Steuben Parade Draws Global Crowd For Celebrating German-American Pride

[hrmjustin]

The German-American Steuben Parade made its way through Manhattan on Sunday, as thousands of Germans from around the city and all over the world came out to celebrate their heritage. NY1's Erin Clarke filed the following report.

As far back as Nicole Oberheim can remember, she's been part of the Steuben Parade celebrating German culture.

"It's just part of our culture," Oberheim said. "We were born into it mostly through our parents and my grandparents emigrated in the 1920s and 1930s, so it's just a set of traditions that we keep up today."

Now, Oberheim is passing the torch to her little ones, who dress up in Bavarian costumes and walk Fifth Avenue.

http://www.ny1.com/content/news/189208/steuben-parade-draws-global-crowd-for-celebrating-german-american-pride

[Chipper Chat]

1. These are common in Indiana

which has a lot of towns with German heritage. Celebrations disappeared from 1940-1980 but have really taken off since the War is waning history. You can still hear German spoken in such towns as Jasper, Ferdinand, Madison, Huntingburg, Tell City, Evansville, Nappannee, Oldenburg and others.

[hrmjustin]

2. I love german beer.