Join the Germanna Foundation on Monday, November 11 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm as we honor all veterans by illuminating the grounds of the Fort Germanna Visitor Center with luminaries. At 6:00 pm we will hold a ceremony in which we ring the bell in Germanna’s Memorial Garden in honor of all the veterans. This […]
Professional Storytelling at “Salubria After Dark” Event October 25 and 26
For the first time ever, come experience historic 1757 Salubria manor as never before as the Germanna Foundation hosts “Salubria After Dark,” a special evening of professional storytelling on the grounds of historic Salubria, Culpeper County’s oldest brick house. This event will be held on Friday, October 25, 3019 and on Saturday, October 26 with […]
Historian Illuminates Culpeper Patriot’s Revolutionary Role
Updated — Video of the lecture: The Culpeper Star-Exponent wrote an article about a lecture at the Germanna Foundation: Area residents are in for a treat tonight (Sept 12, 2019) as a researcher presents fresh findings about Virginia’s “German Regiment,” a notable player in the Revolutionary War. Gabe Neville of Fairfax County, who has […]
Germanna Reunion celebrates colonists’ deeds, kin
An article about the 2019 Germanna Reunion and Conference was published in the Culpeper Star-Exponent, written by Emily Jennings. See the photo gallery on the article page. ~ Dawn Everman’s father died at age 59, and her mother at 62. “My grandparents died long before that, so I had nobody I could ask questions about […]
Salubria intrigues public during rare open house
Germanna’s historic Salubria Manor held its first public access day on June 21, 2019. An article in the Culpeper Star-Exponent by Clint Schemmer and Emily Jennings covered the successful event: Unexpected was the theme of recent days at Salubria, Culpeper County’s oldest brick house and one of Virginia’s most pristine historic sites. On its first-ever […]
Dedication of the Hitt Archaeology Center
On Thursday, May 9, 2019, the Germanna Foundation officially opened its new Hitt Archaeology Center as part of its Fort Germanna Visitor Center complex in Locust Grove, Virginia, between Culpeper and Fredericksburg, VA. Hundreds of members, friends, and supporters from the local area, across the nation and even in Germany and the UK were able […]
Germanna Foundation opens Hitt Archaeology Center
The Culpeper Star-Exponent published an article on the front page by Clint Schemmer about the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new Hitt Archaeology Center. More photos HERE. – Most archaeologists can only dream of having a good laboratory in which to work. So, no wonder that Virginia’s Germanna Foundation celebrated Thursday afternoon as it opened one of […]
Germanna Time Capsule Ceremony
On March 28, 2019, the Germanna Foundation Time Capsule was immured inside a wall in the the new Hitt Archaeology Center, next to the Fort Germanna Visitor Center in Locust Grove, VA. The capsule will be opened in 50 years, in July of 2068, during the Foundation’s 111th annual reunion. Skip Poole, Germanna Foundation Trustee […]
Germany Trips
The Germanna Foundation’s annual trip to Germany is an exceptional experience. The ancestral villages of the participants become the itinerary for each year’s trip. The next trip takes place 17-29 June 2019. One of the tour guides is a Germanna trustee, descendant, and expert on Germanna genealogy and the other is a German native who […]
Germanna Foundation Holds Ground-Breaking Ceremony for the New Hitt Archaeology Center
During a short break in the weather of Hurricane Michael barreling through Virginia on Thursday, October 11, 2018, the Germanna Foundation held the ground-breaking ceremony at the future site of the Hitt Archaeology Center. This new facility, made possible by a generous gift from Russell and Joan Hitt, will be built next to the Fort […]
- 1
- 2
- 3
- …
- 5
- Next Page »
