(Culpeper Star-Exponent) Many archaeologists were on hand Saturday at the Fort Germanna site in Orange County, where work is ongoing to discover new truths and answer questions about the settlement started there more than 300 years ago. At a rare public access day, visitors mingled with historic preservationists and archaeologists, discussing the fort built at […]
On its 65th anniversary, Germanna Foundation looks to future
An article in the Orange County Review by Morgan Edwards: There’s a huge story here about the development of America,” Keith Hoffman said. “We’d like to be in a position to tell it.” The Germanna Foundation is entering 2021 with a new president of its board of trustees and some ambitious goals for the coming […]
Germanna Foundation welcomes visitors to archaeological site on public access day
News article in the Orange County Review newspaper by Gracie Wilbanks: The Germanna Foundation held a public access day on Saturday, October 3, in conjunction with the 300th anniversary of the founding of Spotsylvania. The history organization hosted its annual public access day to Germanna’s archaeological digs sites, educational opportunities regarding colonial life and a […]
Germanna Community College to Name New Building After Dr. Frank Turnage
In 1969, the Germanna Foundation donated 100 acres of land to create a new community college in Virginia, which would become Germanna Community College. Dr. Frank Turnage was president of Germanna Community College from 1986 to 2007. In 1996, he became a Trustee of the Germanna Foundation and later Executive Director from 2009-2011. It was […]
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 […]
Germanna Foundation Earns GuideStar’s Highest Seal of Transparency
On May 20, 2019 the Germanna Foundation earned a 2019 Platinum Seal of Transparency, the highest level of recognition offered by GuideStar, the world’s largest source of nonprofit information. By sharing metrics that highlight progress the Foundation is making toward its mission, the organization is helping donors move beyond simplistic ways of nonprofit evaluation such […]
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 […]
Foundation entombs time capsule at Orange County site
An article about Germanna’s time capsule placement appeared in the Culpeper Star-Exponent, written by Clint Schemmer: – A new building near the Culpeper-Orange county line now bears a message to the future. Four hundred and 30 pages of them, actually, most written by descendants of two waves of German immigrants who settled the region in […]
The Germanna Foundation: Digging into History
Today the Orange County Review had an article in it about the Germanna Foundation, written by Amber Galaviz: The Germanna Foundation: digging into history With a new executive director and a new archaeology center under roof, the Germanna Foundation is making substantial progress in sharing and understanding the critical role the 18th-century eastern Orange County settlement […]
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