I have had the honor of directing the Lutheran Heritage Center for 11 years. It has been a privilege to captain this ship along with great executive board members, volunteers, and support from around the globe. Every trip into this pretty little town brings me joy. No where are the changing seasons more lovely than … More This is my circus, and these are my monkeys!
We have a Bliss Manufacturing Company lithographed wooden dollhouse from c.1913 in our collection. Bliss Manufacturing conducted business in Pawtucket, Rhode Island for about a century beginning in the last half of the 19th Century. They began as producers of wooden screws and clamps for piano cabinet makers. They also created highly prized wooden toys covered in … More A Blissful Buenger Artifact
We had a wonderful morning with our new friends from St. John’s Lutheran School, Arnold. What an impressive group of young people, faculty, parents, and pastor. It always gives me hope about the future of our country when I meet these great groups of young people. The students were “present,” engaged, and enjoyed a little … More St. John’s Lutheran School, Arnold
Today is the birthday of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (except that was not its original name). First of all, let me say that Perry County is not where the Missouri Synod started. In fact, you could argue that many folks in Perry County fought against the formation of a synod, and there are no churches … More Keepers and Tellers
April 20, 1841 was the second day of the Altenburg Debate. The two debaters, Adolph Marbach and Rev. C.F.W. Walther, decided on April 15th that there was the need for another day in order to debate further issues, so they set April 20th for their second day. They once again met at the Log Cabin … More The Altenburg Debate – Day 2
Just a matter of days before the Altenburg Debate in 1841, John Tyler became the tenth President of the United States. He ascended from his position as Vice President after President William Henry Harrison died after serving only 32 days in office. The story goes that President Harrison got sick after speaking for nearly two … More A President and a President-to-Be
“Our beloved Wittenberg Cousins” and a Lutheran History college class from Meramac were all at the museum today. I want to thank our amazing hospitality crew as well as the museum team for making their visit ideal! I also want to thank our friends at Saxon Lutheran Memorial for their patience–the bus tour ran late … More A wonderful day!
While going through our “picture morgue” in the family research library, we ran across this collage of pictures honoring Bertha Doering for her 20 years of service cleaning the Little School (Kleine Schule) at Trinity Lutheran Church in Altenburg. Bertha was born as Bertha Kuntze in 1909, married Hugo Doering in 1934, and died in … More Faithful Servant in a Little School
Right after the Civil War, Caroline (Franke) Mueller gave birth to a son, Gottfried Adolph, on April 7, 1866 in Uniontown, Missouri. The father was Christoph Mueller. Twenty-two years later, Adolph married Martha Koenig at Salem Lutheran Church in Farrar, Missouri. The marriage license is shown above. Two items of note: Adolph’s grandfather, Gottfried Mueller, … More Mueller-Koenig (with a Kunegunda connection)
Two weeks from today, we will celebrate the 175th anniversary of the beginning of what came to be known as the Altenburg Debate. This debate is now recognized in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod as a very significant event in its history. In the present climate where we are in the midst of a Presidential campaign, … More The Dresden Debate
