Join us in celebrating our German roots with a day full of good beer and great food programmed by The German-American Citizens League of Greater Cincinnati.
The celebration will begin at 10:30am. There will be live music from Vereins-Musikanten and dancing with the Donauschwaben Dancers. The German-American Citizens League will greet us and begin the festivities before leading the parade around the Market.
Jane’s will be opening early at 10 AM.
129th German Day Kickoff
Sponsored by the German-American Citizens League
Findlay Market - Over-the-Rhine
Prelude – Vorspiel
Willkommen - Dr. Don Heinrich Tolzmann, GACL President
Donauschwaben Dancers
Program
American & German National Anthems – Kolping Saengerchor and the Vereins-Musikanten
Invocation – Brother Tim
German Heritage Poem - Karin Albrecht, Chairperson, FGHM (Friends of the German Heritage Museum), and German Teacher, Elder High School
Recognition of German Society Representatives & Officials – Lana J. Morton, GACL Outreach Coordinator
Welcome Remarks – Findlay Market Representative – Samantha Stewart-Campbell
Greetings – Martin Wilhelmy, Honorary Consul of the Federal Republic of Germany
Greetings – Clem Luken, Honorary Consul of the Republic of Austria
Call to Parade – David Dalton, GACL Events Coordinator
Reception - OTR Biergarten (Jane’s)