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If I remember correctly, this is also one of the leading explanations why the Pennsylvania Dutch are called like that even though they speak German (or a German dialect).
Germans in America were a massively more influential subculture before WWI. Notably: not because of WWI. The heart of German-American culture was in New York City, where all the richest families took a boat for a holiday cruise, and one year it sank.
If I remember correctly, this is also one of the leading explanations why the Pennsylvania Dutch are called like that even though they speak German (or a German dialect).
Germans in America were a massively more influential subculture before WWI. Notably: not because of WWI. The heart of German-American culture was in New York City, where all the richest families took a boat for a holiday cruise, and one year it sank.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PS_General_Slocum#1904_disaster