Luxembourg Heritage Society of Northwest Iowa member toured Luxembourg in 2008 with René Daubenfeld (front row fourth from left). Northwest Iowa is home to a large community of Luxembourgers and Luxembourg settlements. Luxembourg Legacy is proud to be a supporter of...
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...
The annual Grevenmacher Wine Fest parade offers entertainment—and lots of wine tasting. Wine and viniculture have been a part of Luxembourg’s social and cultural life since the time of the Romans. Even though the wine-producing Moselle region of Luxembourg is...
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...
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,...
Marc Schoentgen with 1624 statue of Our Lady of Luxembourg wearing the new garment from the Luxembourg army and police. During this year’s Oktav, the statue of Our Lady of Luxembourg received the gift of a special new garment created on behalf of Luxembourg’s army and...
Oktoberfest at the Gehlen Barn in 2025 (St. Donatus Luxembourg Heritage Society photo) If you are of Luxembourg descent or a new Luxembourg citizen looking for a place to belong, considering joining one or more of the nine Luxembourg-American societies based...
Luxie Club on High Street circa 1925 Luxemburger Hall, also colloquially referred to as the “Luxie Club,” located at 416 High Street in Aurora, Illinois, opened in 1917 and holds the distinction of being the only Luxembourg social club still functioning...
During the Easter season in Luxembourg, Catholics traditionally attended Mass on Holy Thursday (Gréngendonneschden), Good Friday (Karfreiden), Holy Saturday (Karsamsden) and Resurrection Matins Easter Sunday (Ouschtersonnden). Families celebrate Easter by...
Claudette Zeimes-Wagener is a Luxembourg artist who paints religious icons. Claudette and John Zeimes-Wagener’s stone house and barn in Huncherange, Luxembourg (in the south of the country), is always a busy place filled with lots of creativity....