The historic Salubria property is available for engagement and wedding photography and other location photo and video shoots, subject to certain restrictions. Location photo and film shoot rates: $100 for the first hour, $75 for every additional hour. A minimum of 2 hours is requested for the photo shoot. There needs to be proof of […]
County planners endorse Germanna Foundation museum, library
The Orange County Planning Commission is supporting a plan to build a museum and library behind the Germanna Memorial Foundation’s existing visitors center on State Route 3. The commissioners voted 4–0 Thursday to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve a special-use permit to allow the building on agriculturally zoned land. Commissioner Jason Capelle was […]
Battlefield Preservation and Stewardship Workshop
I’m sharing this invitation to a Virginia Department of Historic Resources sponsored workshop being held in Petersburg, VA October 23-24 for a couple of reasons. First of all, as you may know, the Germanna Foundation preserves the ford on the Rapidan River that was used by troops during the Civil War Battle of the Wilderness. […]
Johannes Walk’s Homecoming, October 19th, Clemmons, NC
The gravestone of Johannes Walk (b & d 1769) will be returned to his home church of Friedberg Moravian Church near Winston-Salem, North Carolina during the homecoming worship service on October 19, 2014. The public is invited. Johannes Walk lived only for a few months, but we remember him – he is related to nearly […]
Germanna Foundation recognized for preservation of Salubria
(Culpeper Star-Exponent) The Germanna Foundation’s ongoing efforts to preserve the historic mansion Salubria in Culpeper County was recognized Saturday morning with the dedication of a bronze plaque atop a brick historic marker by the House of Burgesses Chapter of the Colonial Dames XVII Century. “(The) House of Burgesses Chapter honors the Germanna Foundation for the preservation […]
Colonial Dames to dedicate historic marker at Salubria on Saturday, Sept 27
(Click on images to enlarge) The House of Burgesses Chapter of the Colonial Dames XVII Century will be dedicating a brick historic marker and bronze plaque honoring the Germanna Foundation’s stewardship of Salubria, the mid-18th century Georgian brick mansion, in Stevensburg, Virginia this Saturday, September 27th at 11:00 am in a ceremony at Salubria. Ms. […]
West Coast Germanna Gathering
Live on the West Coast? Come to the Germanna Foundation’s West Coast Germanna Gathering on Saturday, September 27, 2014 from 10 am to 2 pm at the Village Inn in St. Helens, Oregon. The program includes: The Germanna Colonies Story ~ by Dr. Katharine Brown Documents Used to Identify the Second Colonists ~ by Cathi […]
Germanna colony celebrates 300th anniversary
From the Orange County Review: Three centuries ago, 42 people—men, women and children from nine family units —left their homes in the Siegerland area of southern Germany in hopes of making a fresh start in the frontier wilds of what is now Orange County. J. Marc Wheat, president of the Memorial Foundation of the Germanna […]
2014 Reunion Photos
Photos of select events at the 2014 Germanna Reunion taken by Cindy Kwitchoff (also the Germanna Foundation webmaster, graphics and newsletter designer) are now available to view. Click on the below photos to see the different albums: Visitor Center Reception: Fort Germanna Tour: Enchanted Castle (Gov. Spotswood’s mansion) Tour: Salubria Dinner: […]
Germanna settlement recalled, 300 years later
(Fredericksburg Free-Lance Star, July 20, 2014) Three hundred years after the Germanna colonists arrived in Virginia, their descendents gathered Sunday to worship at the church the early settlers attended after expanding westward. The gathering took place at Little Fork Episcopal Church, the Rixeyville-area sanctuary with the brick exterior, blue box pews and thick white-washed […]
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