Gonner’s Recommendations on Who Should Emigrate, How to Prepare The 19th century landmark study of Luxembourg immigration to America was Nicholas Gonner’s book “Die Luxemburger in der Neuen Welt” (“The Luxembourger in the New World”). Gonner, who...
WWII historian Roland Gaul, left, with Kevin Wester, of Luxembourg Legacy. Photo by Ali Sahib, chronicle.lu. Luxembourg Legacy Founder/CEO Kevin Wester spent a week in Luxembourg in October creating videos with some of Luxembourg’s most respected WWII historians,...
The Luxembourg Brotherhood of America website has a free digital library with archives of LBA anniversary booklets, Schobermesse program booklets and Luxembourg News of America newsletters. The Luxembourg Brotherhood of America (LBA), founded in 1887 in Chicago, is...
Part 1 - Why They Left: Push and Pull Factors Many of us with Luxembourg or Belgic-Luxembourg1 immigrant ancestors might know their names, their year of birth, village of origin in Luxembourg, the year they immigrated, the year they died and...
When Allied troops found themselves in a rainy, muddy, foggy stalemate in December 1944, Gen. George S. Patton, a devout Christian, asked his head chaplain if he had a good prayer for weather. Chaplain James H. O’Neill composed a prayer, which Patton had printed on...
Last month, sisters Sarah and Katelyn Freiberger, of Lexington, South Carolina, traveled to Luxembourg to apply for citizenship accompanied by their parents Sherri and Eric. What made the family’s trip extra special...
A mural in a church in Eschweiler, Luxembourg, features U.S. solder George Mergenthaler, who befriended the villagers and died in their town during the Battle of the Bulge. Army Pvt. George Mergenthaler is depicted as an apostle in the mural wearing a purple cloak...
In this image, St. Donatus is wearing a Roman soldier's uniform. He holds a palm branch, which symbolizes that he is a martyr. The lightning bolts represent that he is the patron of protection from lightning, storms, hail and fire. Throughout the centuries,...
By Patricia Massard Editor’s note: A participant in a recent Luxembourg Legacy Presents webinar asked if any Luxembourgers had settled in Missouri. Another participant, Patricia Massard, a former Luxembourg Legacy dual citizenship client, wrote about her ancestors and...
Luxembourg American Bernard J. Cigrand, Father of U.S. Flag Day. With a small flag in a bottle on his desk, 19-year-old teacher Bernard J. Cigrand asked his students to write an essay about the importance of the flag. The date was June 14, 1885, a date Cigrand chose...