Category: News

Happy Austrian National Day!

Written by delta on 26. October 2017. Posted in News.

Today, October 26th, is Nationalfeiertag, which is also known as Austrian National Day! We at the German-American Heritage Foundation want to acknowledge and celebrate this holiday due to our goal of promoting the cultural heritage of all Americans of German-speaking ancestry. So, Happy Austrian National Day!

Austrian National Day emerged from political developments after World War II. After the war ended, the country was occupied by the Allied Forces (the Soviet Union, United States, Great Britain, and France). However, on October 26th, 1955 (ten years after the end of the war), the Austrian Parliament passed a law that stated that the country would have permanent neutrality and this put an end to occupation by Allied forces. Because of this, the idea of neutrality has become a big part of Austrian Culture and is why Austrian National Day exists.

Fall 2017 Edition of “The Ambassador”

Written by delta on 28. September 2017. Posted in News.

Dear Members, Supporters and Friends,

The latest edition of The Ambassador with important information about our upcoming 31st Council of 1000 Award and Fundraising Gala,
an introduction of the candidates for the Nov. 18 GAHF board elections, and other Foundation news is now available.

Ambassador_Fall 2017

Happy Labor Day

Written by delta on 3. September 2017. Posted in News.

We at the GAHF would like to wish you a happy Labor Day!

Labor Day is dedicated to the social and economic achievements of American workers. This does not exclude members of the German-American community who represent 15.2 percent of the US population and have played a major role in labor reform in the United States. Germany has a similar holiday, Tag der Arbeit, which is celebrated on the first of May.

Message from the Executive Director ~ August 2017

Written by delta on 10. August 2017. Posted in News.

This month we would like to highlight the different types of German-American clubs and organizations typically found throughout the country. While there are hundreds of German-American clubs in America focusing on everything from Beethoven to German mustard, we will be focusing on these three common club types: Schuhplattlers, Saengerbunde, und Turnvereins.

The GAHM will be closed to the public from now until Nov. 3

Written by delta on 10. August 2017. Posted in News.

The German-American Heritage Museum of the USA™ is closed to the public from now through Friday, November 3, 2017. We will re-open on Tuesday, November 7. For urgent matters, please contact [email protected]. We apologize for the inconvenience, and hope to welcome you back in November.

Message from the President ~ August 2017

Written by delta on 5. August 2017. Posted in News.

Greetings from the German-American Heritage Museum of the USA™ in the Nation’s capital!

It was a great honor to be in the Midwest last weekend visiting with friends old and new (thanks to the gracious hospitality of Yogi and Gitta Reppmann) at the first conference of the International Germanic Genealogy Partnership, to which I was personally invited to attend from key organizer Dirk Weissleder on a visit to Berlin in November 2016.