GERMANS FROM RUSSIA HERITAGE SOCIETY 51st ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION - We recently drove through the heart of the “sauerkraut triangle” while on our way to the Germans from Russia convention in Aberdeen. We first stopped at Eureka, SD for a visit in the Eureka Pioneer Museum that is featured there. With so many items and displays to view I chose only a couple to picture here: a picture of a boy in a washtub getting his weekly bath just like we used to do and a pitcher and water pail like I’d drink from whenever we visited my grandparent’s place.
We drove on to Aberdeen with a brief stop at one of the cemeteries in Bowdle where the artistry of different blacksmiths shows in their craftsmanship of iron crosses. Next stop was Aberdeen and the first evening’s program after a German meal of sausage, sauerkraut, and knoefle. Next we headed to the library at Northern State University for a tour of their Germans from Russia Cultural Center, and I made a solid research contact with the library director for a project I’m writing. Luckily, a booth dedicated to the South Dakota State Archives was set up at the convention center, and I made another great contact to supplement my project with high resolution pictures. And we ate plenty of kuchen.
While this is becoming too wordy, the main reason for being in Aberdeen was for Mary to receive her award for the best essay of the year, the topic being relatives who remained in Russia and suffered under Stalinist rule.
Time to return to business at home. Several books need to be mailed out because orders came in during our absence. I have a few left at 5 + 2.50. I won't print anymore of them. My address: 2840 Calico Dr. S., Unit B, Fargo ND 58104.
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