Celebrating 325 Years Print
German Migration to the United States

January 30, 2008
Discussion at The Union League: Lincoln Hall (Philadelphia)

Opening Remarks:
Dr. Anke Ortlepp, Acting Director, German Historical Institute

Michael Nutter, Mayor of Philadelphia (invited)
Dr. Jürgen Rüttgers, Prime Minister of North Rhine-Westphalia
Gregor Kathstede, Mayor of Krefeld
Hardy von Auenmüller, President, German Society of Philadelphia

Keynote Address:
Prof. Frank Trommler, University of Pennsylvania, "Transatlantic Bridges between the Rhine and the Delaware: 1683, 1983, 2008"

Wednesday, January 30, 2008
6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Followed by Dinner Buffet

The Union League
Lincoln Hall
140 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19120

By Invitation only.
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