We ran across this old picture from our photo morgue at the museum and figured it was worth a blog post. There is evidence in the photograph above that it was taken inside the home of Vernon Meyr, the long-time president of the Perry County Lutheran Historical Society. Gerard Fiehler has a piece of Vernon’s … More Vintage Perry County Christmas
The annual Luther’s Indoor Walk in the Woods Christmas Exhibit is on display at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum from November 15-January 15. About 50 themed trees are part of the exhibit. You are not going to want to miss it. You can also find this video on our Facebook page as well … More The 2016 Christmas Video is Available
There is much excitement in our museum these days as the annual Christmas tree exhibit is being prepared. One tree that has been displayed here for several year is our feather tree. It will be decorated soon and will feature several ornaments from way back when they may have been used when these feather trees … More Feather Tree
A new booklet is now available for sale. It is titled, Blog Book: The First 100 Blog Posts 2016. It is a compilation of the first 100 historical posts which were published on the blog on the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum website. We did not include blogs that just promoted current events going on … More Blog Book Now Available
I was blessed with the opportunity to listen in on a fascinating discussion at the Lutheran Heritage Center & Museum today. We had a visit from Dr. Stan Sides and his wife, Kay. Dr. Sides apparently has a passion for studying geology and participating in the study of caves. He came to us with a … More Seelitz Springs
I am away from the wonderful resources that we have in our museum’s research library, so I cannot do the normal research I do to come up with our blog posts. So today, I am going to merely throw out a few names of interest to see if any of our readers may have any … More Fourth of July Quiz
We had a school group at our museum today from St. John’s Lutheran Church in Arnold, Missouri. Accompanying them was their pastor, Rev. Jeremy Schultz. We just had to do a little research into that church. St. John’s Lutheran Church was started in 1848 when a group of men met with Rev. C.F.W. Walther, President … More From Johannes to Schultz
Very soon, a group of folks will be visiting Altenburg who call themselves the Wittenberg Cousins. Several years ago, this group officially declared me to be one of the Wittenberg Cousins. The photo above gives visual proof of my qualifications. My father, Richard Schmidt, is shown in the front row, second person from the … More The Wittenberg Cousins Are Coming
I think one of the great things about looking at old photographs like the one above is how many stories and questions arise by simply taking a good look at them. Yesterday, I asked one of our researchers, Gerard Fiehler, if he could find a photo containing Teacher Hemmann along with his students. If Gerard … More Reflections on a Photograph
On March 10, 1820, Wilhelm Hemmann was born in Paitzdorf, Germany. He was the first child born to Johann Gottfried and Marie (Bachmann) Hemmann. He would not be the last child born to this man. When the German immigrants sailed to the United States in the fall of 1839 as part of the Gruber group, … More The Beginning of the Hemmann Herd
