Americans List of famous German Americans German in the United States Waldseem ller map GermanAmerican Day German Americans in the Civil War GermanAmerican Friendship Garden Carl Schurz External links http www.gahfusa.org GermanAmerican Heritage Foundation of the USA in Washington, DC Category American awards Category GermanAmerican culture Category GermanAmerican history ... more details
Image GermanAmerican Friendship Garden.jpg thumb right GermanAmerican Friendship Garden The GermanAmerican Friendship Garden in Washington, DC stands as a symbol of the positive and cooperative relations between the United States of America and the Germany Federal Republic of Germany . Situated on the historic axis between the White House and the Washington Monument , the garden borders Constitution Avenue between 15th and 17th Streets, where an estimated seven million visitors pass each year. The garden features plants native to both Germany and the United States and provides seating and cooling fountains. Commissioned to commemorate the 300th anniversary of German immigration to America, the garden was dedicated on November 15, 1988. As noted by President Ronald Reagan , who created the Presidential Commission to complete work on the project, blockquote ..I m proud to announce a product of that commission the dedication of a garden here in Washington as a symbol of the friendship between our two countries. In a few months, I ll be leaving the White House , but the garden, and all it represents, will remain, to be nurtured and sustained by the friendship between Germans and Americans... blockquote See also GermanAmerican Heritage Foundation of the USA German Americans List of famous German Americans German in the United States GermanAmerican Day German Americans in the Civil War Auswanderer Denkmal Distinguished GermanAmerican of the Year External links http www.gahfusa.org GermanAmerican Heritage Foundation of the USA http www.dswashington.org fileadmin downloads 06 09 26 Ambassadorp5.pdf Deutsche Schule Washington D.C. Category Category GermanAmerican culture Category GermanAmerican history Category United States European relations ... more details
The GermanAmerican Business Association GABA is a non profit organization that fosters wikt transatlantic transatlantic knowledge sharing and Business networking networking among Germany German and United States American business , mass media media and technology communities. GABA is dedicated to encouraging GermanAmerican business and trade . External links official http www.gaba network.org organisation stub Category Germany ... more details
York Steuben Parade. The GermanAmerican Steuben Parade is an annual parade held in various cities ... in 1957 by GermanAmerican immigrants who, being part of the largest self reported ancestral ... important street 86th Street was lovingly called Sauerkraut Boulevard and hosted many GermanAmerican ... is still regarded as one of the most important German Americans, as his training of the young American ... Guggenmusik band performs at the Steuben Parade in New York Every year the GermanAmerican Steuben ... Marshal and Guest of Honor Every year, the GermanAmerican Steuben Parade is led by one or more Grand Marshals, who are either American citizens with a German background or German citizens with a distinct ... Airlift . In 2007, celebrating the 50th Anniversary GermanAmerican Steuben Parade, the Grand Marshal ... , General Chairman Lars Halter, and Heinz Buck, President of the GermanAmerican Committee of Greater ... Bernhard Vogel . Parade events While the GermanAmerican Steuben Parade itself is held on the third ... Hilton Hotel and Towers . The parade itself leads directly to the GermanAmerican Friendship Party ... as traditional German food such as bratwurst . Miss German America Each May, the GermanAmerican ... in September. She is selected on the basis of her GermanAmerican heritage and her knowledge of German ... news26.html ref 2010 . GermanAmerican Friendship Month September is host to many German and GermanAmerican cultural events aside from the parade. They range from a reading with German .... There are also events celebrating the historic aspect of GermanAmerican traditions, like a walking ... right 200 px The cornflower is the official flower and logo of the GermanAmerican Steuben Parade in New York The cornflower is the official flower and the logo of the GermanAmerican Steuben Parade of New ... consists of representatives of a multitude of GermanAmerican organizations from the New York metropolitan ... with 501 c 3 status. See also Von Steuben Day GermanAmerican Day Reflist External links http www.germanparadenyc.org ... more details
