You have traced the term “Garden Spot” (Scribbler colums of Feb. 20, March 3). Can you trace the first use of the word “Dutch” (instead of Deutsche) when speaking of the Pennsylvania Germans?

Winterthur, coming off a landmark year thanks to last year’s Downton Abbey costume exhibit, hopes that the crowds who discovered the museum last year will return to see their new exhibit: “A Colorful ...

home-backyard Lancaster County: Pennsylvania German (Deutsch) Farming Join Paul Epsom as he learns how the early Pennsylvania German communities farmed in Lancaster County at the picturesque Landis ...

Nau vielleicht hoscht du en Frog, was iss der Unnerschitt zwischich Pennsilfaanisch Deutsch* un Pennsilfaanisch Deitsch? Deel Leit saage Deutsch, un annere Leit saage, Deitsch. Yaahre zerick in die ...

German Americans make up one of the nation’s largest ancestry groups, with nearly 45 million people claiming German roots. But if you want to see where that heritage runs deepest, the latest Census ...

The Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University will host a new conference Nov. 14-15, exploring the future of Pennsylvania German folklife, ethnic identity and language ...

Oct. 1—KUTZTOWN — At the dedication of the new Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University, Lee S. Heffner thought of the heritage left by his grandfather, Milton J. Hill. "My ...

Friends of the Daniel Boone Homestead in Exeter Township hosted “A Homestead Easter” on Saturday, March 31. Visitors to the Homestead learned about Pennsylvania German Easter traditions, many that ...

One of the most charming forms of two-dimensional American folk art is the distinctive Pennsylvania German style of drawing and calligraphy known as fraktur, more properly called fraktur schriften, or ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X The Philadelphia Museum of Art calls it “the most comprehensive exhibition to be devoted to ...