2486 - Krefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Krefeld is a city is western Germany, near the border with Netherlands and a few kilometers from the River Rhine. It was first mentioned in 1105 under the name Krinvelde.

In 1607 Mennonites arrived from neighbouring Roman Catholic territories where they were persecuted. The rulers of Krefeld at the time, the House of Orange-Nassau, were tolerant of the Mennonites. In 1657 their congregation was officially recognized and in 1693 they were allowed to built their own church. Quaker Evangelists also received a sympathetic audience among the larger German-Mennonite congregations.

In 1683, a group of 13 Mennonite families, 12 of which were Mennonite-Quakers) left Krefeld to settle in Pennsylvania in order to enjoy the religious freedom it offered. They said on the Concord and founded the settlement of Germantown (invited by William Penn himself) and thus began the Pennsylvania Dutch ethnic identity. Germantown was later incorporated into Philadelphia.

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3584 - Blaine, Minnesota, United States of America

The sender was in Las Vegas recently and bought this card from The Mob Museum. The Mob Museum, officially known as the National Museum of Organized Crime and Law Enforcement, is located in downtown Las Vegas. It open in 2012. It features artifacts, stories, and the history of organized crime in the United States, but also the actions and initiatives by law enforcement to prevent such crimes. The museum is found at the former Las Vegas Post Office and Courthouse, which was built in 1933. The quote on this card was from John Gotti. John Gotti (1940-2002) was the mafioso and boss of the Gambino crime family in New York City. After ordering the killing of Gambino boss Paul Catellano in 1985, he took over the family and led what was the United States' most powerful crime syndicate. He was known as The Teflon Don after three high profile trials in the 1980s resulted in acquittals. Later it was revealed that the trials had been tainted by jury tampering, juror misconduct, and witness i

3564 - Kassel, Hesse, Germany

A wonderful message on this card that translates to to those wh o can wait, everything comes with time.

2346 - Iwate, Iwate, Japan

Keita is a junior high science teacher in Iwate 岩手町. He sent me a photo of the Tokyo Sky Tower during a fireworks display. The Tokyo Sky Tower is a broadcasting and observation tower in Simide, a special ward in the Tokyo Metropolis. It became the tallest structure in Japan in 2010. In 2011, when it was completed at a height of 634 meters, it became the tallest tower in the world, and the second tallest structure in the world, after Burj Khalifa in Dubai, UAE.

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