The National GermanAmerican Alliance , also called the NGAA or Deutschamerikanische Nationalbund , was founded ... as its president until 1917. ref http www.ulib.iupui.edu kade adams chrono.html A GermanAmerican Chronology. Society for GermanAmerican Studies. Retrieved 9 4 07. ref ref http www.ulib.iupui.edu kade merrill lesson5.html Syllabus for German Immigrant Culture in America. Society for GermanAmerican Studies. Retrieved 9 4 07. ref Operating as a federation of ethnic German associations, by 1914 the Alliance ... The Paradox of GermanAmerican Identity. Princeton University Press. Retrieved 9 4 07. ref About ... levels of 2.5 million people. A professional movement, the NGAA promoted German language instruction in school, the foundation of educational societies, including the German Historical Society , and the publication of histories and journals to demonstrate the role GermanAmerican s had played ... for German culture throughout the War, the National GermanAmerican Alliance faced a Senate ... GermanAmerican Alliance, 1901 1918. Peter Lang. http www.archivaria.com BdDA BdDABund1.html The National GermanAmerican Alliance of the United States of America 1918 http ocp.hul.harvard.edu immigration outsidelink.html http nrs.harvard.edu urn 3 FHCL 933128 The National GermanAmerican Alliance and its allies pro German brewers and liquor dealers A disloyal combination. Westerville, OH American ... urn 3 FHCL 933123 National GermanAmerican Alliance Hearings before the Subcommittee of the Committee ... to repeal the act entitled An act to incorporate the National GermanAmerican Alliance, approved February ... in 1918 Category Ethnicity in politics Category GermanAmerican history ... German culture in America essentially seeking to resist the Cultural assimilation assimilation of Germans ... across the United States, as well as German farmers and commercial enterprises, the NGAA grew quickly. However, due to rising anti German sentiment due to the NGAA s outspokenness against prohibition ... more details
Notability date April 2008 Unreferenced date April 2008 The GermanAmerican School of Portland, Oregon is a dual language program. Classes are offered from preschool to Fifth grade 5th grade . The school is located at 3900 SW Murray Blvd. Beaverton, Oregon 97005 Phone 503 626 9089 External links http www.gspdx.com GermanAmerican School Portland Category Education in Portland, Oregon ... more details
wikify date May 2009 The GermanAmerican National Congress Deutsch Amerikanischer National Kongress , also known as DANK , is a national GermanAmerican non profit organization in the United States. DANK ... German Americans throughout the entire United States. Throughout its history, the GermanAmerican ... of which include the White House, the German Embassy in Washington DC, consulates, and a vast arrangement of other German organizations. In 1987, DANK was heavily involved in the adoption of declaring October 6 as GermanAmerican Day , which is still observed on a national level today. ref http www.dank.org about.html ref GermanAmerican Journal File GermanAmerican Journal 57 2.jpg frame Cover of April May 09 Issue The GermanAmerican Journal is the official newspaper of DANK, and is published ... of 6 pages, was issued every three weeks, and was written almost entirely in German. Today the paper is 16 pages and is primarily written in English articles written in German are often accompanied with an English translation or summary . Recurring subjects in the GermanAmerican Journal include Current Events, Food & Entertainment, Reviews, Organization News, and various articles of GermanAmerican ... new members to the organization by offering information on what the GermanAmerican National Congress ... events and activities that aim to unite people of GermanAmerican decent. National Executive ... s Mtn Iowa Quad Cities Illinois GermanAmerican Cultural Center Illinois Frankfort Mokena German Heritage ... Philadelphia Pennsylvania GermanAmerican Heritage Society of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Mason Dixon ... Washington D.C. Wisconsin Janesville Wisconsin Milwaukee References Reflist Category GermanAmerican ... the country, DANK is the largest organization of German Americans. DANK was founded back in 1959 ... look and offerings in order to appeal to a new and younger generation of German Americans. Not only ..., DANK also has their national headquarter DANK National located in the heavily German influenced Lincoln ... more details
