Bourgmeisterin Episode #53: Lilian Steichen, Luxembourgish OG of American goat breeding

🚨 𝗟𝘂𝘅𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗴’𝘀 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗼𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝘁𝘀? 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗕𝗲𝘁. 🐐💥Everyone’s heard of 𝗘𝗱𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻 – 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘶𝘹𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺. But plot twist: his sister 𝗟𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 “𝗣𝗮𝘂𝗹𝗮” 𝗦𝘁𝗲𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗻-𝗦𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗯𝘂𝗿𝗴 was just 𝗮𝘀 𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰... 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘥𝘭𝘺 𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥. This woman married 𝗣𝘂𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘇𝗲𝗿-𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 poet 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘭 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘣𝘶𝘳𝘨, rewrote wedding vows to 𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 "𝗼𝗯𝗲𝘆", and then turned into a 𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗿𝘆 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨.𝗦. (yes, 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺). While her husband wrote poetry about Lincoln, Paula was breeding r𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗿𝗱-𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗴𝗼𝗮𝘁𝘀 and building a 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗲.From socialist rallies to goat shows, Lilian proved you can 𝗺𝗶𝗹𝗸 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 – even 𝘓𝘶𝘹𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘵🧵Find out more at www.bourgmeisterin.com!