Swiss American Historical Society Review Volume 46 Number 2 Article 4 6-2010 From Dream to Reality: The Swiss Center of North America Duane Freitag Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_review Part of the European History Commons, and the European Languages and Societies Commons Recommended Citation Freitag, Duane (2010) "From Dream to Reality: The Swiss Center of North America," Swiss American Historical Society Review: Vol. 46 : No. 2 , Article 4. Available at: https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/sahs_review/vol46/iss2/4 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by BYU ScholarsArchive. It has been accepted for inclusion in Swiss American Historical Society Review by an authorized editor of BYU ScholarsArchive. For more information, please contact
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[email protected]. Freitag: From Dream to Reality: The Swiss Center of North America From Dream to Reality: The Swiss Center of North America By Duane H. Freitag It was ten years in the making, but the dream has been fulfilled-Swiss Americans in North America finally have a national cultural center and they can be proud of it! A decade after the idea for such a center first took root in the Swiss American Historical Society, the concept is a reality and offers an excit ing mix of a rich ethnic history and a promising future of educational and business development. That the center came about is a tribute to the hard work of a variety of people, whose determination overcame doubts and financial hurdles. The center is located in the unique Swiss community of New Glarus, Wisconsin.