The GermanAmerican Partnership Program GAPP , is a high school exchange program between schools in the United States and Germany , sponsored by the State department US State Department and the Foreign Office Germany German Foreign Office . Organizational support is provided by the Goethe Institut . The program was started in 1977 http www.goethe.de ins us ney pro gapp index.htm A1.2 . Over 200,000 students have participated in the program http www.goethe.de ins us ney pro gapp index.htm A1.8 . An exchange in this program is organized by two schools which enter into a long term partnership. Each exchange itself, however, is defined as a short term exchange. Students from the partner schools are eligible to participate in the annual or bi annual school visits. These last between three and four weeks each. According to the program rules, 10 to 20 students from each school can participate and are accompanied by teachers from their home schools. External links http www.goethe.de ins us lp prj gapp enindex.htm GermanAmerican Partnership Program at the New York Goethe Institut http www.aiken.moodlerooms.com gappmoodle GAPP Moodle an online gathering place for GAPP Coordinators edu org stub Category German culture Category German language Category Language education Category Student exchange Category Germany United States relations de GermanAmerican Partnership Program ... more details
The American Association of Teachers of German is a professional organisation for teachers of German Language German in the United States and Europe . Teachers may be involved in primary, secondary, or university education. Additionally, retired and student teachers are welcome. AATG Endowed Scholarship AATG provides many scholarships and awards to members and students of German. One of these is the AATG Endowed Scholarship, which allows high school Juniors and Seniors the opportunity to travel to Germany for three weeks during the Summer for a student exchange program. This scholarship has existed since 1997, and is awarded to up to three students annually. It is funded by members of AATG, and is organized in part by the Student Exchange branch of the German government. Selection Process Every year since 2000, up to three students have been selected to receive the AATG endowed scholarship. The initial selection process takes place through the AATG National Standardized Test, which is administered in December and January. From this test, those who score at or above the 90th percentile are informed that they are eligible for application for the scholarship. Of those who apply, two candidates are selected from each state one Junior candidate, and one Senior candidate. These candidates applications are then sent to the National AATG Selection Committee, which makes the final decisions. See also American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages American Association of Teachers of French GermanAmerican Partnership Program External links http www.aatg.org Official Website aatg.org The http www.hsp.org files findingaid3022aatg.pdf American Association of Teachers of German, Inc. Records , including internal correspondence, are available for research use at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania . Category German language Category Language acquisition Category Pedagogy Category Language education in the United States edu org stub ... more details
Infobox Holiday holiday name GermanAmerican Day type secular longtype Cultural image imagesize caption official name nickname observedby German Americans begins ends date October 6 next three if holiday is the same day of the same week every year week ordinal first , second , last , etc. weekday Sunday , Monday , Friday , etc. month January , February , December , etc. next three if the date changes in an unusual pattern each year date2009 only for days that change each year date2010 only for days that change each year date2011 only for days that change each year celebrations observances relatedto Image Mi1180 Concorde.jpg thumb 1983 Stamp GermanAmerican Day is a holiday in the United States , observed annually on October 6. The holiday, which celebrates GermanAmerican heritage, commemorates the date in 1683 when 13 German families from Krefeld near the Rhine landed in Philadelphia . These families subsequently founded Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Germantown, Pennsylvania , the first German settlement in the original thirteen Colonies thirteen American colonies . ref GermanAmerican Day A Short History, http www.webcitation.org query?url http