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Article: Cincinnati Revives German Street Names
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- September 11, 1995
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CINCINNATI It used to be called Bremen Street, after the port
from which many Germans had sailed for America. Then it was changed
to Republic Street during World War I. Now it could be known as
Bremen Street again to reflect a rebirth in pride of the city's
German heritage.
Nearly 80 years after the City Council passed an ordinance to
rename German-sounding streets, the panel will vote on approving a
plan Wednesday to install signs with the original names of 12 streets
underneath the current ones.
The vote coincides with Cincinnati's annual Oktoberfest, one of
the largest outside Germany.
"This really puts all of the anti-German feelings from the war
period to rest," said Don Heinrich ...