Pentagon staffer John Masters visited East and West Germany as a child before the wall fell. “When there was a wall in Berlin, I went up as a small boy through East Germany … we weren’t supposed to look outside the windows. I was glad to see it happen.”

The world-famous Quilt Barn at the Kutztown Folk Festival auctioned off many handcrafted designs that demonstrated the traditional artisan craftwork of the region. This was the 70th time that the annual festial took place in the heart of Pennsylvania Dutch country!

For three days, students had the chance to partake in the world-class soccer training of Germany without having to leave their hometown in the US. The students learned soccer-related vocabulary and phrases in German and got to use them in an authentic and relaxed context while interacting with their German trainers.