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The Pennsylvania German Society is a non-profit, educational organization dedicated to studying the Pennsylvania German people and their 330-year history in the United States and Canada.〔Devlin 2014.〕 The Society works to preserve and promote the history, culture, religion, and dialect of the Pennsylvania Germans (also commonly known as the "Pennsylvania Dutch"). It was founded in 1891 and became a founding member of the Pennsylvania Federation of Historical Societies. Regular efforts and activities of the Society include: * ''Der Reggeboge'' (“The Rainbow”), the biannual journal published by the Society. * ''Es Elbedritsch'' (“The Elbedritsch”), the biannual newsletter of the Society. * A special hard-cover annual volume. * An annual meeting in which speakers present on all aspects of Pennsylvania Dutch history, culture, religion, dialect, etc. == Foundation of the Pennsylvania German Society == The Pennsylvania German Society was organized in a series of four meetings from February to April, 1891. The delegates present at the organizational meetings shared a number of characteristics. They were Pennsylvania German in family background, city dwellers, upper middle class professionals, and business men. They were older men having been born largely in the 1830s and 1840s, and they were well established in their careers. A large number were college graduates. It is likely that all knew and on occasion spoke the Pennsylvania German dialect and that most could read and speak standard High German. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pennsylvania German Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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