The Berks History Center announced the continuation of its in-person and online Pennsylvania Dutch Language Classes which offer an immersive experience in the culture of the Pennsylvania Dutch.
Facebook brought them in and YouTube helped get them started, as dozens of eastern Pennsylvania residents gathered in Lehigh County for the preservation of something that once belonged to their ...
Many people falsely assume Pennsylvania Dutch was historically spoken only by Old Order Amish and Mennonites, said Bradley K. Smith, archivist and associate director of the Berks History Center.
Lillian Geisler, a native of Millersville, Pennsylvania, graduated in 1936 from Millersville State Teachers College where her father was the chef at the college’s dining hall. When she accepted a ...