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Honoring Veterans

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On November 11, the Germanna Foundation honored America’s military veterans by holding a ceremony in the Memorial Garden on the Fort Germanna Visitor Center campus and ringing Germanna’s bell 21 times. Luminaries were placed in the garden marked with the following names and their military service provided by donors. We are grateful for veterans and their service protecting the liberty and freedoms of the United States since the Revolutionary War.

Abraham Hockman, Revolutionary War
Alan Burke, US Army
Albert J. Gregory, US Army
Alvey Sutphin, US Navy
Amy Schienschang, US Army
Ann Elizabeth Cuntze/Weaver, Revolutionary War
Dr. Arnold E. Wirtala, Army, WW2/1st GCC president
Asa Hamilton Rector, CSA Army
Benjamin Patterson, Revolutionary War
Bob Kemper, US Army
Bob Lasher, USMC
Caleb Clinton Rector, CSA Army
Maj. Charles Q. Petty, NC, CSA
Chuck Leach, US Army
Maj. Clyde L. Dennan, US Army
Capt Conway Oldham, Revolutionary War
Conwell Porter Dearth – US Army
Tsgt. Craig F. Wolford, US Air Force
Smsgt. Dee Wolford, US Air Force
Donald Alan Maroney, US Army
Edward E. King, Navy, WW2
Edwin Stanley Chanko, USAF
Ernest B. Weaver, Navy, WW2
Frank K. Roth, US Navy
Gabriel Anderson, SC Militia 1780
Harold Henry “Mutt” Bowen, US Army
Herman William Pace, US Army
Hubert Sickmann, US Army
J. M. Howard, US Navy
James Gentry, US Army
James Richard Luchs Sr., US Air Corps
Jeremiah Darnell, 1729 VA Militia
John Chadwick Sr, US Army
John Luchs Sr., US Army
John Samuel Drury, US Army
Joseph Bookout, War of 1812
Joshua Anderson, NY Militia 1690
Cpl. Lawrence Powell, US Army
Lewis C. Weaver, Army, WW2
Lucien Walker Bowen Jr., US Army
Major Jacob Fishback, 1749 VA Militia
Peter Mason, Revolutionary War
Philip A. Hoffman, US Navy
Richard Hamilton Rector, Army
Robert A. Gugerty Jr, US Navy
Robert A. Gugerty Sr, US Navy
Robert Edward “Jake” Nay, Army
Robin Phillips, US Army
Ron Asby, US Marines
Samuel Milton Anderson Jr, US Army
Samuel Milton Anderson Sr, US Army
Stephen Conwell Dearth Sr., USAF
Thomas Allen, Revolutionary War
Thomas Wheat, NY Militia
Tonette Kenner, US Navy
Wilbur M. Clymer, Ohio Reg, Civil War
Col. William Morgan, 1719 VA Militia
William Pearl Clore, US Navy
William Rafe Taylor, Union Army, TN

 

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The Germanna Foundation
MAILING: P.O. Box 279
LOCATION: 2062 Germanna Highway
Locust Grove, VA 22508-0279
Phone: 540-423-1700
Fax: 540-423-1747
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Fort Germanna Visitor Center, Museum & Library

2062 Germanna Highway (Route 3)
Locust Grove, VA 22508
(Next to the Germanna Community College campus)

Hours of Operation:
Monday-Friday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Saturdays, 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Closed on Sundays

Out of town visitors are urged to call us at 540-423-1700 to confirm or to make special arrangements for groups.

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Behind the Fort Germanna Visitor Center is our 170-acre Siegen Forest nature and hiking trails along the Rapidan river. Trails are OPEN 7 days a week, during daylight hours. When visiting the trails, please practice “Leave no Trace” ethos. If you enjoy the trails, consider donating to the Germanna Foundation to help support their upkeep.

 

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The Germanna Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to exploring the Colonial Virginia frontier via the historic 1714 Fort Germanna and its German colonists and their descendants.

It conducts archaeological exploration and conservation, genealogical research and publishing, and historic preservation and interpretation.

The Foundation owns and maintains several historic sites and properties, such as Salubria Manor, that were part of or closely connected to the Germanna colonies, the town of Germanna, and the other early colonial Virginia settlements and towns in the Piedmont area of Virginia.