The Fort Germanna story is one of rich history, not just for Orange County, but nationally. Built in 1714, Germanna was the first German settlement in Virginia, making it a fitting exhibit at the German-American Heritage Museum’s “German Entrepreneurship” series on view in Washington, D.C. through March. (Story published in the Orange County Review by […]
Unearthing Germanna’s History
Orange County Review staff writer Amber Galaviz visited Germanna just before the holidays. Here’s link to her front page article in the Orange County Review.
Merry Christmas from Germanna
My friend Werner Hoffman-Gassner of Eisern is probably known to you through his heraldic artwork that hangs with gratitude in the Germanna Visitor Center. This week he sent me a video of a very old German carol that made me think of the first Christmas when the Lutheran colonists at Germanna first celebrated Christmas with the […]
Join the Germanna DNA Project
Since 1956, the Germanna Foundation has published hundreds of years of genealogy across thousands of pages in twenty volumes of research and is in the process of expanding our database of over 100,000 known descendants. Now, modern science has developed the new tool of DNA testing to expand beyond the limits of genealogy, as Dr. Spencer […]
Remembering Pearl Harbor and Germanna’s Own
Pearl Harbor Day is a time of remembrance for Americans. At 7:55 and 42 seconds, on the morning of December 7th, 1941, thousands of unsuspecting Americans were killed in a surprise attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. It was the bloodiest foreign attack on U.S. soil in the modern war era, until […]
Giving Tuesday
We invite you to celebrate the true spirit of the holiday season by participating in Giving Tuesday on December 1st! Last year, more than 27,000 organizations in 68 countries came together to celebrate this global day of giving. This year the Germanna Foundation is proud to encourage our members and friends to join this “Do […]
A Thanksgiving Story
Thanksgiving marks off the year for every American the beginning of a “holiday season” of memory, anticipation, and joy – but above all, it begins with thanks. In my time as a member of the board of trustees of the Germanna Foundation since 1997, I have come to rest on the idea that the heartbeat […]
November Traditions
It has become something of a tradition at the Germanna Foundation to update our members on our latest news and to ask you to increase you support for the work of your Foundation through an end-of-year gift and a pledge for the forthcoming year. You should be receiving our letter this week, so please watch […]
Charting our Pathway to Discovery
Germanna staff archaeologist Dr. Eric Larsen began a new site topographic mapping survey project at Fort Germanna in October. The original site grid was established some 30 years ago and focused on the architectural footprint of Alexander Spotswood’s Enchanted Castle. Today, thanks to the generosity of Dr. Michael D. Frost and his wife Ginger, who […]
New Genealogy Database of Germanna Descendants
The Germanna Foundation has a new data-rich genealogy website database of Germanna descendants at GermannaFamily.org. The database is a project of Germanna Foundation Trustee and Genealogist Cathi Clore Frost. To access the database, you must be a paid member of the Germanna Foundation (Become a Member/Renew Your Dues securely online). Annual membership dues are only $35 per year […]
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