Germantown

Germantown

Germantown (spr. dschörmentaun), Vorstadt von Philadelphia (s.d.), 1683 von den ersten deutschen Einwanderern in Nordamerika gegründet und früher fast ausschließlich von Deutschen bewohnt, ist jetzt zu Philadelphia geschlagen. Hier siegten 3. Okt. 1777 die Briten unter Howe über die Amerikaner unter Washington.


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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