Pennsylvania German Arts and Antiques

Historic Architecture in the Conewago Valley

 

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"Popular sites in the Historic Conewago Valley Tours include: Early-American East Berlin, the East Calvary Battlefield and Victorian New Oxford. From downtown Gettysburg (Lincoln Square) you may begin your tour by travelling east on Route 30 for two blocks, bearing right at the intersection of York and Hanover Streets. Here you will find Benner’s Hill where many leftover Civil War cannons still stand. The Daniel Lady Farm, which was used as a hospital during the Battles of Gettysburg, is also located here."

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Pennsylvania German Heritage Festival at the Lebanon Campus of HACC

"Taylor’s grandmother, Alice Spayd, is the founder of Die Schwadore Schalle or “The Swatara Sounds,” a singing group Spayd organized seven years ago as a project of the Pennsylvania German Studies Program at HACC to encourage young people to sing in Pennsylvania German. "

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The 14th Annual Pennsylvania German Heritage Festival at HAAC / Lebanon

"Brintzenhoff, a substitute teacher and musician who was raised in Topton, Berks County, describes a people who worked hard but knew how to have fun. He will share that aspect of Pennsylvania Dutch culture Saturday during the 14th Annual Pennsylvania German Heritage Festival at Harrisburg Area Community College/Lebanon campus."

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New York Times: Everyone's Re-Discovering Whoopie Pies

 

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"Whoopie pies have been on the rise for several years, and nobody can pinpoint the reason they finally broke into the national consciousness. But the snacks evoke a more homespun era that seems to provide some comfort amid the economic gloom. “Pure edible nostalgia,” the Williams-Sonoma catalog calls them."

Posing in Photo with her Whoopie Pies: Susan Friedman, owner of Kim's Kitchen, near Chicago.

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Kutztown University Group to Restore Conestoga Wagon

 

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"The Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University has undertaken the restoration of a rare 175-year-old Conestoga wagon, the type used by generations of Berks County farmers dating to before the American Revolution."

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Samuel Hicks, Coverlet Weaver, in Indiana Newspaper

"Samuel Hicks was born in Lebanon County, Penn. on Sept. 17, 1804. By 1834 he had purchased land in Millerstown, built a log cabin and married Sophia Shafer. One of his oldest known coverlets is signed Samuel Hicks, Millerstown, Lebanon County, Penna., 1834. There were over 65 looms working in the area, so the Hicks family went by wagon in 1835 to Chambersburg, Ohio."

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Chicken Pot Pie Video: Schencksville Church Fundraiser

"'Nothing smells better on a cold winter day than the aroma of chicken pot pie floating all through the house,' says Ron Bealer of the classic Pennsylvania Dutch comfort food made with ''slippery' noodles, rather than pie crusts."

And on the frigid morning he and friends were making chicken pot pies for a church supper, the aroma at Union Evangelical Lutheran Church in Schencksville is nothing short of delicious.

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