While Germans did assimilate it wasn't until Post WW2 that we began to drop our language and more overt presentation of our own heritage. But the marks stuck many of the most American things are of German Origin, Blue jeans descend from our pants making traditions, Hot Dogs and Hamburgers are German recipes, Pretzels, Beer, even going into the indelible mark we made on the religious landscape with the Amish, Mennonite and other communities which while no longer entirely German Ethnically often not only uphold the German reputation of quality craftsmanship but a unique dialect shaped by this land. It is our Dog Breeds who are often by the side of law enforcement or who fight beside soldiers on the battlefield. If you find yourself on the German side of social media posts of silly pranks, trick shots or homestyle meals and find yourself half surprised they speak German when they look like your Iowan town you may not realize that you grew up surrounded by Germans. Maybe not by country but by blood. (3/?)

Even the accent many Midwestern Germans speak with is the result of centuries of isolated German Dialects speaking English, if you speak with a Midwest Accent you are more than likely speaking with an American German accent. The stork delivering babies descends from the stork spirits delivering infant souls of our own beloved Goddess Holle, the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow Fame finds his origin in the Hessian German Mercenaries and the lore of the Wild Hunt from Germania, Santa Claus the Jolly Old Elf descends from German Folklore of Kobolds, Saints and Wildmen and his original home was even an Enchanted German Castle, architecture, music, cuisine. Even the way we dress while warped by modernity and circumstance is a continuation of our German Heritage maybe not as blatant as it would be cocooned in the old Country but present all the same.

You are part of the unbroken line of German Heritage that Stemmed Off onto this new land, but you are no less German of Blood and Bone for it. (4/4)

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