Interesting about the Germans and still speaking German in America. My Swedish ancestors on my paternal Grandfather's side and my Norwegian ancestors on my maternal Grandmother's side both came to America in 1870, briefly to Illinois then to Minnesota. All my grandparents and great aunts & uncles talked about the fact that while their parents spoke Swedish or Norwegian among themselves, they wouldn't allow my grandparents or parents generation to speak anything but English(American).
Used to know a rancher in the Texas Hill country who still spoke German, so did his family and he is not alone. Even when he spoke English he used German grammar. He was the 5th generation, born in the US. The older ranchers & family today speak German among themselves. Amazing how such customs continue.
