Amish communities of Pennsylvania hold "mud sales," or annual springtime auctions, to support local fire departments in a tradition dating to the 1960s.

People walk in mud during an auction at the 56th annual mud sale to benefit the local fire department in Gordonville, Pa., Saturday, March 9, 2024. Mud sales are a relatively new tradition in the ...

Researchers say most of the Amish don’t register to vote, reflective of the Christian movement’s historic separatism from mainstream society, just as they’ve maintained their dialect and ...