The goal of this year’s 32nd annual Brush Chamber of Commerce Oktoberfest is to make it as authentically German as possible with the chamber encouraging attendees to dress in traditional German attire ...

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Every fall, more than 2 million tourists descend on a Bavarian village in the North Georgia mountains to celebrate Oktoberfest. But back in the late 1960s, Helen looked a little different as a former ...

BAD HINDELANG, Germany -- As Germany's city of Munich prepares to tap the kegs for Oktoberfest this weekend, Bavaria state residents and foreign regulars of the world's most conspicuous beer party are ...

CINCINNATI – Picture this: A woman walking down the street wearing a dirndl skirt and bust-hugging bodice paired with ankle boots. Or a man sporting lederhosen – leather shorts, traditionally worn ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BAD HINDELANG, Germany (AP) — As Germany’s ...

Oktoberfest, which originally began as a celebration of a royal wedding more than 200 years ago, has since evolved into one of the most famous and celebrated annual festivals in the world. Attracting ...

It was difficult to tell who was German or American when more than 150 guests showed up at the Rheinlander Community Club Sept. 30 for the U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder's annual Oktoberfest. Many came ...

Pope Benedict XVI will be getting a hometown welcome when he arrives at the Church of Saint Joseph in Manhattan for an afternoon address to ecumenical clergy. Dozens of supporters wearing traditional ...

GRAND FORKS – If you can’t make it to Munich this fall, you can still experience the delights of the traditional German festival Oktoberfest – the music, the beer, the food, the lederhosen – right ...

Dogs in the German state of Bavaria can now blend in with the local Alpine scenery wearing the same traditional attire worn by their owners — lederhosen. Dogwear designer Hildegard Bergbauer, who also ...