it is called the mulenberg flag because it descended in the family of john peter gabriel mulenberg, one of the sons of henry mulenberg, known in america as the founder of the lutheran church in america, this would be been in trap, up in collegeville for locals here john peter gabriel mulenberg was a lutheran minister at the beginning of the american revolution when the fighting broke out. he was very involved in the early run-up to the war the resistance that participated in political committees and very committed to the american resistance and ultimately the revolution. he was appointed in january of 1776 to raise a regiment of german speaking inhabitants of the shenandoah valley. he had taken up a calling of what is now woodstock in downstream shenandoah valley in northern virginia and his congregation consisted of german immigrants or the descendants of graerm immigrants who were still german speaking so this regiment known as the eighth virginia was from 1876. and a regiment that is debated among historians and politicians and this is a story which was known in part even during the

john peter gabriel muhlenberg was a german-american man born near philadelphia in the town of trapp, pennsylvania. his father henry is still considered to be the founder of the lutheran church in america and the muhlenberg family was a remarkable family that many of the sons of henry became very certificate figures in theology and natural sciences, in the military and politics. frederick muhlenberg, the brother of peter muhlenberg, was the first speaker of the house of representatives and in many ways was considered an important figure in the adoption of the bill of rights peter muhlenberg, like all of his brothers, was ordained as a minister at the beginning of the american revolution he had gone to london and then ordained in the church of england so that he could then go to virginia in the early 1770's and take up a calling to preach in what is now the shenandoah valley of virginia. he became very caught up in the revolutionary politics of 1774 1775 1776, and was involved in raising a regiment of german-speaking settlers in the shenandoah valley which is deep in virginia which is

john peter gabriel muhlenberg was a german-american man born near philadelphia in the town of trapp, pennsylvania. his father, henry muhlenberg, is still considered to be the founder of the lutheran church in america and the muhlenberg family was a remarkable family that -- many of the sons of henry became very significant a figures in theology and natural sciences, in the military and politics. frederick muhlenberg, the brother of peter, was the first speaker of the house of representatives and in many ways was considered an important figure in the adoption of the bill of rights. peter muhlenberg, like all of his brothers, was ordained as a minister at the beginning of the american revolution. he had gone to london and then ordained in the church of england so that he could then go to virginia in the early 1770's and take up a calling to preach in what is now the shenandoah valley of virginia. he became very caught up in the revolutionary politics of 1774 1775, 1776 and was involved in raising a regiment of german-speaking settlers in the shenandoah valley. the eighth virginia, or s