We at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum have some busy days ahead of us. It begins today with 3 different school groups from United in Christ Lutheran School in Frohna and Altenburg Public School coming to our museum to view our Christmas exhibit. I always like to be hanging around the museum on such … More A Controversial Christmas Tree
The staff at our museum has a very busy day today because it is Day 2 of the annual Christmas Country Church Tour and hundreds of visitors will likely walk through our doors today between 10 o’clock this morning until 9 o’clock tonight. Therefore, I will post this story that was published back in 2017. … More The Tree Stories Continue
I am not presently in Altenburg and have a busy Sunday schedule with a granddaughter, so you are once again getting a post from the past. In fact, the attached story is the very first one that I published on December 15th after our new website was established in early 2016. For a long time, … More A Christmas Tradition from Days Gone By
The 2018 version of the annual Christmas Country Church Tour will take place both today and tomorrow, December 13th and 14th. Our Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum is one of the stops on this tour. This tour has increased in popularity and attendance during recent years. This will be the 14th year for this event. … More Christmas Country Church Tour – 2018
There will be no story involving family research today. I want to use today’s post as an opportunity to point out that right now we have several stories on display at our museum. Those stories are in the trees. The trees are part of our annual Christmas exhibit here at our museum. First, let me … More Stories in the Trees
I had the most wonderful afternoon and evening at the Lutheran Heritage Center today. It was the first evening of the Christmas Country Church Tour. We hosted 370 guests. They enjoyed our more than 50 themed trees created by our magnificent volunteer team. It is one of the delights of my life to design this … More Christmas Country Church Tour 2016
We located some more photographs that show Perry County Christmas decorations. As I look at these photos, I cannot help but think that the absence of the technology to produce color photographs really doesn’t do the Christmas season justice. Normally, I love looking at the old black and white photos. They add a sense of … More Black and White Christmas
All of our Christmas trees have stories. Some of them are simple, some are about winter in Perry County, German traditions, and Santa has an incredible area this year. A tree that has been with us since the beginning 12 years ago is the Immigration Tree. It is a significant contribution to our interpretation of … More The Trees have Stories
