Von Steuben Day

Information about Von Steuben Day

Von Steuben Day is held traditionally on a weekend in mid-September (von Steuben was born September 17^th), celebrating Baron Friedrich von Steuben, who arrived in the United States as a volunteer offering his services to General George Washington, and is generally considered the German-American event of the year. Participants march, dance, and play music.

Steuben Parade in New York

While Steuben Day is celebrated in many cities all across the United States, the largest crowds gather in New York City. Every year on the third Saturday in September, German-Americans celebrate the Annual Steuben Parade on Fifth Avenue and an Oktoberfest-style beer fest complete with food and live music in Central Park. The Parade was founded in 1957 and has grown into one of the largest celebrations of German and German-American culture in the United States.

In 2007, German-Americans celebrate the 50th Anniversary of this affair and welcome former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger as Grand Marshal and former German chancellor Helmut Kohl as Guest of Honor.

Other Steuben related events

Other Parades are traditionally held in Chicago, Illinois, early September, where festivities include country fair with German food, music, costumes and other items. Another Steuben Parade is held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Steuben Day is celebrated in Honesdale, Pennsylvania.

Von Steuben Day in Pop Culture

The Chicago version of the parade was incorporated into the movie Ferris Bueller's Day Off, even though the movie's plot indicates that Ferris taking advantage of his "ninth sick day" of the school year, and other movie details indicate it takes place near the end of the school year and not in September.

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Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin Steuben, Baron von Steuben (* September 17, 1730; † November 28, 1794) was a German-Prussian General who served with George Washington in the American Revolutionary War and is credited with teaching the Continental Army the essentials
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German-American Steuben Parade is an annual Parade held every third Saturday in September in New York City. It was founded in 1957 by German-American immigrants who, being part of the largest ethnic group in the United States, wanted to keep the traditions of their homeland alive.
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Helmut Josef Michael Kohl (born April 3, 1930) is a German conservative politician and statesman. He was Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998 (West Germany between 1982 and 1990) and the chairman of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) from 1973-1998.
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