LUXEMBOURG AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY INC
PO BOX 157, BELGIUM, WI 530040157 www.lacslu.com

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Organizations Filed Purposes: TO INTERPRET AND PORTRAY BOTH PAST AND PRESENT LUXEMBOURG HERITAGE AND CULTURE AND TO SERVE AS AN ONGOING LINK BETWEEN THE PEOPLE OF AMERICA AND THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG.

THE MISSION OF THE LUXEMBOURG AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY, INC. IS SYMBOLIZED AS "ROOTS AND "LEAVES." "ROOTS" WHICH PRESERVE LUXEMBOURG HERITAGE/CULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES AND "LEAVES" WHICH FOSTER ONGOING RELATIONSHIPS OF FAMILY, FRIENDSHIP, CULTURE, EDUCATION, TOURISM AND COMMERCE BETWEEN LUXEMBOURG AND THE UNITED STATES.

CULTURAL PROGRAMS - THE LUXEMBOURG AMERICAN CULTURAL SOCIETY IS COMMITTED TO PROVIDING QUALITY CULTURAL PROGRAMS FOR ITS MEMBERS AND THE GENERAL PUBLIC. EACH YEAR THE SOCIETY HOSTS A FOUR-DAY LUXEMBOURG HERITAGE WEEKEND FEATURING AN INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL CONFERENCE, LUXEMBOURG FEST OF AMERICA, ETHNIC MUSIC, FOOD, AND DANCING, FAMILY HERITAGE EXHIBITS, SPECIAL EXHIBITS, AND THE ANNUAL GREEN HEART GALA DINNER AUCTION. IN ADDITION, THE SOCIETY HOSTS EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS FOR ALL AGES, LETZEBUERGESCH LANGUAGE CLASS, LUXEMBOURG WINE TASTING AND A MYRIAD OF OTHER PROGRAMS. THE CULTURAL SOCIETY ALSO SPONSORS ANNUAL HERITAGE, CULTURAL, AND GASTRONOMICAL TOURS OF THE GRAND DUCHY.

IN 2008, THE LUXEMBOURG GOVERNMENT ENACTED LAW WHICH ALLOWED FOR DUAL NATIONALITY. THIS LAW FURTHER ALLOWED THAT FROM 2008 - 2020, QUALIFYING INDIVIDUALS OF DIRECT-LINE LUXEMBOURG ANCESTRY, WHO WERE NOT LUXEMBOURG CITIZENS, COULD RECLAIM THEIR LUXEMBOURG NATIONALITY AND ACQUIRE A LUXEMBOURG/EU PASSPORT. BECAUSE OF THE CHALLENGES AND COMPLEXITIES OF THIS PROCESS, THE LACS OFFERS A FEE-BASED CONSULTATION PROCESS TO ASSIST INDIVIDUALS IN DETERMINING IF THEY QUALIFY FOR RECLAMATION OF LUXEMBOURG NATIONALITY AND TO ASSIST THEM THROUGH THE RECLAMATION PROCESS FROM START TO FINISH. THE LACS HAS SUCCESSFULLY ASSISTED DOZENS OF AMERICANS OF DIRECT-LINE LUXEMBOURG ANCESTRY IN RECLAIMING THEIR LUXEMBOURG NATIONALITY AND IN ACQUIRING A LUXEMBOURG/EU PASSPORT.

ROOTS AND LEAVES MUSEUM - THE LUXEMBOURG AMERICAN CULTURAL CENTER'S "ROOTS AND LEAVES MUSEUM" IS A CENTRAL PART OF THE SOCIETY'S MISSION. THE ROOTS AND LEAVES MUSEUM GRAND OPENED IN AUGUST 2010 AND IS ONE OF A KIND IN THE WORLD. THE MUSEUM PORTRAYS THE HISTORY OF LUXEMBOURG, PAST AND PRESENT, AS WELL AS TELLING THE UNIQUE STORY OF LUXEMBOURG EMIGRATION TO THE UNITED STATES AND THE IMPACT OF LUXEMBOURG IMMIGRANTS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS UPON AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTURE. THROUGH IT TELLS THE STORY OF IMMIGRATION THROUGH THE EYES OF LUXEMBOURGERS, THE MUSEUM IS A PLACE OF EDUCATION AND INSPIRATION FOR PEOPLE OF ALL ETHNIC GROUPS. SINCE ITS OPENING, THE MUSEUM HAS WELCOMED GUESTS, YOUNG AND OLD, FROM THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND LUXEMBOURG AND FROM PLACES AS FAR AWAY AS SOUTH KOREA AND TANZANIA.

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