Turners
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thumb|upright=1.2|Gymnastics room in Turner Hall (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)|Turner Hall, Milwaukee, thumb|upright=1.2|3,000 Turners performed at the Federal Gymnastics Festival in Milwaukee, 1893.
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- History in the United States
- Gallery
- Vintage photos of the Milwaukee ''Turnverein''
- Other Wisconsin Turners in 1915
- Monuments in the United States
- Jahn Monument in Berlin with memorial plaques from American ''Turnvereine''
- Turner Halls
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- References
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thumb|upright=1.2|Gymnastics room in Turner Hall (Milwaukee, Wisconsin)|Turner Hall, Milwaukee, thumb|upright=1.2|3,000 Turners performed at the Federal Gymnastics Festival in Milwaukee, 1893.
Turners (, ) are members of German-American gymnastic clubs called Turnvereine. They promoted German culture, physical culture, and liberal politics. Turners, especially Francis Lieber, were the leading sponsors of gymnastics as an American sport and the field of academic study.
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American Civil War political groupsGerman-American cultureGerman-American historyGerman-American organizationsGymnastics organizationsHistory of gymnastics in the United StatesPeople associated with physical culturePhysical culturePolitics and sportsSports organizations established in 1848Turner halls