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2018 G ermann a F o und atio n C o nfer ence & R eunio n S ched ule

Thursday, July 12
Seats on the bus tour are limited and have sold out in the past so please register
Registration Open House early. Participants should wear comfortable shoes and be prepared to walk up
11:00 am – 3:00 pm to half a mile, climb stairs, and stand. Boarding begins 15 minutes before de-
Fort Germanna Visitor Center parture and tours will depart on time to ensure adherence to the tour schedules
2062 Germanna Hwy (Route 3), Locust Grove, VA for the convenience of hosts at various stops.
Drop by the Brawdus Martin Fort Germanna Visitor Center to pick up your  HERITAGE TOUR: Frontier Culture Museum Tour
registration materials. While you are here, take this opportunity to hike the 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
trails, browse the library, and check out the interpretive display. Travel to the Frontier Culture Museum of Virginia at Staunton with its
Please note: The Germanna Foundation Visitor Center will be closing former Director of Research and Collections (Germanna Trustee Katha-
early, at 3:00 pm on this date. rine Brown) as guide. At this living history outdoor museum, you will visit
Fort Germanna / Enchanted Castle original, authentic 18th century farmhouses brought from the European
cultures that settled the colonial American frontier: England, Germany, and
Archaeological Site Open House Ireland, see reproductions of African and Native American settlements,
Noon – 4:00 pm and see original Virginia farm houses as those cultures blended in the early
Fort Germanna / Enchanted Castle Site 19th century. You will experience how YOUR Germanna ancestors lived in
Gordon Farm Road, Locust Grove, VA Germany and in America. Special emphasis will be placed on the German
Drive across Germanna Hwy (Route 3) to explore the Fort Germanna / farm from the Palatinate, not far from villages from which Germanna
Enchanted Castle site. Germanna Foundation Staff Archaeologist Dr. Eric settlers emigrated. Total amount of walking in the day is about ¾ of a mile. A
Larsen, summer intern staff, and Virginia Commonwealth University Field few golf carts are available for those with some walking difficulty. Box lunch
School students will be on hand to lead informal site tours showcasing their and museum admission are included. Please visit wwwfrontiermuseum.org
seasonal work. Will they #FindtheFort? before registering for this tour..
Closed toe shoes are required. Other protective gear and bug spray are highly
recommended. Beware of chiggers, ticks, snakes, and poison ivy. Directions  HERITAGE TOUR: First Colony Tour
will be available at the Visitor Center during Registration. 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
First stop on this tour will be where it all began for the First Colony at the
Clore Family Gathering Fort Germanna site with Archaeologist, Eric Larsen. The question as to why
2:00 pm – 4:00 pm the 1714 immigrants were brought here will be answered by your Trustee
262 Washington Street, Locust Grove, VA Tour Guide, Barbara Price. We will follow the road that our ancestors took
An informal get together for Clore descendants will once again be hosted by to Germantown, then on to Elk Run Church with our host, Ed Dandar. Elk
Skip and Joy Poole at their home in Lake of the Woods. Directions will be Run Church was the local parish church that our ancestors were required to
available at the Visitor Center during Registration. attend and in close proximity to Germantown. As we meander south, we
will be met by a local historian in the town of Jeffersonton, the site of the Lit-
Fishback/Rector Family Gathering tle Fork Colony, and end our tour at the historic Little Fork Church with not
3:30 pm – 5:00 pm only ties to Germanna, but also to Lady Butler Brayne Spotswood Thomp-
Culpeper Location TBD son and Salubria. Up to a mile of walking will be required on dirt roads
An informal get together for Fishback and Rector descendants will be hosted and uneven ground, so please wear sturdy shoes. Be mindful of poison ivy,
by Fran Rowell. Directions will be available at the Visitor Center during mosquitos, chiggers, ticks and, possibly, snakes at the Fort Germanna site.
Registration. Bug spray is recommended. Box lunch included.

Board of Trustees Reception by Invitation  HERITAGE TOUR: Second Colony Tour
5:00 pm – 7:00 pm 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Fort Germanna Visitor Center Join your guide, Trustee Stephen Chanko, for a tour to Second Colony
2062 Germanna Hwy (Route 3), Locust Grove, VA territory in Madison County, Virginia. Drive through some of the pretti-
This invitation-only event serves as a Thank You from the Board of Trust- est spots in the Robinson River Valley and the foothills of the Blue Ridge
ees to our most generous supporters and volunteers, and to introduce local Mountains as the tour takes you past the early land patents. Enjoy a leisurely
officials to Germanna. All donors at the Explorer giving level ($500 per year) visit at historic Hebron Lutheran Church. By popular request, a delicious
and above will receive personal invitations. family-style lunch at Graves Mountain Lodge is planned. Additional stops
to be determined.
Friday, July 13
Photo and Document Scanning
Germanna Heritage Tours 10:00 am –2:00 pm
Depart/Return at Best Western Culpeper Fort Germanna Visitor Center
791 Madison Road, Culpeper, VA 2062 Germanna Hwy (Route 3), Locust Grove, VA
All three tours will depart and return to the Best Western Culpeper. If Photo and document scanning will be available in the Fort Germanna
you didn’t arrive in town early enough to pick up your registration materials, Visitor Center library on Friday for those not taking a tour. Do you have
they will be available. Please note that the tours will be departing at differ- antique family photos, family bible records, or documents relating to your
ent times. Germanna descended ancestors? Want to share them with the Germanna