By the Numbers
By any measure, the 300th Anniversary of Brubakers and Brubachers in North America was a huge success!
Our 95th annual event, which focused on celebrating the summer of 1717 arrival to the New World of our ancestors, drew a tremendous number of people to our event venues and a large online following of those who could not physically attend by watched our live-streaming online.
Below is a breakdown of how our attendance numbers stacked up.
Number of US States and Canadian Provinces represented: 34
Number of countries represented: 4
The breakdown of numbers by state, province, and nation:
| Alaska Alabama Arizona British Columbia California Colorado Connecticut District of Columbia Delaware Florida Georgia Idaho Illinois Indiana Kentucky Massachusetts Maryland Michigan North Carolina Nebraska New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York Ohio Ontario Pennsylvania South Carolina Tennessee |
1 2 10 1 6 13 3 1 7 10 13 6 8 10 3 2 25 15 9 4 1 7 3 5 19 16 307 2 9 |
 Mauri Rapuzzi with our youngest Brubaker cousin at the Celebration Event, son Bolden. |
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Texas |
5 |
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The distance farthest traveled: 4235 miles from Alaska to the event. Shortest distance traveled: 1.5 miles. We had a cousin who lives just across town from our event venue!
The Saturday Monument Dedication drew over 190 people to witness the unveiling of the Memorial Plaque.
Sunday morning worship attracted 182 worshipers.
All in all we had 554 participants for our 4 day Celebration Event!
John Brubaker from Alaska and his son Hans, from Washington.