President Trump Issues Statement on German American Day
October 07, 2026
October 07, 2026
WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 -- President Trump issued the following statement on Oct. 6, 2026, on German American Day:
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The German American story began on October 6, 1683, when 13 families from Krefeld, after braving the Atlantic in search of opportunity, landed on our shores and soon founded Germantown, Pennsylvania--the first permanent German settlement in America.
In the centuries since, German Americans have farmed the fields of our heartland and powered th . . .
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The German American story began on October 6, 1683, when 13 families from Krefeld, after braving the Atlantic in search of opportunity, landed on our shores and soon founded Germantown, Pennsylvania--the first permanent German settlement in America.
In the centuries since, German Americans have farmed the fields of our heartland and powered th . . .