President Obama is the fifth President since Ronald Reagan to proclaim German-American Day. He called on all Americans to learn more about the nation’s largest ethnic group and commemorate the many contributions they have made in building our country.

William R. Timken Jr, right, was named German-American of
the Year by the German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA at a
Washington ceremony on Saturday. With him are his wife, Sue, and
the Foundation's President, Bern Deichmann.

Great Day for Steuben Parade: This year's Grand Marshals were (from left): Christian Haub, Chairman of A&P; Parade founder Ted Dengler; Fox 5 news reporter Linda Schmidt; Parade General Director Lars Halter; and Staten Island-Brooklyn Congressman Michael McMahon.

The Swiss commemorated on Saturday the pact signed by their forefathers in 1291. But a historian points to inconsistencies in the roots of Switzerland's national day, which was created over 100 years ago.

The German-American Heritage Foundation of the USA has named former U.S. ambassador to Germany W.R. Timken, Jr as “The 2009 Distinguished German-American of the Year,” the group announced today.

By Robert Metz

When Sandra was a tot her mother, Helga Bullock, a German opera star, schooled Sandy in her native tongue. Helga then planted Sandy in the children?s choruses of operas she starred in.

Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock  is trying to get German citizenship, she said on Monday during a press conference for the premiere of her new film The Proposal in Munich.

The SolarWorld group donated 45 solar modules to the school, which could generate enough power each day to run three homes, according to Elaina Medina, a spokeswoman for PGE.

Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will attend a debutantes' ball next week in the eastern German city of Dresden where he worked for the Soviet spy agency the KGB, the German government said Friday.

The German American Social Club of Cape Coral (GASC) donated proceeds from its long-standing Oktoberfest tradition to numerous charitable organizations at a special ceremony on Saturday.

Close your eyes and fly to New Ulm. Open them again and you may think you are a continent away in Hamburg or other German community. But this is Minnesota. Winters are hell. Even in October you need a mass of lager to warm your magen.

By Robert Metz