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 ...

Facebook brought them in and YouTube helped get them started, as dozens of eastern Pennsylvania residents gathered in Lehigh County for the preservation of something that once belonged to their ...

The 83rd Baerricks Kaundy Pennsylfawnisch Deitsch Fersommling (Berks County Pennsylvania German Gathering) celebrated the Pennsylvania Dutch language and culture. About 250 people enjoyed an ...

N. WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. - It was a celebration of all things Pennsylvania German, on Friday afternoon in Lehigh County. June 28 is officially designated by the state government to recognize the culture ...

An event in Berks County raises awareness about the area's Pennsylvania German culture and language. The Pennsylvania German "Zaamelaaf" organization sponsored the fifth annual event in Bethel ...

The Amish population in North America nearly doubles every 20 years, according to a 2023 study by Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College. This suggests the number of ...

Lillian Geisler, a native of Millersville, Pennsylvania, graduated in 1936 from Millersville State Teachers College where her father was the chef at the college’s dining hall. When she accepted a ...

Simon Bronner, a Penn State-Harrisburg professor of American studies and folklore, writes about the German and Pennsylvania German preoccupation with manure and how it colors their culture and humor.

The Declaration of Independence was formally adopted by the Continental Congress in Philadelphia on July 4, 1776. In the days that followed, it was reprinted in newspapers and broadsides so word could ...