Pennsylvania German Arts and Antiques

John Mitchell's Pennsylvania German House in Lower Milford Township

"Many of the bank barns that the Pennsylvania Germans built in the late 1700s and early 1800s still dot the countryside. By building the barns into hillsides, farmers could drive their wagons filled with hay and grain directly to the second-story threshing floor to unload. Hay was stored on the third level and animals on the basement level."

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Pennsylvania German Easter Eggs in the Canadian Snow

"Kitchner:  A blanket of snow made it a bit tricky to hide 4,000 brightly-coloured Easter eggs on the grounds at Schneider Haus...."

"As well as the plastic ones, there were several traditional Pennsylvania German scratched eggs that children could exchange for special prizes..."

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"Easter on the Farm" at Kutztown University

"Now in its 10th year, Easter on the Farm featured about 20 demonstrations of crafts, cooking and scheduled readings and singing at the center's 30-acre, 19th century farmstead along Luckenbill Road. Exhibits were spread among a stone farm house, barn and smaller buildings that have been authentically restored; a one-room schoolhouse, circa 1870; and a museum containing more than 10,000 artifacts and genealogical records of several thousand Pennsylvania German families dating to the mid-1700s."

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Don Yoder to Speak on Fraktur and Hex Signs

"Yoder is widely considered the dean of Dutch culture. He has written or co-written 15 books on the subject in the course of 50 years of research. He co-founded the Pennsylvania Folklife Society in 1949 and edited a quarterly publication called Pennsylvania Folklife from 1961 to 1978."

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