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Date	October 6
Next time	October 6, 2025
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German-American Day (German: Deutsch-Amerikanischer Tag) is a holiday in the United States, observed annually on October 6 under Pub. L. 100–104, 101 Stat. 721.^[1] It celebrates German-American heritage and commemorates the founding of Germantown, Pennsylvania (now part of Philadelphia), in 1683.

History

Though the founding of Germantown on October 6, 1683, was to provide the date for German-American Day, most of the first thirteen Quaker and Mennonite families in Germantown were religious refugees of Dutch origin rather than Germans and until 1710 Germantown remained predominantly Dutch.^[2]^[3] The town was nevertheless named Germantown, due to the influence of the leader of the earliest settlers, Francis Daniel Pastorius, who was German and later aligned himself with a group of fifty-four German families who had accompanied Johan Printz to the Swedish settlement on the Delaware several years earlier and had resettled themselves.^[4]^[5] These families subsequently founded Germantown, Pennsylvania, which, due to greater numbers, would subsequently be dominated by Germans within a generation, thanks in part to the efforts of Caspar Wistar.^[6]

Observances

In 1983, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed October 6 as German-American Day to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and to celebrate German culture in the United States.^[7] On August 6, 1987, Congress approved S.J. Resolution 108, designating October 6, 1987, as German-American Day. It became Pub. L. 100–104, 101 Stat. 721 when President Reagan signed it on August 18. A proclamation (#5719) to this effect was issued on October 2, 1987, by President Reagan in a formal ceremony in the White House Rose Garden, at which time the President called on Americans to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

Presidents since then have continued to make proclamations to observe German-American Day.^[8]^[9]

References

Citations

^ "STATUTE-101-Pg721" (PDF). United States Government Publishing Office. Washington, D.C.: United States Government. August 18, 1987. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
^ van der Sijs, Nicoline (2009). Cookies, Coleslaw, and Stoops: The Influence of Dutch on the North American Languages. Amsterdam University Press. p. 223. ISBN 9789089641243.
^ Hull, William I. (1935). William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania. p. 395.
^ Keyser, Naaman H.; Kain, C. Henry; Garber, John Palmer; McCann, Horace F. (1907). History of Old Germantown: With a Description of its Settlement and Some Account of its Important Persons, Buildings and Places Connected With its Development. Germantown, Philadelphia: H.F. McCann. p. 20.
^ "History of Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania". genealogytrails.com. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
^ Prof. William I. Hull: William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania.
^ Reagan, Ronald (January 19, 1983). "Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America". U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Germany. Berlin: United States Department of State. Retrieved July 29, 2007.
^ "Presidential Proclamation – German-American Day, 2015". whitehouse.gov. October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
^ "German-American Day, 2017". Federal Register. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. October 6, 2017. Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017. Alt URL

Sources

Kazal, Russell A. (2004) [1815]. 'Becoming Old Stock: The Paradox of German-American Identity. Princeton, New York: Princeton University Press. p. 136. ASIN B01FGN7SLO.

External links

German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA in Washington, DC
German-American National Congress
Motion picture film of ceremonies held in Hindenburg Park in Los Angeles, California, on German Day, 1936, from the Hoover Institution Archives.

[1] "STATUTE-101-Pg721" (PDF). United States Government Publishing Office. Washington, D.C.: United States Government. August 18, 1987. Retrieved October 12, 2017.

[2] van der Sijs, Nicoline (2009). Cookies, Coleslaw, and Stoops: The Influence of Dutch on the North American Languages. Amsterdam University Press. p. 223. ISBN 9789089641243.

[3] Hull, William I. (1935). William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania. p. 395.

[4] Keyser, Naaman H.; Kain, C. Henry; Garber, John Palmer; McCann, Horace F. (1907). History of Old Germantown: With a Description of its Settlement and Some Account of its Important Persons, Buildings and Places Connected With its Development. Germantown, Philadelphia: H.F. McCann. p. 20.

[5] "History of Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania". genealogytrails.com. Retrieved January 23, 2020.

[6] Prof. William I. Hull: William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania.

[7] Reagan, Ronald (January 19, 1983). "Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America". U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Germany. Berlin: United States Department of State. Retrieved July 29, 2007.

[8] "Presidential Proclamation – German-American Day, 2015". whitehouse.gov. October 15, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2018.

