On Thursday, October 3, 2013 in front of the Germanna Foundation Visitor Center in Locust Grove, Virginia, Richard V. Hurley, President of the University of Mary Washington, and J. Marc Wheat, President of the Germanna Foundation, signed agreements for cooperation between the two institutions to transfer the 62-acre Fort Germanna and Enchanted Castle archaeological site […]
Fort Germanna Transfer Signing Ceremony – October 3
World-renowned chief Jamestown archaeologist William Kelso has written that, “I have always thought the Fort Germanna/Enchanted Castle site ranks among the most significant historical archaeological sites certainly in Virginia and arguably in the nation. The establishment of both Jamestown and Germanna forts were historically pivotal.” Please be our honored guest at a momentous occasion in […]
German-American Day on the National Mall on October 6
Join us on Sunday, October 6, 2013 at 2:00 pm as we celebrate German-American Day at the German-American Friendship Garden, located on the National Mall between 15th & 17th Streets NW (across from the White House). The Friendship Garden was founded in 1983 by German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and US President Ronald Reagan. The Friendship […]
Germanna Foundation acquires fort, castle
From the Culpeper Star Exponent: Tuesday, September 24, 2013 By Rhonda Simmons [email protected] (540) 825-0771 ext. 125 After three years of negotiations, the University of Mary Washington Board of Visitors recently voted to transfer ownership of the Fort Germanna/Enchanted Castle site located along the Route 3 corridor in Orange County to the Germanna Foundation, according to foundation […]
Fort Germanna site transferred to Germanna Foundation
Written by Germanna Foundation President J. Marc Wheat: It is a moving experience in an American’s life to travel to a special place and say with pride and gratitude, “this is where our family became American.” For over half a century, descendants of the explorers and colonists who became American at Germanna have found their […]
300th Germanna Jubilee Planning Party
Volunteer to help plan and implement the Germanna Foundation 300th Jubliee Conference & Reunion. Meet people from all over the United States who are helping plan! Saturday, October 5, 2013 9:00 am Germanna Foundation Visitor Center 2062 Germanna Highway Locust Grove, VA RSVP MAP: View Larger MapDriving Directions
Book Review: The Rogue Republic: How Would-Be Patriots Waged the Shortest Revolution in American History
Reviewed by Barbara Kemper If you’ve ever sewn a crazy quilt from a bag of scraps, you can appreciate what William C. Davis has done to write the book, The Rogue Republic: How Would-Be Patriots Waged the Shortest Revolution in American History. First, you have to find sound material to use. Then, discard any thin […]
VFH Grant to Germanna
Spring 2012 Germanna Foundation Newsletter The Germanna Foundation is the grateful recipient a grant from the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities for a long-term interpretive exhibit for the Brawdus Martin Germanna Visitor Center. This grant provides $3,000 towards the costs of fabricating and installing the exhibit in 2012. A previous grant from VFH of $10,000 made […]
Angus McDonald Green
Angus McDonald Green, a key figure in Piedmont publishing circles, community leader, and World War II veteran who served under Patton died in March 2012. One of seven children in a publishing family, Green learned the printing business from childhood with his siblings and absorbed a love of history at his family home Greenwood, where […]
Restoring Historic Salubria from Damage Wrought by the Mineral Earthquake
By Doug Harnsberger Spring 2012 Germanna Newsletter At 1:51 pm on August 23, 2011, the terra firma beneath Salubria rumbled and heaved the stately 1757 Georgian-style house. By the time the quaking action had subsided, the 5.8 magnitude Mineral Earthquake had ruptured and twisted both of the twenty foot high chimney stacks twenty degrees, and […]
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