www.geocities.com Athens Thebes ... century, GermanAmerican Day died out in World War I as a result of the anti German sentiment that prevailed ... October 6th as GermanAmerican Day to celebrate and honor the 300th anniversary of GermanAmerican ... approved S.J. Resolution 108, designating October 6, 1987, as GermanAmerican Day. It became Public .... See also Von Steuben Day Oktoberfest celebrations GermanAmerican Heritage Foundation of the USA References reflist External links http www.gahfusa.org GermanAmerican Heritage Foundation of the USA ... GermanAmerican culture Category GermanAmerican history Category Holidays in the United States Category Recurring events established in 1987 Category October observances de GermanAmerican Day nl ... Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America work publisher date 1983 01 20 url http ... more details
Refimprove date October 2009 Disputed date March 2011 Nazism sidebar The GermanAmerican Bund or GermanAmerican Federation German Amerikadeutscher Bund , also Amerikadeutscher Volksbund was an United States American Nazi organization established in the 1930s. Its main goal was to promote a favorable ... Bund The Failure of American Nazism The GermanAmerican Bund s Attempt to Create an American Fifth ... Former Leader of GermanAmerican Bund Succumbed in Munich . url http select.nytimes.com gst abstract.html ... of the pro Hitler GermanAmerican Bund, died here more than a year ago a poor and obscure chemist ... 07 20 ref ref name bredemus It elected a German born American citizen Fritz Julius Kuhn , a veteran ... with its rhetoric and actions. ref name bredemus Zenith Image GermanAmerican Bund NYWTS.jpg thumb left 325px GermanAmerican Bund parade on East 86th St., New York City , October 30, 1939 Image GAB Rally Poster.jpg thumb right GermanAmerican Bund Rally Poster at Madison Square Garden ... by men and women of German ancestry condemning Nazism, which appeared in ten major American ... Nazism , 1973 Susan Canedy Americas Nazis A Democratic Dilemma a History of the GermanAmerican ... The Interrelationship of the GermanAmerican Bund, Camp Siegfried, Yaphank, Long Island, and the Young ... http www.archive.org download WWII News 1939 1939 02 20 GermanAmerican Bund Rally Madison Square.mp3 ... pamphlet issued by the Bund http www.germanamericanbund.org GermanAmerican Bund.org http www.ushmm.org wlc article.php?lang en&ModuleId 1000568 U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum article on GermanAmerican ... of the United States Category Nazi organizations Category GermanAmerican history Category German ... ja ro GermanAmerican Bund ru ... early initiatives was to counter, with propaganda , a Jewish American Jewish boycott of businesses in the heavily German neighborhood of Yorkville, Manhattan . Simultaneously, an internal battle was fought ... more details
The GermanAmerican Soccer League GASL is the previous name of the Cosmopolitan Soccer League , a semi ... S.C. , Eintracht S.C. and Germania S.C., joined the league. The league renamed itself the GermanAmerican ... 1928 29 DFC Newark 1929 30 German Hungarian SC 1930 31 1st SC Vienna 1931 32 DFC Newark 1932 33 German Hungarian SC 1933 34 German Hungarian SC 1934 35 DSC Brooklyn 1935 36 DSC Brooklyn 1936 37 DFC Newark 1937 38 Elizabeth S.C. 1938 39 DSC Brooklyn 1939 40 German Hungarian SC 1940 41 German Hungarian SC 1941 42 GermanAmerican AC 1942 43 SC Eintracht 1943 44 SC Eintracht 1944 45 SC Eintracht 1945 ... of champions http www.cslny.com custpage.php?cid 67 Annual league history Category GermanAmerican Soccer League Category GermanAmerican culture Category GermanAmerican history Category Soccer in New ..., Wiener Sports Club, D.S.C. Brooklyn, Hoboken FC 1912 and Newark S.C., banded together to found the GermanAmerican Soccer League. As the name suggests, the teams were largely composed of recent immigrants ... . In 1964, the GASL joined with the professional American Soccer League in a short lived experiment ... changed its name in response to a changing American soccer scene. While soccer had existed as an ethnic sport since the 1930s, the creation of the North American Soccer League in 1968 had brought ... named an All Star team beginning in 1930. In 1968, after the newly established North American Soccer ... 1950 51 German Hungarian SC 1951 52 German Hungarian SC 1952 53 Elizabeth S.C. 1953 54 German Hungarian SC 1954 55 German Hungarian SC 1955 56 German Hungarian SC 1956 57 New York Hungaria 1957 58 German Hungarian SC 1958 59 NY Hungaria 1959 60 NY Hungaria 1960 61 NY Hungaria 1961 62 NY Hungaria 1962 63 Blau Weiss Gottschee SC 1963 64 Greek American AA 1964 65 No Champion 1965 66 Blue Star SC 1966 67 NY Ukrainians SC 1967 68 Greek American AA 1968 69 Greek American AA 1969 70 Greek American ... competitions U.S. Open Cup 1951 German Hungarian SC 1955 SC Eintracht 1962 NY Hungaria 1965 ... more details
