Ashley Abruzzo, Membership Development Manager, shares photos of the Fort Germanna Visitor Center’s construction in honor of it’s 20th anniversary. The building was designed by Germanna descendant and architect Doug Harnsberger to mimic the original five-sided fort the Germanna colonists lived in. —- The Germanna Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to exploring the […]
2020 Germanna Conference Recap
Executive Director Tim Sutphin reviews the Germanna Foundation’s virtual conference held on July 17 & 18, and announces the VERY successful fundraising challenge. Germanna had a very successful Virtual Germanna conference. For the first time in 63 years, we were unable to hold our Reunion/Conference in person, so we went online. We had 278 attendees […]
Germanna Foundation’s Archaeologist Dr. Eric Larsen invites you to our 2020 Conference
Dr. Eric Larsen, the Director of Archaeology for the Germanna Foundation, invites you to attend our 2020 online conference Friday, July 17 and Saturday, July 18. Cost is only $30 per day. Register here: https://germanna.org/conference-and-reunion/ On Saturday, July 18, there is a special emphasis on archaeology: 1:00 pm: Explorers, Indians, Refugees, and Settlers—The Road to […]
Germanna Connection of Superintendent of Independence National Park
Decades-long friend of the Germanna Foundation Cynthia MacLeod, Superintendent of Independence National Park, welcomes you to ceremonies in and around Independence Hall and the Liberty Bell. Her husband Doug Harnsberger is a former trustee of the Germanna Foundation and architect of the Fort Germanna Visitor Center in Locust Grove, VA. The Germanna Foundation is proud […]
Meet the New Research Archaeologist at the Germanna Foundation
The Germanna Foundation’s Archaeology Program has a new Research Archaeologist, Kelly Arford-Horne. In this video, she tells about herself. Follow Germanna Foundation Archaeology on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GermannaArch/ and consider helping to support our program by making a donation: https://germanna.org/donate/ —- The Germanna Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to exploring the Colonial Virginia frontier via […]
Meet the 2020 Germanna Foundation Archaeology Program Interns
Our 2020 archaeology program interns tell us more themselves, their education backgrounds, how they got interested in archaeology and more. Follow Germanna Foundation Archaeology on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GermannaArch/ and consider helping to support our program by making a donation: https://germanna.org/donate/ —- The Germanna Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to exploring the Colonial Virginia frontier […]
Germanna Foundation’s Germany Trip
Germanna Foundation Trustee and Genealogist Barbara Price gives an overview of the Foundation’s trips to Germany, which she leads. For more information about traveling to Germany with Germanna, click here and fill out the form indicating your interest.
Webinar: 18th Century Timepieces with Dennis Loba
Watch on demand for free: CLICK HERE, Password: 4R#3B805. Skip ahead in the video to 17:00 to see the start of the webinar. Join Dennis Loba on June 19 at 3pm as he explores the various timepieces of the eighteenth century. Dennis will explain where timepieces were coming from, show examples from his collection and […]
Germanna Conference 2020: A New Twist for a Changed Time
For more than 60 years, the Germanna Foundation has held an annual reunion and conference centered around the descendants of the Germanna Colonies. In its earliest days, the Reunion was a Sunday afternoon potluck picnic and the conference portion consisted of one or two prominent Virginia speakers giving presentations on genealogy or family history of […]
Update and Information on July Conference
Executive Director Tim Sutphin gives an update on Germanna Foundation’s 2020 conference and reunion July 17 and 18, 2020. 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 […]
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