Watch on demand for free: CLICK HERE, Password: 4R#3B805. Skip ahead in the video to 17:00 to see the start of the webinar. Join Dennis Loba on June 19 at 3pm as he explores the various timepieces of the eighteenth century. Dennis will explain where timepieces were coming from, show examples from his collection and […]
Germanna Conference 2020: A New Twist for a Changed Time
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 […]
Germanna is Looking for Volunteers
The Germanna Foundation seeks volunteers to help with its mission* and is hosting its first ever volunteer open house on Friday, March 13, 2020 from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Fort Germanna Visitor Center in Locust Grove, VA. If you’ve been wanting to learn more about the Germanna Foundation, or get more involved […]
EVENT: A Talk with Germany’s Foremost Theologian, Nov 20
After 300 years as a frontier settlement, Germanna continues to be at the frontier of forging transatlantic ties between America and Germany. The Germanna Foundation was invited by Baylor University Press to join with the German Embassy to co-sponsor a special book-launch by Germany’s foremost theologian, Dr. Christoph Markschies, the former President of Humboldt University […]
EVENT: Vint Hill, the Cold War and the Fall of the Berlin Wall
On Thursday, November 7 at 7:00 pm, the Germanna Foundation will host a free lecture on the US Intelligence Community’s role in the fall of the Berlin Wall 30 years ago. After the talk, there will be an opportunity for you to share your remembrances of the Cold War and the fall of the Berlin […]
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 with entry times of 7:00 pm […]
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 […]
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