Stone Throwing with Big Ben

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Big Ben Gets Accustomed to Swiss Customs

In Interlaken, Big Ben gets a crash course in Alpine stone throwing, a custom performed since 1805 at the historically important "Unspunnen Festival" in the scenic Jungfrau Region. The first Unspunnen Festival was officially ordered to help reconcile with the rebellious people of the Bernese Oberland, who travelled long distances to get to Unspunnen ...

Travel Tips for Big Ben Roethlisberger

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I can think of no better goodwill ambassador (of Swiss Roots, no less) for the U.S. than Ben Roethlisberger. Not only is he a great football player, but he seems like a really good guy and appears to be genuinely interested in his Swiss heritage. What's more, he's from Ohio! How could you go wrong??? (Okay, I admit, I grew up in Ohio, too.)

I hope Ben's homecoming to Switzerland heightens i...

Searching for Lauperswil

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I am looking for Americans who are descended from Swiss people from the village of Lauperswil (Canton of Berne). I am writing a book about the citizens of Lauperswil, and I have a lot of people who went to America between 1710 and 1850. Who wants to help me?

Hans Minder
Oberdorf 3438
Lauperswil, Switzerland

Big Ben

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I got so excited when I heard that Big Ben was visiting Switzerland. I was always checking for more news about his trip on swissroots.org and sf.tv. For a long time I kept asking my dad for his signature. Then finally one morning he woke me up at 6:10am and was holding an autographed quarterback T-shirt!

Cut the Cheese

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At school, at lunch we were discussing what cut the cheese means. One boy said that it meant one thing, but my friend and I kept making a joke out of it to annoy the boy. We always asked if it means that you take a knife and cheese and then cut it. Now I found this website that says that Big Ben cut the cheese. In the article it shows Ben cutting Swiss cheese.