This is the 30th Anniversary Year for Our Heritage
Month
Since October 1989,
German-American Heritage Month has been sponsored in the Ohio Valley by the
German-American Citizens’ League, which was founded in 1895. The month is
centered around October 6th, which was the day in 1683 when the
first permanent German settlement was established in Germantown, Pennsylvania. October is also Family History Month.
September 27, 2019 - (Friday) - German Heritage Month Kick-off Party
at the Sam Adams Taproom in Over-the-Rhine (OTR) - 1727 Logan Street,
Cincinnati, OH 45202 - 6:00 to 11:00 p.m.
October 2, 2019
- (Wednesday) - Northern Kentucky University (Sponsored by the Department of
World Languages and Literatures) - “German
Immigration, Settlement and Influences in the Greater Cincinnati Area” - Presented
by Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann - 3:30 p.m.
October 5, 2019
- (Saturday) - Downtown Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County at 8th
& Vine Streets - Annual Genealogy Fair with various groups including the Germany Genealogy Interest Group where you
can ask the experts German Genealogy questions and help you trace your German roots - 11:00 to 3:00
p.m. (German genealogy questions answered noon to 2:00 p.m.)
October 6, 2019 - (Sunday) - German-American Day
October 10, 2019 - (Thursday) - Covington (KY) Library (Local
History Department), 502 Scott Blvd., Covington, KY 41071 - “Finding and Translating German Church
Records and Newspaper Articles” - Presented by Kenton County Library staff
Cierra Earl and Abby Carney - 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. (Registration required at www.kentonlibrary.org/events
or 859-962-4070)
October 12, 2019 - (Saturday) - Mother of God Cemetery, 3125 Madison Avenue, Ft.
Wright, KY 41015 - “A Biographical
Walking Tour of the Mother of God
Cemetery” - Presented by the Local History & Genealogy staff of the
Kenton County Library - (Learn about the German Catholic people and families
who shaped the history of Northern Kentucky. Comfortable walking shoes are
encouraged) - 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
October 13 & 20 & 27, 2019 - (Sundays) - Visit the German Heritage Museum at West Fork Park in Green Township at 4764
West Fork Road, located off North Bend Road in Monfort Heights - (phone museum
on this day only after 1:00 p.m. at 598-5732 for directions if needed) from 1
to 5 p.m. (The Museum is closed October
6, 2019, please attend the Donauschwaben Oktoberfest in Colerain Township October
4, 5, & 6)
October 13, 2019 - (Sunday) - German Heritage
Museum at West Fork Park in Green
Township at 4764 West Fork Road, located off North Bend Road in Monfort Heights
- (phone museum on this day only after 1:00 p.m. at 598-5732 for directions if
needed) - Museum open 1:00 to
5:00 p.m. and attendance is free - “Gerhard Lammers: German Immigrant Church
Painter in Cincinnati” - Presented
by Dann Woellert - 2:00 p.m.
October 19, 2019 - (Saturday) - James A.
Ramage Civil War Museum, 1402 Highland Avenue, Ft. Wright, KY 41011 - “Cincinnati
Germans in the Civil War: The 9th Ohio Volunteer Infantry” -
Presented by Andrew Houghtaling - 1:00 p.m.
October 20, 2019 - (Sunday) - German Heritage
Museum at West Fork Park in Green
Township at 4764 West Fork Road, located off North Bend Road in Monfort Heights
- (phone museum on this day only after 1:00 p.m. at 598-5732 for directions if
needed) - Museum open 1:00 to
5:00 p.m. and attendance is free - “German Heritage Book Talk & Signing
with Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann” -
2:00 p.m.
October 23, 2019 - (Wednesday) - Erlanger Brach of the Kenton County (KY) Library, 401
Kenton Lands Road, Erlanger, KY 41018, in the Twain/Clemens Combined Meeting
Room - “Lunch and Learn: German
Immigration to Greater Cincinnati” - Presented by Dave Schroeder, Executive
Director of the Kenton County Public Library - 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. (Registration required at www.kentonlibrary.org,events
or 859-962-4070)
October 24, 2019 - (Thursday) - Covington (KY) Library (Local
History Department), 502 Scott Blvd., Covington, KY 41071 - “Finding and Translating German Church
Records and Newspaper Articles” - Presented by Kenton County Library staff
Cierra Earl and Abby Carney - 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. (Registration required at www.kentonlibrary.org/events
or 859-962-4070)
October 27, 2019 - (Sunday) - German Heritage
Museum at West Fork Park in Green Township
at 4764 West Fork Road, located off North Bend Road in Monfort Heights - (phone
museum on this day only after 1:00 p.m. at 598-5732 for directions if needed) - Museum open 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and
attendance is free - “Cincinnati’s Berlin Wall Memorial in a German-American
Context” - Dr. Richard E. Schade
- 2:00 p.m.
Submitted by Kenny Burck
Call Kenny Burck for any other details at 513-260-0238
