Nealy 60 years later, the Oscar-winning movie continues to be a beloved classic — and it all began with the 1949 memoir of Maria von Trapp, the real-life matriarch of the von Trapp family.

But what many don’t know is that the film is based on the real-life matriarch Maria von Trapp and her family. How accurate is The Sound of Music in comparison to the real von Trapp family ...

When did the von Trapp Family Singers perform in Lancaster?” asked a woman recently. Joyce Harvey researched the answer.

They escaped successfully from Austria in 1938, and they lived the rest of their lives in the U.S. Missing from the movie was ...

The Church of the Good Shepherd in Rocky Mount is gearing up to hold a special event starring a bona fide family member of ...

She meets locals with memories of Maria Von Trapp and discovers her astonishing drive and determination that drove the family to become a travelling singing troop living on a tour bus for 22 weeks ...

PLEASE, Mum. No more twirling,” says my daughter. But too late. The ghost of Maria Von Trapp has taken control of my limbs and I’m pirouetting across cobblestone streets singing, “High on a hill ...

Elisabeth von Trapp, granddaughter of Maria and Baron von Trapp, whose lives inspired the classic film “The Sound of Music” ...

Once the home of Maria von Trapp, (who was immortalized in The Sound of Music), her progeny still oversee the inn, and she is buried on the property. Captain von Trapp and six of the family's ...

Mulberry St. Appearing were Baroness Maria Augusta von Trapp and her seven daughters. This was THE von Trapp family event which began our search. A review of their performance by Blanche Zink ...