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Born October 1, 1917, Etzel von Oeringen was a male German Shepherd dog bred by a private breeder, Robert Niedhardt of Quedlinburg, Germany. [1] Etzel was trained in Berlin as a police dog and served in the German Red Cross during World War I. [2] His owner was left in poverty after the war, and was unable to even support the dog.
The Pennsylvania German settlers of Shenandoah brought with them many staples of Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine, such as sauerkraut, apple butter, cabbage served with hot sauce, souse, ponhoss (scrapple), buckwheat pancakes, knödel, rivvels and ham bone pot pie. The staple grains were wheat, spelt, and barley.
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Map of Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, highlighting Germantown Borough prior to the Act of Consolidation (1854) Germantown (German: Deutschstadt) is an area in Northwest Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded by Palatine, Quaker, and Mennonite families in 1683 as an independent borough, it was absorbed into Philadelphia in 1854. The area, which ...
The mostly Protestant German Palatines (also known as Pennsylvania Dutch) tended to find rich farmland and work it zealously to become stable and prosperous. The other group, mostly Protestant Presbyterians known as Scotch-Irish , tended to be restless, clannish, fiercely independent, and hosted a centuries old animosity to the British Crown.
Conrad Weiser (November 2, 1696 – July 13, 1760), born Johann Conrad Weiser, Jr., was a Pennsylvania Dutch pioneer who served as an interpreter and diplomat between the Pennsylvania Colony and Native American nations. Primarily a farmer, he also worked as a tanner, and later served as a soldier and judge.
The Pennsylvania German Society lowered its profile in World War I. [15] It suspended its annual meetings of 1917, 1918, and 1919, although it did publish annual volumes during those years. [16] The executive committee of the Pennsylvania German Society continued to meet, [17] and several meetings were held at the Historical Society of Berks ...
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