It’s been a busy summer. From German Fest in Milwaukee in July to the Steuben Parades in September to German-American Day in Washington on October 6. We finally received the presidential proclamation from President Obama late afternoon on the 6th. We were hoping to have it earlier so that it Read more »
I am sure that many of you heard about AFS International, the organization that arranges Student Exchanges between the US and other foreign countries. Many of the high school exchange students that I knew were hosted through AFS. Last month at German Fest in Milwaukee I had the pleasure to Read more »
On December 23 of last year, the DANK National Board held a special board meeting to elect Robert Miske of the Milwaukee chapter as National Treasurer. The position became vacant by the resignation of Maria Thompson, who resigned because of personal reasons. We sincerely thank Maria for dutifully exercising Read more »
It was a cold weekend for the Von Steuben Statue 100 year anniversary, but quite a bit warmer than it was in Germany a couple days before. Since I had to travel to the east coast for this celebration, my wife Darlene and I decided that this provided the ideal Read more »
On December 4, I was invited by the Steuben Society of America to come to Washington to be part of the celebration commemorating the 100th anniversary of the General Von Steuben Statue in Lafayette Park just north of the White House. Randy Radje, President of the Steuben Society presided over Read more »
Tonight in Germany, ZDF broadcasted the live Fund Raising Show, Ein Herz Für Kinder. The program was hosted by Thomas Gottschalk, the moderator of the popular show, “Wetten Das.” The program collects funds to help children all over the world in times of need, hunger and health crisis. What was Read more »
Since I just flew from the US to Amsterdam today, it is fascinating to see the Winter Wonderland that exists from the UK through the Netherlands and Lowlands, France and Germany. Traffic seems to be at a standstill once again from their apparently weekly snow storms. Autobahns, Train Service and Read more »
As I was flying my flights between Atlanta and Honolulu just before Thanksgiving, I was reminded that the Christmas season was right around the corner when I saw Chef Ralf Bauer and his crew set up the huge Gingerbread Christmas Village display in the lobby of the Sheraton Princess Kaiulani Read more »