Friedrich Ludwig Jahn (August 11, 1778 – October 15, 1852) was a German Prussian gymnastics educator and nationalist. He is commonly known as Turnvater Jahn, roughly meaning “father of gymnastics” Jahn.
The Jahn Education Fund of the American Turners was established by an instrument dated July 13, 1925, to insure financial endowment for cultural education and the popularizing of Turner philosophy. The Board of Trustees of the American Turners Jahn Education Fund, in an effort to encourage and promote cultural activities in member societies of the American Turners, offers the following program:
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