Jacque Schrag/Axios Chinese, Pennsylvania German, and Russian are the three most commonly spoken languages in the the Commonwealth, other than English and Spanish, per new census data. Why it matters: ...

Beginning in 1683 and continuing to the time of the American Revolution roughly 81,000 German-speaking immigrants arrived in Pennsylvania, mostly through the port of Philadelphia. They established ...

There was a turning point in Patrick Donmoyer’s career studying Pennsylvania German culture when his work became more than a quest for knowledge and understanding. That’s when he began to see ...

N. WHITEHALL TWP., Pa. - It was a celebration of all things Pennsylvania German, on Friday afternoon in Lehigh County. June 28 is officially designated by the state government to recognize the ...

It is not known when the first Pennsylvania German met an American Indian. Unlike the Pilgrim Fathers of Massachusetts or the Jamestown, Va. English, the local settlers had no William Bradford or ...

It’s possible to bring back memories of home-style Pennsylvania German cooking without having to leave the Lehigh Valley, according to readers who responded to a question asked in a Grazing ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on X (Opens in new window) Fassnachts, or fastnachts, depending on your spelling preference, is a PA German tradition baked up at ...

The living history demonstration inside the restored 19th-century stone farmhouse was part of Easter On The Farm, a celebration of Pennsylvania German holiday traditions and folk culture held ...