The GermanAmerican Institute Nuremberg , or Amerika Haus N rnberg , is located in the heart of Nuremberg and has served the public for over 60 years with a great variety of cultural programs, English language classes, and information sessions on topics related to the United States . History Deleted image removed Image Bibliothek im alten Amerika Haus Glei b hlstra e 13.jpg thumb Bibliothek im alten Amerika Haus Deleted image removed Image Autob chereiAmerikaHaus.jpg thumb Autob cherei The GAI in Nuremberg was founded in 1946 by the American military government, to serve its own members and dependants in its own occupation zone. In 1947, it was renamed Amerika Haus and a public library and cultural program were added as part of the reeducation program of the US government. With the start of the Cold War , as Germany became a potential ally, focus shifted to the distribution of anti Communist information. At the request of German politicians, the America Houses remained after the founding of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949. In the same year, the GermanAmerican Women s Club N rnberg F rth e.V. was founded in the GAI. The Club still exists today. In the 1960 s, under President John F. Kennedy , there were plans to change some of the America Houses into bi national cultural institutions ... funding from the city of Nuremberg, the state of Bavaria and the German national government, as well as support from the cultural affairs department of the American Embassy. For the last several years, the yearly dues of the Friends of the GAI have helped support the goals of the GAI. GermanAmerican Institute today Deleted image removed Image Amerikahaus.jpg thumb GermanAmerican Institute ... www.amerikahaus nuernberg.de The GermanAmerican Institute Nuremberg Official Website Category Libraries in Germany Category German culture Category International cultural organizations Category Aftermath ... Amerikanisches Institut N rnberg e.V. The financial support was split between German governmental ... more details
GermanAmerican Internment refers to the detention of people of German people German citizenship in the United ...?id Qc UAAAAMAAJ&pg PA424& A German Village on American Soil , v. 90, January June 1917, 424 5 , accessed ...& Neutral Ships Held Here, February 3, 1917 , accessed March 30, 2011 ref As GermanAmerican relations ... States ndash not to mention American citizens of German birth ndash was far too large for a general ... Aliens 2007 , 95 ref In 2005, activists formed an organization called the GermanAmerican Internee .... ref GermanAmerican Internee Coalition http www.gaic.info ShowPage.php?section About Us&page Index ... American Experience of World War One vol. 4 The World War Two Experience the Internment of German Americans ... 1948 section 3 GermanAmerican Camp Newspapers Internees View of Life in Internment vol. 5 Germanophobia ... http www.gaic.info GermanAmerican Internee Coalition site includes detailed history, maps, oral accounts, and external links http www.traces.org timeline.aftermath.html GermanAmerican Internees in the United States during WWII, by Karen E. Ebel Category GermanAmerican history Category Civil detention ... on German born male residents of the United States over the age of 14. The rules were written to include ..., 1918. ref Arnold Krammer, Undue Process The Untold Story of America s German Alien Internees Lanham ... marine vessels Until the U.S. declared war on Germany, German commercial vessels and their crews ... entered the war, several German military vessels found themselves in U.S. ports, where authorities ... detainees and then as prisoners of war POWs . In December 1914 the German gunboat SMS Cormoran 1909 ... on February 4, 1917, and U.S. authorities in Guam imposed greater restrictions on the German detainees ... and personnel. The German captain and his crew blew up the ship, taking several German lives ... military honors. The surviving 353 German service members became prisoners of war, and on April 29 were ... in the homes of wealthy locals. Another 28, Melanesians from German New Guinea , were confined on Guam ... more details
