Our Letter of the Month feature highlights a particular letter from the collections that make up German Heritage in Letters. Our goal is both to share the individual family stories found in our letters and provide the historical context behind the text. We look forward to sharing letters that will shed light on topics from the state of the economy to religious traditions to ideas about gender and reactions to important events. And we also hope that the feature will encourage new contributors to come forward with their own letters that will help contribute to a historical record that might otherwise be ignored. Please share these stories and help us gather more!