Posted Jun 13, 2018, 10:56 PM
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Originally Posted by Earl Boebert
Commemorates the victory of Hermann the Cheruscan, AKA Arminius, over the Romans at the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. There's a giant statue of the guy in New Ulm, Minnesota, known to locals as "Hermann the German." There was a fraternal order called the "Sons of Hermann."
Cheers, Earl
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Earl da man! Thanks. 
This article says the Sons of Hermann met above the Turner Hall saloon on S. Main St.
MARCH 5, 1901
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It's a bit humorous at the end...with the keystone-like cop chasing the poor waiter.
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Last edited by ethereal_reality; Jun 13, 2018 at 11:36 PM.
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