[9] "German-American Day, 2017". Federal Register. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. October 6, 2017. Archived from the original on October 11, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017. Alt URL

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-'''German-American Day''' ({{lang-de|Deutsch-Amerikanischer Tag}}) is a holiday in the [[United States]], observed annually on October 6 under {{USStatute|100|104|101|721}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-101/pdf/STATUTE-101-Pg721.pdf|title=STATUTE-101-Pg721|work=[[United States Government Publishing Office]]|publisher=[[Federal Government of the United States|United States Government]]|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|date=August 18, 1987|accessdate=October 12, 2017}}</ref> It celebrates [[German-American]] heritage and commemorates the founding of [[Germantown, Philadelphia|Germantown]] in 1683.
+'''German-American Day''' ({{langx|de|Deutsch-Amerikanischer Tag}}) is a holiday in the United States, observed annually on October 6 under {{USStatute|100|104|101|721}}.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/STATUTE-101/pdf/STATUTE-101-Pg721.pdf|title=STATUTE-101-Pg721|work=[[United States Government Publishing Office]]|publisher=[[Federal Government of the United States|United States Government]]|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|date=August 18, 1987|access-date=October 12, 2017}}</ref> It celebrates German-American heritage and commemorates the founding of [[Germantown, Philadelphia|Germantown]], Pennsylvania (now part of Philadelphia), in 1683.
 ==History==
+Though the founding of Germantown on October 6, 1683, was to provide the date for German-American Day, most of the first thirteen [[Religious Society of Friends|Quaker]] and [[Mennonite]] families in Germantown were religious refugees of Dutch origin rather than Germans and until 1710 Germantown remained predominantly Dutch.<ref>{{cite book |first=Nicoline |last= van der Sijs |title=Cookies, Coleslaw, and Stoops: The Influence of Dutch on the North American Languages |year=2009 |page=223 |author-link=Nicoline van der Sijs |publisher=Amsterdam University Press |isbn=9789089641243 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qIsDdUSYJMIC}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |first=William I. |last=Hull |title=William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania |year=1935|page=395}}</ref> The town was nevertheless named Germantown, due to the influence of the leader of the earliest settlers, [[Francis Daniel Pastorius]], who was German and later aligned himself with a group of fifty-four German families who had accompanied [[Johan Björnsson Printz|Johan Printz]] to the [[New Sweden|Swedish settlement on the Delaware]] several years earlier and had resettled themselves.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Keyser |first=Naaman H. |url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/hvd.hx2xui |title=History of Old Germantown: With a Description of its Settlement and Some Account of its Important Persons, Buildings and Places Connected With its Development |last2=Kain |first2=C. Henry |last3=Garber |first3=John Palmer |last4=McCann |first4=Horace F. |publisher=H.F. McCann |year=1907 |location=Germantown, Philadelphia |pages=20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://genealogytrails.com/penn/philadelphia/phlhistgtown.html|title=History of Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|website=genealogytrails.com|access-date=January 23, 2020}}</ref> These families subsequently founded [[Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Germantown, Pennsylvania]], which, due to greater numbers, would subsequently be dominated by Germans within a generation, thanks in part to the efforts of [[Caspar Wistar (glassmaker)|Caspar Wistar]].<ref>Prof. William I. Hull: William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania.</ref>
-Although the founding of Germantown on October 6, 1683 was to provide the date for German-American Day, historical research has shown that nearly all of the first thirteen [[Religious Society of Friends|Quaker]] and [[Mennonite]] families were in fact [[Dutch people|Dutch]] rather than [[Germans]].<ref>N. Van der Sijs: Cookies, Coleslaw, and Stoops: The Influence of Dutch on the North American Languages (2019) page 223.</ref><ref>Prof. William I. Hull: William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania
-(2018)</ref> The town was nevertheless named Germantown, as the direct vicinity of the settlement was inhabited by fifty-four German families who had accompanied [[Johan Björnsson Printz|Johan Printz]] to the [[New Sweden|Swedish settlement on the Delaware]] several years earlier and had resettled themselves.<ref>H. Naaman: History of Old Germantown (1907) page 20.</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://genealogytrails.com/penn/philadelphia/phlhistgtown.html|title=History of Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|website=genealogytrails.com|access-date=January 23, 2020}}</ref> These families subsequently founded [[Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Germantown, Pennsylvania]], which, due to greater numbers, would subsequently be dominated by Germans within a generation.<ref>Prof. William I. Hull: William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania
-(2018)</ref><ref name=GermanAmericanDayHistory>{{cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/8171/GermanAmericanDay.html&date=2009-10-25+06:22:31|title=German-American Day: A Short History|work=German-American Heritage Society of Greater Washington, D. C.|publisher=[[German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA]]|location=[[Washington, D. C.]]|agency=[[Yahoo! GeoCities]]|accessdate=October 12, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019230838/http://geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/8171/GermanAmericanDay.html|url-status=dead|archivedate=October 19, 2009}}</ref> In 1688, the inhabitants organized the [[1688 Germantown Quaker Petition Against Slavery|first petition in the English colonies to abolish slavery]]. Originally known under the rubric of "German Day", the holiday was celebrated for the first time in Philadelphia in 1883, on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the founding; and similar celebrations developed later in other parts of the country.{{sfn|Kazal|2004|page=136}} The custom died out during [[World War I]] as a result of the [[anti-German sentiment]] that prevailed at the time,<ref name=GermanAmericanDayHistory/> but the holiday was revived in 1983 in [[joint resolution]] 108. The bill was sponsored by Senator [[Richard G. Lugar]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]–[[Indiana|IN]]) on April 8, 1987.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/100th-congress/senate-joint-resolution/108|title=S.J.Res.108 - A joint resolution to designate October 6, 1987, as "German-American Day".|work=[[Library of Congress]]|publisher=[[Congressional Research Service]]|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|date=April 8, 1987|accessdate=October 12, 2017}}</ref>
-In 2019, a record-breaking amount of 5,678 families of German ancestry attended the event.{{cn|date=October 2020}}
 ==Observances==
-In 1983, President [[Ronald Reagan]] [[Presidential proclamation|proclaimed]] October 6 as German-American Day to celebrate and honor the 300th anniversary of German immigration and culture to the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usa.usembassy.de/etexts/ga5-830120.htm|title=Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America|last=Reagan|first=Ronald|authorlink=Ronald Reagan|work=[[Embassy of the United States, Berlin#Mission Germany|U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Germany]]|publisher=[[United States Department of State]]|location=[[Berlin]]|date=January 20, 1983|accessdate=July 29, 2007}}</ref> On August 6, 1987, Congress approved S.J. Resolution 108, designating October 6, 1987, as German-American Day. It became {{USStatute|100|104|101|721}} when President Reagan signed it on August 18. A proclamation (#[[s:Proclamation 5719|5719]]) to this effect was issued October 2, 1987, by President Reagan in a formal ceremony in the [[White House Rose Garden]], at which time the President called on Americans to observe the Day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.<!--{{CN|date=October 2017}} the citation is proclamation 5719-->
+In 1983, President [[Ronald Reagan]] [[Presidential proclamation|proclaimed]] October 6 as German-American Day to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and to celebrate German culture in the United States.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://usa.usembassy.de/etexts/ga5-830120.htm|title=Tricentennial Anniversary Year of German Settlement in America|last=Reagan|first=Ronald|author-link=Ronald Reagan|work=[[Embassy of the United States, Berlin#Mission Germany|U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Germany]]|publisher=[[United States Department of State]]|location=[[Berlin]]|date=January 19, 1983|access-date=July 29, 2007}}</ref> On August 6, 1987, Congress approved S.J. Resolution 108, designating October 6, 1987, as German-American Day. It became {{USStatute|100|104|101|721}} when President Reagan signed it on August 18. A proclamation (#[[s:Proclamation 5719|5719]]) to this effect was issued on October 2, 1987, by President Reagan in a formal ceremony in the [[White House Rose Garden]], at which time the President called on Americans to observe the day with appropriate ceremonies and activities.<!--{{CN|date=October 2017}} the citation is proclamation 5719-->
-Presidents since then have continued to make proclamations to observe German-American Day.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/10/05/presidential-proclamation-german-american-day-2015|title=Presidential Proclamation -- German-American Day, 2015|date=October 5, 2015|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=October 4, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/10/11/2017-22173/german-american-day-2017|title=German-American Day, 2017|work=[[Federal Register]]|publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration]]|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|date=October 6, 2017|accessdate=October 12, 2017|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011110854/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/10/11/2017-22173/german-american-day-2017|archivedate=October 11, 2017}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-10-11/pdf/2017-22173.pdf Alt URL]</ref>
+Presidents since then have continued to make proclamations to observe German-American Day.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the-press-office/2015/10/05/presidential-proclamation-german-american-day-2015|title=Presidential Proclamation – German-American Day, 2015|date=October 15, 2015|work=whitehouse.gov|access-date=October 4, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/10/11/2017-22173/german-american-day-2017|title=German-American Day, 2017|work=[[Federal Register]]|publisher=[[National Archives and Records Administration]]|location=[[Washington, D.C.]]|date=October 6, 2017|access-date=October 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011110854/https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2017/10/11/2017-22173/german-american-day-2017|archive-date=October 11, 2017}} [https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2017-10-11/pdf/2017-22173.pdf Alt URL]</ref>
 ==See also==
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-* {{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Old-Stock-German-American-2004-07-26/dp/B019NR3X36|title='Becoming Old Stock: The Paradox of German-American Identity|first=Russell A.|last=Kazal|publisher=[[Princeton University Press]]|location=[[Princeton, New Jersey]]|year=2004|orig-year=1815|asin=B01FGN7SLO|page=136}}
+* {{cite book|url=https://www.amazon.com/Becoming-Old-Stock-German-American-2004-07-26/dp/B019NR3X36|title='Becoming Old Stock: The Paradox of German-American Identity|first=Russell A.|last=Kazal|publisher=[[Princeton University Press]]|location=[[Princeton, New York]]|year=2004|orig-year=1815|asin=B01FGN7SLO|page=136}}
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 ==External links==
-*[http://www.gahmusa.org/ German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA in Washington, DC]
+*[https://www.gahmusa.org/ German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA in Washington, DC]
-*[http://www.dank.org/ German-American National Congress]
+*[https://www.dank.org/ German-American National Congress]
-*[https://archive.org/details/csth_000032 Motion picture film of ceremonies] held in Hindenburg Park in Los Angeles, California on German Day, 1936, from the Hoover Institution Archives.
+*[https://archive.org/details/csth_000032 Motion picture film of ceremonies] held in Hindenburg Park in Los Angeles, California, on German Day, 1936, from the Hoover Institution Archives.
+{{Public holidays in the United States|state=collapsed}}
 {{Authority control}}
 [[Category:German-American culture]]
 [[Category:German-American history]]
-[[Category:Public holidays in the United States]]
-[[Category:Recurring events established in 1987]]
-[[Category:October observances]]
 [[Category:Germantown, Philadelphia]]
+[[Category:October observances]]
+[[Category:Public holidays in the United States]]
+[[Category:Recurring events established in 1986]]

