Turners
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Turners (Template:Lang-de) are members of German-American gymnastic clubs called Turnverein. They promoted German culture, physical culture, liberal politics, and supported the Union war effort during the American Civil War. Turners, especially Francis Lieber, 1798–1872, were the leading sponsors of gymnastics as an American sport and the field of academic study.
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See also
- German-Americans in the Civil War
- George Brosius
- Forty-Eighters
- Sokol, A comparable movement for Czechs in Europe and the United States
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