Luxembourg Brotherhood of America
The Luxembourg Brotherhood of America, (L.B.A.) is the oldest Luxembourg-American organization in the United States. It was founded in 1887 as a fraternal organization on Chicago's south side. Today, it consists of four sections located in the Chicago area and is dedicated to maintaining strong ties between the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg and its American emigrants and their descendants.
Group photo of Luxembourg Bruderbund of Chicago in 1935.
Group photo of Luxembourg Bruderbund of New York in 1935.
Schobermesse in Rogers Park, Chicago, 1907
Luxembourger Americans are Americans of Luxembourgish ancestry. According to the United States' 2000 census, there were 45,139 Americans of full or partial Luxembourgish descent. In 1940, the number of Americans with Luxembourgish ancestry was around 100,000.
A Luxembourger American couple from Wormeldange, Luxembourg, photographed in Minnesota circa 1890.
Emigrants leaving for the United States in the German port of Hamburg, 1874
The Pond—Moonlight by Edward Steichen, one of the most expensive photographs ever sold