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November Native American Indian Heritage Month	Veterans Day (federal) Thanksgiving (federal) Ascension of ‘Abdu’l Baha (religious) All Saints' Day (religious) Beginning of the Nativity Fast (religious) Beltane / Samhain (religious) Barack Obama Day in Alabama (Perry County, AL) D. Hamilton Jackson Day (VI) Day after Thanksgiving (24) Day of the Covenant (religious) Discovery of Puerto Rico Day (PR) Election Day (CA, DE, HI, KY, MT, NJ, NY, OH, PR, VA, WV, proposed federal) Family Day (NV) Friendsgiving Guru Nanak Gurpurab (religious) Hanukkah (religious) Lā Kūʻokoʻa (HI, unofficial, cultural) Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahadur (religious) Native American Heritage Day (MD, WA, cultural) Presentation of the Theotokos to the Temple (religious) Trans Day of Remembrance (cultural) Unthanksgiving Day (cultural)
December	Christmas (religious, federal) New Year's Eve Advent Sunday (religious) Alabama Day (AL) Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib (religious) Bodhi Day (religious) Chalica (religious) Christmas Eve (KY, NC, SC, PR, VI) Day after Christmas (KY, NC, SC, TX, VI) Festivus HumanLight Hanukkah (religious, week) Immaculate Conception (religious) Indiana Day (IN) Kwanzaa (cultural, week) Milad Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin (religious) National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (36) Nativity of Jesus (religious) Old Year's Night (VI) Pan American Aviation Day (36) Pancha Ganapati (religious, week) Rosa Parks Day (OH, OR) Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (religious) Wright Brothers Day (36) Yule (religious) Zartosht No-Diso (religious)
Varies (year round)	Eid al-Adha (NY, religious) Eid al-Fitr (NY, religious) Islamic New Year (religious) Yawm al-Arafa (religious) Hajj (religious) Laylat al-Qadr (religious) Navaratri (religious, four times a year) Obon (religious) Onam (religious) Ramadan (religious, month) Ghost Festival (religious) Yawm Aashura (religious)
Legend: (federal) = federal holidays, (abbreviation) = state/territorial holidays, (religious) = religious holidays, (cultural) = holiday related to a specific racial/ethnic group or sexual minority, (week) = week-long holidays, (month) = month-long holidays, (36) = Title 36 Observances and Ceremonies See also: Lists of holidays, Hallmark holidays, Public holidays in the United States, Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands.