Frankenmuth, Michigan, 51

Friesland, 256–257

Frisian immigration to United States, 70, 105

traditional costume of, 2, 105–106, 143, 181, 183, 186, 192–193, 195, 201, 211, 216

Friesland, Minnesota, 73, 104

Frisian-American heritage celebrations, 105–107, 111, 115, 143–144, 150, 172

Fort Nassau, 54

Fort Orange. See Albany

Friml, Rudolph, 145

Fulton, Illinois

city politics, 296–300, 319

controversy over windmill, 297–300

demographics, 30, 204, 213, 295–300, 317

economy, 30, 204

Fulton Christian Grade School. See Unity Christian School

Fulton High School, 269, 308, 311

Miss Flame Festival, 169, 194

Unity Christian School, 169–170, 195, 269, 308, 311

Fulton Dutch Days Festival

antecedents of, 169

antique displays, 169, 177

audiences, 207, 264, 324–327

costumes, 170, 177, 179, 194–196, 203, 209–210, 257, 265–266

dancing, 170, 177, 194, 263–264, 269

Dress-A-Doll contest, 195

Dutch Days Queen, 195

Fulton Dutch Days Festival (continued)

Dutch Dinner, 169–170, 177, 194–195, 311

Dutch singing at, 170, 264, 269

emergence of, 169–170, 333

emphasis on children, 261, 264, 268

manifestations of religious factionalism in, 308, 310–311

parade, 170, 179, 194–195, 236–237, 255, 257, 261

press coverage, 218–219, 226, 231, 233, 235–238, 243–244, 295–297

role of Christian School Auxiliary in, 169–170

street scrubbing, 170, 194, 265

Style Show, 195, 210

as unifying agent, 233, 235–238, 243, 295–297

Fulton Journal,, 22, 169–170, 177, 194–195, 231, 235, 260–261, 269, 296–299, 308, 319, 333

Fultz, T. G., 127, 134, 256, 286

Gans, Herbert, 26

Geauga County, Ohio, 41

Gelderland

immigration of Gelderlanders to United States, 57, 70

traditional costume of, 181, 191

“generational theory” of ethnicity. See ethnicity

Gereformeerde Kerk, 56, 60–62

German-American heritage celebrations, 5–6, 44, 103

Glassberg, David, 34, 36–38, 40, 44–46, 124

Graafschap, Michigan, 67, 81, 216

Graden, Lizette, 4, 6, 16, 18