Perhaps nothing symbolizes Pennsylvania Dutch culture more than the hex sign. Some believe hex signs were first added to barns as a kind of painted prayer, usually for blessings and as protection ...

His honors project this summer involves cataloguing all the barns with hex signs in Berks County. Pennsylvania Dutch barns are usually red, owing to the low price and easy availability of the ...

And whether Pennsylvania Dutch, or of English, Scotch-Irish, Welsh, Italian or Polish descent, this regional experience is accessible to all. It is precisely this twofold exposure of the barn ...

These settlers became known as the “Pennsylvania Dutch.” These settlers brought a tradition of painting vibrant geometric patterns on their barns. These designs, often featuring flowers ...

in Pennsylvania Dutch, are circular paintings that pop up on many a southeastern Pennsylvania home, barn, or other building. Schtanne and Blumme show off bright contrasting colors and geometric ...

Many German families came to Pennsylvania and because they ... so as die Gediere net rauskumme kenne. (The barn doors that are below are Dutch doors. They have two sections.

If you’ve spent much time in the rural regions of central Pennsylvania, you’ve likely seen barns decorated with decorative, star-like symbols, or similar designs on decorative items sold at ...

the skill needed to build a traditional Pennsylvania Dutch barn. You can shop on line if you want a souvenir before you go, but you might want to wait until you can attend the auction of handmade ...

Painted in 1666, "View of Olinda, Brazil, With Ruins of the Jesuit Church" is a masterpiece by Frans Post, one of the first ...

Barn stars are a decorative tradition dating back to the early 1800s among Pennsylvania Dutch farmers. If you’ve spent much time in the rural regions of central Pennsylvania, you’ve likely ...