Woodstock is a town and the county seat of Shenandoah County,Virginia,United States. It has a population of 5,212 according to the 2017 census. Woodstock comprises 3.2 square miles of incorporated area of the town,and is located along the "Seven Bends" of the north fork of the Shenandoah River. While some tourism references list Woodstock as the fourth oldest town in Virginia,the area was sparsely settled and perhaps platted in 1752 or shortly thereafter,but the town was actually established by charter in 1761. While there are a number of Virginia towns closer to the eastern seaboard that claim earlier founding dates,Woodstock was one of the first towns west of the Blue Ridge.
The Pennsylvania Dutch,also known as Pennsylvania Germans,are a cultural group formed by German immigrants who settled in Pennsylvania during the 18th and 19th centuries. They emigrated primarily from German-speaking territories of Europe,mainly from the Palatinate,also from Baden-Württemberg,Hesse,and Rhineland in Germany as well as the Netherlands,Switzerland,and France's Alsace-Lorraine region.
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg was an American minister and politician who was the first Speaker of the United States House of Representatives and the first Dean of the United States House of Representatives. A member of the Federalist party,he was delegate to the Pennsylvania state constitutional convention and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania and a Lutheran pastor by profession,Muhlenberg was born in Trappe,Pennsylvania. His home,known as The Speaker's House,is now a museum and is currently undergoing restoration to restore its appearance during Muhlenberg's occupancy.
Henry Melchior Muhlenberg,was a German Lutheran pastor sent to North America as a missionary,requested by Pennsylvania colonists.
Daniel Morgan was an American pioneer,soldier,and politician from Virginia. One of the most respected battlefield tacticians of the American Revolutionary War of 1775–1783,he later commanded troops during the suppression of the Whiskey Rebellion of 1791–1794.
The Muhlenberg family created a United States political,religious,and military dynasty based in the state of Pennsylvania. The German American family descends from Heinrich Melchior Mühlenberg/Henry Muhlenberg (1711–1787),a German immigrant,noted Lutheran minister,and founder of the Lutheran Church in America.
Frederick Augustus Muhlenberg II was a leading architect,an American military and political leader who served as a US Congressman from Pennsylvania,and a member of the Muhlenberg political dynasty.
Francis Swaine Muhlenberg was a political leader,member of the United States House of Representatives from Ohio,and a member of the Muhlenberg Family political dynasty.
Henry Augustus Philip Muhlenberg was an American political leader and diplomat. He was a member of the Muhlenberg family political dynasty.
The Hiester family was a German American political and military dynasty.
William Augustus Muhlenberg was an Episcopal clergyman and educator. Muhlenberg is considered the father of church schools in the United States. An early exponent of the Social Gospel,he founded St. Luke's Hospital in New York City. Muhlenberg was also an early leader of the liturgical movement in Anglican Christianity. His model schools on Long Island had a significant impact on the history of American education. Muhlenberg left his work in secondary education in 1845.
Gotthilf Heinrich Ernst Muhlenberg was an American clergyman and botanist.
The Conrad Weiser Homestead was the home of Johann Conrad Weiser,who enlisted the Iroquois on the British side in the French and Indian War. The home is located near Womelsdorf,Berks County,Pennsylvania in the United States. A designated National Historic Landmark,it is currently administered as a historic house museum by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. The historic site was established in 1923 to preserve an example of a colonial homestead and to honor Weiser,an important figure in the settlement of the colonial frontier.
Conrad Weiser,born Johann Conrad Weiser,Jr.,was a Pennsylvania Dutch (German) pioneer who served as an interpreter and diplomat between the Pennsylvania Colony and Native American nations. Primarily a farmer,he also worked as a tanner,and later served as a soldier and judge. He lived part of the time for six years at Ephrata Cloister,a Protestant monastic community in Lancaster County.
The Pennsylvania Ministerium was the first Lutheran church body in North America. With the encouragement of Henry Melchior Muhlenberg (1711–1787),the Ministerium was founded at a Church Conference of Lutheran clergy on August 26,1748. The group was known as the "German Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of North America" until 1792,when it adopted the name "German Evangelical Lutheran Ministerium of Pennsylvania and Adjacent States".
Augustus Lutheran Church is a historic church and Lutheran congregation at 717 West Main Street in Trappe,Pennsylvania. Consecrated in 1745,it is the oldest Lutheran church building in the United States. It continues to be used by the founding congregation for services on Christmas Eve and during the summer. It was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1967.
The Speaker's House is a museum located in Trappe,in Montgomery County,Pennsylvania that preserves the home of Frederick Muhlenberg,the First and Third Speaker of the United States House of Representatives. The house was built in 1763,bought by Muhlenberg in 1781,and occupied by his family until 1791.
The Peter Muhlenberg Memorial is a public monument in Washington,D.C. It honors John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg,a Lutheran minister,Continental Army general,Federalist Era American politician,and member of the prominent Muhlenberg family. The memorial is located in a one-acre park bounded by Connecticut Avenue,Ellicott Street,and 36th Street NW on the eastern edge of Washington's Wakefield neighborhood. Designed by architect John Harbeson,it features at its center a bronze bust of Muhlenberg,sculpted by his descendant,Caroline M. Hufford. Completed in 1980,52 years after its construction was authorized by Congress,attendees at the dedication ceremony included West German ambassador Peter Hermes.
St. Michael's Evangelical Lutheran Church is a historic church building in the Mount Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia,just north of the Germantown neighborhood. The congregation was founded sometime before 1728 and three successive church buildings have occupied the same location since that time. The church was closed in 2016.
Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg is a portrait of 1790 by Joseph Wright,now in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery. It depicts Muhlenberg in his position as the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
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