In 1983, a national day was created to honor three centuries of German heritage
Three centuries after the first German settlers arrived in the Americas, a presidential proclamation officially established a day to celebrate the immense cultural and scientific contributions of German-Americans to the United States.
In 1983, President Ronald Reagan established German-American Day to mark the 300th anniversary of the arrival of thirteen Mennonite families in Philadelphia. These settlers founded Germantown, Pennsylvania, in 1683, beginning a legacy that would shape the American landscape from the introduction of kindergartens to the creation of the iconic Brooklyn Bridge.
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