Friday, March 19, 2010, marked a major milestone for not only the German-American Community in our nation’s capitol, Washington D.C., but also for all German-Americans. We celebrated the opening of the German-American Cultural Center and the German American Heritage Museum of the USA at the newly renovated Hockemeyer Hall. In Read more »
Hi Everyone, Just left Hong Kong today on my way back to the US via a layover in Tokyo. Did not even consider that I was going to be in Hong Kong for the Chinese New Year so what a bonus. All on the same day, Valentines day, Chinese New Read more »
I’m back! It’s been so long since I have written for the blog. It’s been so busy for me in the last 6 months both with my job and with DANK. In November I was re-elected to the position of DANK National President for 2 more years, so there will Read more »
Wow, what a day it has been. The weather was nice but the festival was even nicer. German Fest outdid themselves. While the Milwaukee Air & Water show was going on at the lake front, our visitors to German Fest reaped all the benefits of the Air Force Thunderbirds formation Read more »
Well today the crowds came in at 3 PM and it got a little lively at the festival. The opening ceremony at 5 PM was a nice intro to the festival board, the sponsors and dignitaries including Mayor Tom Barrett of Milwaukee. Our DANK PR tent did have quite a Read more »
Hi Everybody, Greetings from German Fest in Milwaukee. DANK is represent this year a sponsor and has a PR tent where we can tell folks about our organization and sign up folks for our DANK credit card. Darlene and I did a lot of PR yesterday and will continue to Read more »
Wow, does time ever fly. I have had some trouble adding things to the blog on my trips due to slow internet access and time constraints. I am on vacation now, but not getting any rest. My wife and I were supposed to be in Germany visiting relative right now Read more »
I finally had time to update the blog again. Since my last time to Frankfurt I have been extremely busy attending the Maitanz and 50th anniversary celebration of the chapter DANK Chicago-West. After that I went back on a trip to Frankfurt and lo and behold it’s Christi Himmelfahrt (Ascension) Read more »