Refimprove date June 2009 Infobox school name GermanAmerican International School native name latin name image imagesize caption location streetaddress 275 Elliott Drive region city Menlo Park, California Menlo Park state California county San Mateo County, California San Mateo County zipcode 94025 country Flagcountry USA coordinates schoolnumber schoolboard district authority religion oversight affiliation superintendent trustee founder president head of school Peter Metzger ref cite web last GermanAmerican International School title School Administration url http www.gais.org aboutus adminteam accessdate 2011 03 07 ref headteacher headmaster head label head chairperson principal viceprincipal asst principal dean administrator rector chaplain director custodian staff ranking faculty teaching staff roll MOE ceeb school code LEA ofsted testaverage testname national ranking classes classes offered avg class size ratio SAT ACT graduates year lower age upper age houses type Private school Private , Coeducational , Bilingual , Inquiry based learning Inquiry based system fees tuition revenue ... directory searchdetail.cfm?O 3429&Schl germanamerican 20international&City &Cat 0&Cnty 0&SchoolCat Private 20School&Name GermanAmerican 20International 20School&Page 1 accessdate 2009 06 14 ref ... established 1988 ref cite web last GermanAmerican International School title School History url ... The GermanAmerican International School in Menlo Park, California Menlo Park ... 300 students from pre kindergarten to 8th grade. Through 5th grade, the program is a German English bilingual program. In 6th 8th grade, the school also admits non German speakers to its International Middle School program offering German, Spanish and French as foreign languages. Founded in 1988, the GermanAmerican Internation School recently celebrated its 20th anniversary ref cite web ... accessdate 2009 06 14 ref and became the first IB World School taught primarily in the German language ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Germania Miller Standard Hotel nrhp type image GermanAmerican Heritage Center Davenport, Iowa .jpg caption location 712 W. 2nd St., Davenport, Iowa lat degrees 41 lat minutes 31 lat seconds 18 lat direction N long degrees 90 long minutes 35 long seconds 1 long direction W coord display inline,title locmapin Iowa built 1871 architect architecture Late Victorian, Victorian Bracketted added July 07, 1983 area convert 1 acre governing body Private mpsub http pdfhost.focus.nps.gov docs NRHP Text 64000149.pdf Davenport MRA refnum 83002438 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref designated other1 name Davenport Register of Historic Properties designated other1 date September 12, 1996 ref name DRHP list cite web author Historic Preservation Commission title Davenport Register of Historic Properties publisher City of Davenport url http www.cityofdavenportiowa.com egov docs 1157124087 589019.pdf accessdate 2011 03 07 ref designated other1 abbr DRHP designated other1 color ffc94b designated other1 number The GermanAmerican Heritage Center also known as the Germania Miller Standard Hotel , is a cultural center and museum in Davenport, Iowa , United States , that chronicles and preserves the history of German Americans in the Midwest region. ref http gahc.org ?page id 87 ref History The GermanAmerican Heritage Center was incorporated in 1994, and the board of directors purchased the Standard Hotel on the Davenport, Iowa riverfront in 1995. The building originally opened in 1862 as the Germania gasthaus , a guest house for immigrants. ref name gahc21 In 1983, the building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places , ref name gahc21 and on the Davenport Register of Historic Properties in 1996. ref name DRHP list In 2009, extensive renovations to the center were completed with enhanced multimedia and exhibit spaces. ref name gahc21 http gahc.org ?page id 21 ref ... Places in Iowa Category Culture of the Quad Cities Category GermanAmerican history Category National ... more details
