GERMAN-AMERICAN HALL OF FAME

Article (The Local): What the Germans brought to America

Posted: October 9, 2015

German-American Day first gained a spot on US calendars over 130 years ago. An annual holiday on October 6th, it marks the day in 1683 when 13 German families arrived in Philadelphia to set up home. But what exactly made their arrival so important?


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