Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Veterans Day luminary tribute event, especially to our volunteers to who came from Warrenton, Culpeper and Locust Grove to help us fill bags, place them around the visitor center, and light them (see our Facebook page for photos). Wonderful evening to honor veterans! Here is the […]
WATCH: Online Lecture by Renowned Historian Edward Ayers on the Migrations of the American South
On November 4, 2021, Evening with Germanna presented an online lecture by well-known historian Edward Ayers who narrated the evolution of southern history from the founding of the nation to the present day by focusing on the settling, unsettling, and resettling of the South. Including indigenous, white, black, and immigrant people in the story, Ayers […]
Honoring Veterans: A Luminary Tribute
Join the Germanna Foundation on Thursday, November 11 from 5:30 to 7:00 pm as we honor all veterans by illuminating the grounds of the Fort Germanna Visitor Center with luminaries. At 6:30 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 22 and 23
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 Salubria, Culpeper County’s oldest brick house. While the stories are NOT about Salubria, you’re in for a spook-tacular event with several professional storytellers! This event will be held […]
WATCH: Evening With Germanna: Spotswood’s “Knights of the Golden Horseshoe” Expedition in 1716
Over 300 years ago in September 1716, Virginia’s Lt. Governor Alexander Spotswood organized a famous trek over the Blue Ridge mountains that came to be known as the Knights of the Golden Horseshoe expedition. The trek began and ended at the colonial frontier fort that Spotswood established in 1714: Fort Germanna, where a colony of […]
Germanna Fall Gathering Planned
UPDATE: Registration is closed as we’ve reached maximum capacity for this event. After two years of virtual Summer Conference Reunions, Germanna is cautiously optimistic that an in-person Fall Mini-Reunion is feasible. The secure registration form is below. Hebron Lutheran Church has graciously agreed to host us for the event and the planned schedule offers time […]
Germanna Trades Weekend Aug 21 & 22
The Germanna Foundation will host a trades weekend on the grounds of the Fort Germanna Visitor Center the weekend of August 21 and 22, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The event is rain or shine. Live demonstrations including surveying, timber framing, foodway demonstrations, a blacksmith, a cooper, a bread oven and more will take […]
Fort Germanna Archaeology Site Public Access Days
The Germanna Foundation has scheduled three Fort Germanna Archaeology Site Public Access Days for Friday, July 2; Saturday, July 31 and Saturday, September 11. The events will run from 10 am to 3 pm with tours at 10 am, 11 am, Noon, 1 pm and 2 pm. Visitors will get the chance to see the […]
Historic Salubria Public Access Day June 18
Join us on Friday, June 18, 2021 from 10:30 am to 4:00 pm as the Germanna Foundation hosts a Public Access Day event at historic Salubria Manor, located in Stevensburg, Virginia. Salubria was built circa 1757 by the Reverend John Thompson for his wife, Butler Brayne Spotswood Thompson (widow of Lt. Governor Alexander Spotswood) and […]
Germanna Program for National Genealogical Society Conference
Germanna Foundation Genealogists Cathi Clore Frost and Barbara Price have been invited to present at the National Genealogical Society 2021 Family History Conference. This is the major annual event of the prestigious NGS, founded in 1903 as America’s first genealogical organization and today one of its largest. Their presentation, Identifying the 1714 and 1717 Germanna […]
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