Headquarter The GermanAmerican Heritage Foundation of the USA GAHFUSA is a national non profit organization that promotes German language, culture, and heritage in the United States and works toward preserving the history of Americans of German ancestry in the building the United States. It is a national membership organization through which Americans of German heritage and language work together on issues of common concern. The organization supports a number of special projects including the GermanAmerican Friendship Garden located on the Mall at Constitution Avenue in Washington, DC, and the care ... heritage of Americans of German speaking ancestry and to be a voice of German Americans in cultural and public policy debates in the USA. Its goals include Sharing a positive image of Americans of German speaking heritage by focusing on their historical contributions to American society. Strengthening the ethnic awareness and cooperation of German Americans. Promoting the German language and culture. Cultivating GermanAmerican friendship and cooperation. Supporting cooperative efforts among German Americans and their organizations. Activities The organization honors the outstanding contributions of German speaking Americans through its Distinguished GermanAmerican of the Year Award, which ... since President Ronald Reagan first declared October 6 GermanAmerican Day in 1987, GAHFUSA has petitioned ... of these United States as have Americans of German extraction. blockquote History The GermanAmerican Heritage Foundation was established as the United GermanAmerican Committee of the USA in 1977 ... was a German immigrant who served in the Union Army in the American Civil War and became a successful ... External links http www.gahfusa.org GermanAmerican Heritage Foundation of the USA http germanoriginality.com Discover German Originality Category GermanAmerican culture Category GermanAmerican history Category Organizations based in Washington, D.C. de GermanAmerican Heritage Foundation of the USA ... more details
wiktionary German Germans german germans German s may refer to Something of, from, or related to Germany , a country in west central Europe The German language as a noun, Germans , people from Germany or of German ancestry German citizens, see demographics of Germany Ethnic Germans , people of German descent without German citizenship In a historical context the Germanic peoples TOC right Places German, New York German Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania German parish , Isle of Man German, Bulgaria , quarter of Sofia German Republic of Macedonia , a village in the Republic of Macedonia Agios Germanos , previously called German Mythological beings German mythology , a male spirit in the folklore of Serbia and Bulgaria Other German Shepherd Dog Germans band , a Canadian indie rock band German name for people with the given name or surname GermanGerman wine German studies German alphabet See also Germania Germany disambiguation Germanus disambiguation Germain disambiguation Germaine disambiguation e Germane Chemistry disambig surname geo als Deutsch ar bg de Deutsch el es Alem n fa fr Allemand homonymie hr German razdvojba it Tedesco kn ja nn Tysk pl German ujednoznacznienie pt Alem o simple German th ... more details
The German is a short film written and directed by Nick Ryan , Starring Toby Kebbell and Christian Brassington . It premiered at the 2008 Cork Film Festival and has subsequently been screened at Palm Springs Film Festival, LA Shorts Festival and San Paulo Film Festival in Brazil. Synopis November 1940 during the greatest conflict man has ever known, an epic duel unfolds between two ace pilots, each willing to take the match to its ultimate conclusion. Unknown to the pilots is a fate neither has considered. External links http www.thegermanmovie.com The German Official Web Site http twitchfilm.net news 2009 08 nick ryan takes to the skies with the german.php imdb title id 1330608 title The German DEFAULTSORT German Category Short films Category 2008 films Category Aviation films category World War II films ... more details
German immigration may refer to Immigration to Germany Expulsion of Germans after World War II Immigration from Germany Category German diaspora GermanAmericanGerman Australian German Brazilian disambig ... more details
Unreferenced date July 2010 Infobox Ethnic group group German Cuban br small Deutschkubaner br Alem n Cubano br flagicon Germany flagicon Cuba small poptime German Cubans br 12,387 popplace Cuba langs Spanish language Spanish , Cuban Spanish , German language German rels Christian related Ethnic Germans , German diaspora , Cubans A German Cuban lang de Deutschkubaner , Spanish Alem n Cubano refers to Cuba ns of Germany German ethnicity, or who are Germans German born immigrants to Cuba. List of German Cubans and ethnicity Lola Sanchez , American actress German Cuban Mayra G mez Kemp , Spanish actor and television presenter German Cuban German diaspora Category Cuban people of German descent Category Ethnic groups in Cuba Category German diaspora Cuban ja ... more details
