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German Fest is an ethnic festival in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US at the Henry Maier Festival Park, on the Lake Michigan lakefront. [1] The genesis of German Fest occurred when Mayor Henry Maier challenged the local German-American community during a speech on May 20, 1980, at the 20th anniversary of the German American National Congress (DANK) to ...
Dec. 4, 2022; Columbus, Ohio, USA; Shoes are set out in the hopes of them being filled with sweets for St. Nicholas Day during the Ohio History Connection's annual Dickens of a Christmas event ...
Milwaukee boasts a number of German restaurants, as well as a traditional German beer hall. A German language immersion school is offered for children in grades K-5. [5] Germans were, and still are, an important component of life in Wisconsin and Milwaukee. Former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl visited Milwaukee with U.S. President Bill Clinton ...
2000: the festival was expanded from its original 4 days to 9 days and was named in a USA Today article as “one of the best Old-World folk festivals in the U.S.” [8] 2007: the first Wienerfest was held. This annual event is held in spring and helps fund Oktoberfest activities. [8]
The Central Wisconsin State Fair returns to the Marshfield Fairgrounds Aug. 20-25 with live music, a demolition derby, bull riding, carnival, classic fair foods and more.
Clas was a member of City Park Board, and designed the Milwaukee Auditorium and other public buildings. [3] The City of Milwaukee commemorated a park in Clas's name in appreciation of his work as a city planner. Alfred C. Clas Park is located in Milwaukee County, just off N. 9th St and Wells St (Latitude: 43.0405556, Longitude: -87.9238889). [5]
Temperatures in Wisconsin might still feel like summer, but the state is quickly approaching the average first snowfall of the season.. In Milwaukee, the earliest snowfall of the season on record ...
While Germany's carnival traditions are mostly celebrated in the predominantly Roman Catholic southern and western parts of the country, the Protestant north traditionally knows a festival under the Low Saxon names Fastelavend [ˈfastl̩ˌɒːvɱ̍t], Fastelabend [ˈfastl̩ˌɒːbm̩t] and Fastlaam (also spelled Fastlom, IPA: [ˈfastl̩ɒːm]).