Two events that are part of the immigration story that is so important to our area took place on this day in 1838. The two events took place a great distance away from one another. One event took place in Bremerhaven, Germany, while the other took place in New Orleans, Louisiana. The map below illustrates … More The Sophie and the Republik
I have known some details of the story I will write today, and I have wanted to tell it for a while. Today is a good occasion to tell it. I do not often write a story that starts with a date of death, but in this case, that is about the only date I … More Pastor Dies While Attending Convention in Altenburg
You will not be reading a typical blog post today. Normally, I do some family research on people who have some connection to the Lutheran churches of East Perry County. Today, I am going to document a field trip that I made yesterday with my wife, Sandi, and some friends of ours from Minnesota, Rev. … More Setting Course for Cole Camp
I have the privilege today to write the real story of a couple of individuals that are main characters in my two books, Wittenberg ’03: Coming of a Church and Wittenberg ’04: Coming of a Railroad. These two are Laura Gemeinhardt and Teacher Richard Kalbfleisch. The story of this couple is one that inspired me … More Wittenberg Characters
According to Wikipedia, there have been five Rambo movies. The main character in each of these movies is John Rambo, a Viet Nam veteran with special forces experience. These movies are full of action. I titled today’s story as Rambow V because it was on this day that another John Rambow was born in Altenburg, … More Rambow V
We are having a very busy weekend here at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum, so I put out a call for help. Clayton Erdmann has answered that call, stepped up to the plate, and submitted a blog post for us to use today. Clayton has written several articles for us in the past. He … More From Tragedy to Ministry
