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 Gymnastics room in Turner Hall, Milwaukee, ca. 1900 |
Turners (, gymnasts in English) are members of German-American gymnastic clubs. A German gymnastic movement was started by Turnvater (turners' father) Friedrich Ludwig Jahn in the early 19th century when Germany was occupied by Napoleon. The Turnvereine ("gymnastic unions") were not only athletic, but also political, reflecting their origin in similar "nationalistic gymnastic" organizations in Europe. The Turner movement in Germany was generally liberal in nature, and many Turners took part in the Revolution of 1848. After its defeat, the movement was suppressed and many Turners left Germany, some emigrating to the United States. Several of these Forty-Eighters went on to become Civil War soldiers, the great majority in the Union Army, and American politicians. Besides serving as physical education, social, political and cultural organizations for German immigrants, Turners were also active in the American public education and the labor movements. Eventually the German Turner movement became involved in the process leading to German unification.
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- Related: George Brosius, Forty-Eighters
| Website of the American Turners Website of the American Turners www.americanturners.com - Web |
| History of the American Turners By Henry Metzner History of the American Turners By Henry Metzner www.americanturners.com/History/History.htm - Web |
| Archives of the American Turners Archives of the American Turners www.ulib.iupui.edu/special/collections/german-american/mss030 - Web |
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| American Turner Topics newsletter American Turner Topics newsletter www.ulib.iupui.edu/.../mss030?show=supplement - Web |
| Website of the Los Angeles Turners with history, p... Website of the Los Angeles Turners with history, photos, newsletters, and links to other Turners Organizations www.LATurners.com - Web |
