Sponsored in part by the Warren County Historical Society, the Marthasville Chamber of Commerce, and Rusche Park Board, this all-day event recognizes the arrival of Daniel Boone 225 years ago and Gottfried Duden 200 years ago.
Associated with the Symposium on the Shared History of Germans and African Americans in Missouri that was held on September 16, 2023, this video is a Collaboration between the Deutschheim Verein and the Warren County Historical Society with partial Support from the Missouri Humanities Council, Visit Hermann and Cross-Cultural Strategies Inc.
Cecilia Nadal shares insights on the shared history and heritage of German migrants and African Americans.
The Warren County Historical Society and the Deutschheim Verein will present a “Symposium on the Shared History of Germans and African Americans” on Saturday, August 12, 2023 from 2 PM-4 PM at the Warren County Museum.
University classmates Friedrich Muench and Paul Follenius have an idea. If they could get enough of their German neighbors and leading intellectual countrymen interested in immigrating to America, they could establish entirely new lives.
Germans came into Warren County at the urging — and help — of several key figures. See how the idea of America was too irresistible and promising for German immigrants.