Guido Meyer: This is why the younger generation is not carrying the torch of Texas German — because no one is teaching them. So for Evelyn Weinheimer, the history of Texas German has been told: German ...

Johnson spent time at just such a Texas-German homestead ... undergoing renovations that will likely last the year at least. History buffs can instead pop into the National Museum of the Pacific ...

UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Singing in German). DAVIS: For NPR News, I'm Patrick M. Davis in Austin, Texas. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) AUSTIN SAENGERRUNDE DAMENCHOR AND MAENNERCHOR: (Singing in ...

One of the great things you learn about the Texas-Mexico border is that the music has more than Mexican influence. German immigrants touched it, too, as we hear from Patrick M. Davis. PATRICK M ...

Between the Texas State Capitol and the University of Texas campus is the Austin Saengerrunde Hall. German immigrants formed the social club in 1879 with the mission to promote German heritage ...