Woodrow Wilson was president when Frances Kubalak was born. That was the year that U.S. women gained the right to vote, the first commercial radio station began to broadcast, Douglas Fairbanks and ...

GREEN BAY - One thing you can count on at every home Packers game: Somebody will roll out the barrel and Lambeau Field will have a barrel of fun. Somewhere between the first time the “Beer Barrel ...

Left for dead as a child in a World War II missile attack in Germany, Helga Beckman survived to come to Texas and led a Fort Worth polka band that has kept children dancing and families happy for 45 ...

You've heard of “Fly the W," but what about “Fly the Barrel?”Patrick Osowski and his family were leaving the ballpark last year after a game when they heard the song, "Beer ...

Mon Valley Push isn’t your grandparents’ polka band – even though “Beer Barrel Polka” is among their repertoire. To appeal to a younger audience, the wickedly talented seven-member band has added ...

Germans insisted it was an old Bavarian drinking song. Americans and British thought it was one of their own. Anyhow, they all sang it. The Beer Barrel Polka became the Tipperary of World War II, ...

Just Us Polka Band will be playing at 6:30 p.m. Friday, June 21, at the Freeland Public Park pavilion. The popular area group will feature such favorites as the “Pennsylvania Polka,” “Beer Barrel ...