passes by, showcasing the various GermanAmerican heritage organizations, local German immersion schools, and others celebrating their German heritage. German cuisine is also featured at German Fest. Many well known German restaurants and food services in the area are present at the fest, including .... Usinger s . Usinger s celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2005, in a joint anniversary of German Fest s 25th anniversary. External links http www.germanfest.com German Fest website Category Festivals in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Category GermanAmerican culture Category GermanAmerican history ...Unreferenced date January 2009 German Fest is an ethnic festival in Milwaukee, Wisconsin , at the Henry Maier Festival Park , on the Lake Michigan lakefront. The genesis of German Fest occurred when Mayor Henry Maier challenged the local GermanAmerican community during a speech on May 20th, 1980, at the 20th Anniversary of the GermanAmerican National Congress DANK to organize a German festival. Shortly thereafter, Walter Geissler, then President of D.A.N.K., chaired a committee of five members that laid the foundation for the Fest. The charter of German Fest was subsequently written in January, 1981. The first German Fest was held in August, 1981. http www.co.milwaukee.wi.us display router.asp?docid 9197 It is billed as the largest German celebration in North America and currently occurs during the last full weekend in July. German Fest celebrates the culture of Germany , as well as Switzerland , Austria , Liechtenstein , South Tyrol , and German speaking communities around the world. Along with traditional music, many from the Vaterland also make the journey to perform and educate at the festival. One attraction is the cultural tent, where one can see the various groups, including both former and current provinces that proudly call themselves German. They range from Bavarians Bayern , and Hessians Hessen , to other German speaking nations like the Austrians sterreich , and groups ... more details
Aleksei German , Soviet Russian filmmaker Anna German , Polish singer Edward German , English composer Gretchen German , American actress Lauren German , American actress Robert German , American singer ... German Fernandez , American distance runner German Felk , Russian footballer Germ n Figueroa , Puerto ... Germ n Voboril , Argentine footballer Surname Antonio German , English footballer Bert German , American football coach Jammi German , American National Football League player Jim German , American National Football League player Les German , American Major League Baseball player Peter German , Australian ... Patriarch German Doric of the Serbian Orthodox Church Germ n Efromovich , South American entrepreneur ...German also Germ n is a given name , often the Slavic or Spanish form of Herman , as well as a surname ... , Mexican painter German Galynin , Soviet Russian composer Germ n Gedovius , Mexican painter German Goldenshteyn , Romanian klezmer musician Germ n Legarreta , Puerto Rican actor German Londo o , Colombian painter and sculptor Germ n Magari os , Argentine film director and screenwriter German Moreno , Filipino actor German Okunev , Soviet Russian composer Germ n Pedro Ib ez , Cuban musical director ... Germ n Espinosa , Colombian novelist and poet German Gref , Russian economist Germ n Gull n , Spanish literary critic German Kim , Kazakhstani historian German Nogueira Gomez , Cuban author German Sadulaev , Chechen writer Politics Given name German Kuznetsov , former deputy premier of Kyrgyzstan ... , former president of Venezuela Germ n Trejo , American immigrant rights activist Germ n Vargas Lleras , Colombian politician and presidential candidate Surname Lindsey German , British anti war activist Mike German , Welsh politician Obadiah German , American politician and lawyer William Manley German , Canadian politician and lawyer Yael German , Israeli politician, first female mayor of Herziliya ... Germ n Arangio , Argentine footballer German Apukhtin , Soviet Russian footballer Germ n Barranca ... more details
Unreferenced date August 2008 Ibero German means of or pertaining to people of Spain Spanish or Portugal Portuguese descent living in Germany or the German speaking countries . This includes Spanish people Spaniards and Portuguese people , Latin American s and Hispanic s in Germany. The expression is in reference to the Iberian Peninsula , including Spain east and Portugal west . See also Italo German Category Ethnic groups in Germany Category German people of Portuguese descent Category German people of Spanish descent ethno stub de Ibero Deutsche ... more details
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