{"id":44149,"date":"2004-08-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-08-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/?p="},"modified":"2004-08-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-08-17T00:00:00","slug":"Dr.-Valuska-to-speak-on-PA-Dutch-and-the-Revolutionary-War-on-August-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/?p=44149","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Valuska to speak on PA Dutch and the Revolutionary War on August 19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Blair County Genealogical Society of Hollidaysburg presents guest speaker, Dr. David Valuska on Thursday, August 19 at 7:30 p.m.<br \/>\nDr. David Valuska will present a program on Pennsylvania Dutch and the Hessian Soldiers in the Revolutionary War.<br \/>\nDr. Valuska is the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University and a Professor of History. He is currently the Commonwealth Speaker for the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and Freyberger Professor in Pennsylvania German studies at Kutztown.<br \/>\nSpecial positions held by Dr. Valuska include Advisory Board Member for the Pennsylvania German Society; Board Member of the Pennsylvania Dutch Folk Culture Society; member of the National Regiment First Federal Division Headquarters Staff and President of the First Defenders Civil War Round Table.<br \/>\nHaving done extensive research in both Germany and America on the topic of the Pennsylvania Dutch, Dr. Valuska is currently researching the Pennsylvania Germans in the American Revolutionary War.<br \/>\nFor history enthusiasts or individuals interested in conducting genealogical research, this program could be of value. It is open to the public, free of charge and a presentation of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, supported in part by a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission.<br \/>\nNo registration for this event is needed, so spend the evening exploring the Pennsylvania Dutch and Hessian Soldiers in the Revolutionary War.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Blair County Genealogical Society of Hollidaysburg presents guest speaker, Dr. David Valuska on Thursday, August 19 at 7:30 p.m. Dr. David Valuska will present a program on Pennsylvania Dutch and the Hessian Soldiers in the Revolutionary War. Dr. Valuska is the Executive Director of the Pennsylvania German Cultural Heritage Center at Kutztown University and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44149","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44149","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44149"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44149\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44149"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44149"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44149"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}