The Independent Scholars are jointly compiling  of a list of recommended daily spices and herbs necessary for optimum health and preventative health care. 
Please join in. Bring your recommendations or send them in via email, blog, facebook or phone.
A hard copy is in The Institute's library.

Second half of the evening will be open for
additions to the list of derogatory words. 
The initial list of derogatory words is on our blog space.
A hard copy is in The Institute's library.

7.00 p.m  
second floor of The Moline Commercial Club
1530 Fifth Ave. Moline.
309-762-8547 for the Moline Club  
309-762-9202 for The Institute.  

Light refreshments, wine and beverages are served.  
The event is free and open to the public.  
Doors open at 6.30  

Independent Scholars' Evenings are sponsored by The Institute for Cultural and Healing Traditions, Ltd. Is a 501(c)3 at state and federal level since 1996.

As we know, Davenport has a strong German background. Yet it is different from other traditionally German cities like St. Louis, Cincinnati and Milwaukee. Davenport was deeply shaped by the so-called Forty-Eighters, young German revolutionaries who in 1848 opposed monarchies in Germany, particularly in Schleswig-Holstein, but were defeated and had to leave the country. Most of them were intellectuals who brought with them special gifts and talents which they put to use in Davenport.

What were these gifts and talents? Who were these Forty-Eighters and what had shaped them in Germany before they crossed the ocean?

Ms. Helen Reinold, a graduate of Augustana College and a graduate student at the University of Oldenburg in Germany, has researched this topic during her recent internship with the German American Heritage Center in Davenport.  Ms. Reinold will present her findings to the interested public in a lecture and discussion, entitled The Intellectual Origins of the Davenport Forty-Eighters, at the German American Heritage Center at 712 Second Street in Davenport, on Thursday, June 30, 2011, at 5:30 p.m.  It is free of charge.

You are cordially invited to attend this event. We are looking forward to greeting you among us.

Dr. Egon W. Gerdes, Executive Director, German American Heritage Center

"Dear Mother,
We arrived safely in Davenport and start for Saint Louis in half an hour. I shall write as soonas I get to St. Louis.
Yours,
Alfred Cree 22nd Iowa"

The Union soldier Alfred Cree would be astonished to learn that his quick note home on Iowa military stationary is but one of many fascinating and touching artifacts and documents in the newly opened exhibit "The Civil War: The German Element" which is now open through August 7, 2011 at the German American Heritage Center. Cree's letter and many other features help mark the 150th anniversary of theoutbreak of the war in 1861.

Visitors will enjoy such items as maps, currency, postage stamps and documents, guns, sabers, cartridge boxes, and period uniform and dress. Children can decide how to "pack your haversack," an old-fashioned term for today's backpack, by choosing from a variety of items that soldiers of the time typically carried as they arched off to war.

Over twelve portraits of German immigrants who contributed to the Civil War are also on display, and there are numerous connections to local citizens and events which played a part in the nation's most dramatic struggle for survival. Come by for a rewarding visual experience and bring your family and friends. Group tours for this exhibit and our permanent exhibit "The German Immigrant Experience" may be arranged at 563-322-8844 or by contacting info@gahc.org.

German American Heritage Center Hours:
Tuesday thru Saturday - 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sunday - Noon to 4:00 p.m.