Families got the chance to travel back to the 18th Century to experience what Christmas was like 300 years ago.

The Pennsylvania German Zammelaaf nonprofit organization hosted its annual Grundsau Daag fer Yunge, which translates as Groundhog Day for Youth. While geared for ages 5-12, the event was open to all ...

Victoria Anderson and Elyse Pedri had no problem picturing life behind a wooden desk roughly 20 times older than themselves. Anderson of Shillington and Pedri of Fleetwood, both 11, said they wouldn’t ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Bread crumbs were cast in the corners of a garden to bless the soil in a little-remembered ...

German Americans make up one of the nation’s largest ancestry groups, with nearly 45 million people claiming German roots. But if you want to see where that heritage runs deepest, the latest Census ...

Winterthur, coming off a landmark year thanks to last year’s Downton Abbey costume exhibit, hopes that the crowds who discovered the museum last year will return to see their new exhibit: “A Colorful ...

Here's an amazing number. In 2007, an estimated 250,000 Americans could still fluently speak Pennsylvania German, often called Pennsylvania Dutch. And others beside the Amish are counted in that ...

When Sarajane Williams of Macungie was a little girl, her father would sing old Pennsylvania German folk songs to her. But when she grew up, Williams a professional harpist, couldn’t find the music ...

There are many reasons to visit Pennsylvania, not the least being larger cities like Pittsburgh, with its beautiful overlooks and skylines, and smaller hideaways full of off-kilter art and eccentric ...