Magical Memoir Moments

The Longhouse at the Hans Herr Museum.

Before the “White Man” — The Longhouse and Other Stories of Shelter

The Longhouse Project and a little-known, long-ago family story have inspired hope that Native-American and European-American healing may some day be possible.

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The Longhouse Project at the Hans Herr House: A Good Beginning

Like many Mennonites whose roots go back to Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, I am a descendent of Hans Herr. The 1719 Hans Herr House, built in that year by Christian and Anna Herr, is the oldest surviving house in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and the oldest original Mennonite meeting house still standing in the Western Hemisphere. I…

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