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 […]
Ft. Germanna Visitor Center Now Open
The Germanna Foundation is excited to re-open to the public our Fort Germanna Visitor Center museum and genealogy library. Salubria, however, remains closed. Our new hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. We are closed on Saturday and Sunday. In order to protect all staff, volunteers and guests to the […]
New Trail Kiosk Installed for Germanna’s Siegen Forest
Updated with video. We have exciting news! During our Giving Tuesday campaign in December we wanted to raise funds for a new kiosk for our trails and thanks to you, our wonderful donors, we were able to raise those funds. Last week, the kiosk arrived, this past week holes were dug and on Thursday the […]
Germanna Artifacts
Germanna Foundation Director of Archaeology Dr. Eric Larsen talks about one of his favorite artifacts that was found at Germanna. He shows this at the Hitt Archaeology Center in the Fort Germanna Visitor Center campus. The Germanna Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to exploring the Colonial Virginia frontier via the historic 1714 Fort […]
Germanna Archaeology 2020
Tim Sutphin talks with Dr. Eric Larsen about what to expect this year with Germanna Archaeology. 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, […]
Spotswood Window
In this video, Executive Director Tim Sutphin discusses the history of the Spotswood Stained Glass Window that has been in the Fort Germanna Visitor Center in Locust Grove, Virginia, for over ten years. The Germanna Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to exploring the Colonial Virginia frontier via the historic 1714 Fort Germanna and […]
The Old Mill Complex in Germanna’s Siegen Forest
Dr. Eric Larsen, Director of Archaeology for the Germanna Foundation, discusses the old mill complex and race within Siegen Forest and shows you the different areas where this mill once operated. The Germanna Foundation’s 170-acre Siegen Forest contains four hiking and nature trails along the Rapidan river. For more information, go to: https://germanna.org/things-to-do/hike-siegen-forest/ —- The […]
Germanna Update – April 16, 2020
Tim Sutphin, the Executive Director of the Germanna Foundation, gives an update on the Foundation on Thursday, April 16, 2020. ————— Have an idea of a topic you would like to see us cover or have comments about the series? Let us know by filling out the Contact Us form. Also, be sure to join […]
Germanna Foundation’s Research and Genealogy Library
Germanna Foundation Membership Development Manager Ashley Abruzzo shows you around the research and genealogy library at the Fort Germanna Visitor Center and takes a look at all the resources we have there. The Visitor Center is currently closed because of the national emergency.
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