For years, Amish quilts from Lancaster County decorated the San Francisco headquarters of Esprit. Company co-founder Doug Tompkins collected abstract quilts and hoped their design, color and ...
Today, the Amish are distinguished by many of Ammann’s original guiding principles, including untrimmed beards (Mennonite men do not wear beards), horses and buggies instead of cars, horse-drawn ...
(The Center Square) – With only two weeks left until the presidential election, Amish communities are experiencing déjà vu. That is because efforts are higher than ever to encourage voting among a ...
on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) Clothes blow in the wind outside of a home in Ephrata, Pa., on Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski) A voting advertisement ...
require plain dress for members and beards for married men, meet in homes for worship, ordain lay leaders, and live in rural areas. Amish people end formal education at the eighth grade ...
Martha Ross, who now makes TikTok videos about the Amish experience, says she doesn't miss anything about the lifestyle — except her family Zoey Lyttle is an Editorial Assistant at PEOPLE.