Amish Celebrate Their Own Summer Solstice
Amish Celebrate Their Own Summer Solstice: "Amish Celebrate Their Own Summer Solstice
By Phil Maggitti
Jun 21, 2005, 11:00
NEW HOLLAND, Penna. - Members of the Six-fingered Amish Church of New Holland, Pennsylvania, inaugurated the First Annual Summer Stoltzfus today. The celebration, which began at 2:46 a.m. and will last until sundown, is designed to counteract the 'pagan influence' of Summer Solstice festivals held across the United States.
The venerable Guernsey Pavilion in New Holland Park is the site of the Amish observation. The event is open to the public. Admission is $10 per car or buggy for Pennsylvania residents, $15 for out-of-state vehicles.
'We chose to begin our Summer Stoltzfus at 2:46 AM because that's when the pagan solstice arrives,' Bishop Lemuel Zook explained. 'We want to meet the devil and his allies whisker to whisker.'
English (or non-Amish) Summer Solstice observations are held on the day when the northern portion of the Earth tilts closest to the sun. The Amish celebration is held on the same day, but has no connection with the Earth's revolution around the sun, as most Amish still believe the sun revolves around the Earth.
'Our celebration honors the memory of Summer Stoltzfus, the nineteenth of twenty deaf children born to Isaac A. and Rebecca D. Stoltzfus (nee Stoltzfus),' said Bishop Zook, who played a bit part in the Harrison Ford classic 'Witness,' which was filmed nearby. 'Despite her handicap, Summer Stoltzfus, who was born between June 20 and 24, 1901, was a champion pickle canner and the mother of fourteen children of her own, some of whom could even hear.'
Tom Cruise told a crowd gathered at Stonehenge that the circle there was built by Scientologists.
The Summer Stoltzfus cele"
By Phil Maggitti
Jun 21, 2005, 11:00
NEW HOLLAND, Penna. - Members of the Six-fingered Amish Church of New Holland, Pennsylvania, inaugurated the First Annual Summer Stoltzfus today. The celebration, which began at 2:46 a.m. and will last until sundown, is designed to counteract the 'pagan influence' of Summer Solstice festivals held across the United States.
The venerable Guernsey Pavilion in New Holland Park is the site of the Amish observation. The event is open to the public. Admission is $10 per car or buggy for Pennsylvania residents, $15 for out-of-state vehicles.
'We chose to begin our Summer Stoltzfus at 2:46 AM because that's when the pagan solstice arrives,' Bishop Lemuel Zook explained. 'We want to meet the devil and his allies whisker to whisker.'
English (or non-Amish) Summer Solstice observations are held on the day when the northern portion of the Earth tilts closest to the sun. The Amish celebration is held on the same day, but has no connection with the Earth's revolution around the sun, as most Amish still believe the sun revolves around the Earth.
'Our celebration honors the memory of Summer Stoltzfus, the nineteenth of twenty deaf children born to Isaac A. and Rebecca D. Stoltzfus (nee Stoltzfus),' said Bishop Zook, who played a bit part in the Harrison Ford classic 'Witness,' which was filmed nearby. 'Despite her handicap, Summer Stoltzfus, who was born between June 20 and 24, 1901, was a champion pickle canner and the mother of fourteen children of her own, some of whom could even hear.'
Tom Cruise told a crowd gathered at Stonehenge that the circle there was built by Scientologists.
The Summer Stoltzfus cele"
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