Just like our Company, which originated from outside US (Russia to be exact), this game originated in Germany and has been a tradition in the “land of milk and honey”. What I am referring to is the game called corn toss. If you will come and visit the Midwestern part of this country, like I did, you will come to realization that it is definitely a culture. They are accustomed to playing it as part of their recreation during weekends.
How corn toss game become an icon is foreign to me. I just heard about a German guy, named Kueperman,brought this iconic game in the US soil. Now, the story about Kueperman is not the sole account about the origins of corntoss especially its arrival into American soil. Some people might point to Kentucky; still others say that Americans first played corntoss in Cincinnati, Ohio. This is notable: Cincinnati is where majority of the German immigrants first settled in the United States. Even now, Cincinnati still displays a strong Germanic heritage even after the war-time anti-German sentiment in the United States. Historians view this as a valid support for the Kueperman theory of the creation of cornhole.
When the world approached the war era of the two World Wars, German-Americans in the United States were forced to disguise their German heritage in Cincinnati for fear of persecution. German-sounding names were Americanized, streets bearing names of German origin were renamed or reversed, and German music was avoided in Cincinnati orchestra. However, despite this, cornhole has survived into the post-war generation and that is a good thing. At least the current generation of Americans have something to play during their idle time. Though simple, cornhole is in fact a very good game that everyone can learn to play. From young and to the old, anyone can join in the fun of corn hole especially during the weekends and also during the summer.
I hope that our Company will do just the same and become a part of everyone’s home. Kind of a wishful thinking I should add, but attainable.
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Hellen Hall says:
October 8, 2011 at 2:48 pm (UTC 0 )
Appreciated the share!
Hellen