Speaker. as chairman of the Congressional Study Group on Germany. this Member rises in strong support for House Joint Resolution 155. In October 1683. 13 families from the community of Kerefeld in Central Europe set foot in the New World near Philadelphia. thus becoming the first GermanAmerican settlers. In the years that followed. as word of the Germans prosperity and satisfaction in the New World filtered back home. the emigration flow continued. Looking for farmland and communities in which to sink their roots and ply their skills. GermanAmericans were among the largest ethnic groups to participate in the westward movement.
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