9-18-12(1).JPG

Keyes writes family from Freiburg. He talks about attempts to trace Sadie's father's German roots. To that end, they meet family members and visit Wiebelskirchen.
FirstDuesseldorf(1).JPG

Keyes writes American family from Duesseldorf. He talks about the journey from London to Germany.
KeyesHouse.JPG

Charles and Sarah stand in front of their recently completed house in Mount Vernon, Iowa
3  10  19_1.JPG

This "mostly German" county how thinks they can "talk what they want to" now that the war is over. Gets a bit violent thereafter, as he engages in patriotic fantasies: "I am a real yankey [sic] and I am getting damned tired of it if you get a club…
Carl Schurz on Language_29Sept1899.pdf

Short excerpt of speech by Karl Schurz noting the beauty of the German language and the reconcilability of the German language and American identity.
July 4th Editorial Linking Liberty and schaendliche Prohibitionsgesetz.pdf

Editorial celebrating the 'glorious fourth' in the context of prohibition laws and the un-fourth-like attack on the civil liberties of German Americans.
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