BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CiviCRM//NONSGML CiviEvent iCal//EN X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260610T173000 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:CiviCRM_EventID_1161_7b7bd2591c74b2aa68ac5e2ac677ffd8@baltimoreheritage.org SUMMARY:Zion Church of the City of Baltimore X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:


\n The story of Zion Church of the City of Baltimore is the story of the German speaking peop le in Baltimore dating back to the "Colonial Perio d\," through the "Golden Age of Germans in Baltimo re" into the "World War" years and finally the mod ern or present era.  Every generation of Baltimore German-Americans is reflected in the building. Al ong the tour you will learn about the architecture including the unique and significant stained glas s windows as well as the "new" (1912) part of the building including the church's iconic tower and " Adlersaal."  We will visit the Hofmann Memorial Li brary and tour the picturesque walled garden\, an oasis in the middle of the city. Guests will hear stories about Zion's past Pastors who led the Germ an immigrant community during the Revolutionary an d Civil Wars and held it together during the two W orld Wars when German speakers were viewed with di strust and considered enemies.  We also touch upon the role that Zion played in the history of Luthe ranism in America as well as how the political and cultural life of Baltimore City shaped and was sh aped by Germans living here. 

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DESCRIPTION:\n \n The story of Zion Church of the City of Balt imore is the story of the German speaking people i n Baltimore dating back to the "Colonial Period\," through the "Golden Age of Germans in Baltimore" into the "World War" years and finally the modern or present era.  Every generation of Baltimore Ger man-Americans is reflected in the building. Along the tour you will learn about the architecture inc luding the unique and significant stained glass wi ndows as well as the "new" (1912) part of the buil ding including the church's iconic tower and "Adle rsaal."  We will visit the Hofmann Memorial Librar y and tour the picturesque walled garden\, an oasi s in the middle of the city. Guests will hear stor ies about Zion's past Pastors who led the German i mmigrant community during the Revolutionary and Ci vil Wars and held it together during the two World Wars when German speakers were viewed with distru st and considered enemies.  We also touch upon the role that Zion played in the history of Lutherani sm in America as well as how the political and cul tural life of Baltimore City shaped and was shaped by Germans living here.  \n \n \n \n  \n \n CATEGORIES:Tour - Behind the Scenes CALSCALE:GREGORIAN DTSTAMP;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T173000 DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260610T183000 LOCATION:400 E Lexington St\n Baltimore\, MD 21202\n URL:https://baltimoreheritage.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=1161 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR