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Photo man and in-the-field auction expert Rick Harrison shares his latest batch of pictures from the New Wilmington Amish auction, which took place June 6th. This was the 20th annual benefit auction and turnout was sizable. Rick estimated over 125 buggies on the lot. Auctions are popular among Amish. Lancaster County holds a medical benefit auction each year to support the work of Holmes Morton…
Last summer we first heard from Anne, whose son Ed a few years ago joined an Amish community in Minnesota.  Anne shared her experience as an English mother to an Amish son in posts on language challenges at Ed’s wedding, friends’ reactions, and expectations regarding photos. Becoming Amish is not easy to do, which is probably as it’s meant to be.  One reason is the change in…
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Amish from Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Indiana visited the President and Vice President in the Oval Office Friday, as reported in the Washington Times. This was apparently the first time Amish people have visited the White House in this capacity (with one possible exception, see below). The Amish as a whole are not overtly political, so this type of event gets attention. While relatively few Amish visit…
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photo: Randall Persing Amish photography Amish Society was the first book I ever read on the Amish and I am continually re-reading bits and pieces. I thought I’d share a few with you, like this bit on the kiddos: ‘The relationship between authority and responsibility is learned very early. Although the younger children must obey the older ones, the older children may not make arbitrary…
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hello.
i am a lancaster native. i love your site. i plan to do a site on amish survival, with methods/training on canning, meat smoking, jellies, recipies, etc.
i have a free news and humor site, that i posted your photos on and i made a slide show of amish photos that i am giving you the html for, so you can copy and paste it or give it away.
just type in:
i have added a photo credit and a visitor click link for my visitors to come view your site and read the articles. i you do not want this, just let me know.
http://www.authordawnnaret.blogspot.com
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