History and Accomplishments

The United German-American Committee of the USA was founded in 1977 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by a group of individuals and organizational delegates interested in elevating the nationwide profile of German Americans.  Our founder, Dr. Hans R. Haug, recognized that while there were many local and regional German American clubs and organizations, there was no one organization which represented our ethnic group on a national level. 

Highlights in Our History

• Participated in the Tricentennial celebrations in 1983 marking the three-hundredth anniversary of the emigration of thirteen Quaker and Mennonite families from Krefeld, Germany to Pennsylvania and of the founding of their settlement of Germantown
• In support of German American relations, we raised funds to have the New York Art Foundry cast a 25-foot bronze statue, Das Auswanderer-Denkmal, which now stands in the Port of Bremerhaven, Germany
• Generated public and financial support for the establishment of the German-American Friendship Garden on the grounds of the Washington Monument in Washington D.C.

Our Work Today 

• The only national German American organization with a national headquarters in Washington D.C.
• Each year, the Council of 1000 presents the "Distinguished German-American of the Year^™" Award, the only national recognition of its kind
• Encourage and organize events in conjunction with October 6, German-American Day
• Petition the White House, Congress, and other government leaders to issue proclamations and commemorations
• In coordination with the National Park Service, we monitor and maintain the German-American Friendship Garden located on the Mall at Constitution Avenue in Washington D.C.
• Maintain the Carl Schurz gravesite at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in Terrytown, New York
• Strengthen German-American relations and friendship
• Encourage young German Americans to engage with their heritage through education and arts