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Unearthing Germanna’s History

January 7, 2016 By Germanna Foundation

Orange County Review staff writer Amber Galaviz visited Germanna just before the holidays. Here’s link to her front page article in the Orange County Review.    

Filed Under: Announcements, Fort Germanna, Germanna Blog, In the News

Charting our Pathway to Discovery

October 21, 2015 By Germanna Foundation

Germanna staff archaeologist Dr. Eric Larsen began a new site topographic mapping survey project at Fort Germanna in October.  The original site grid was established some 30 years ago and focused on the architectural footprint of Alexander Spotswood’s Enchanted Castle.  Today, thanks to the generosity of Dr. Michael D. Frost and his wife Ginger, who […]

Filed Under: Announcements, Fort Germanna, Germanna Blog, In the News

Germanna Foundation Supports Rapidan River Clean-up

August 5, 2015 By Germanna Foundation

For the past few months, the Germanna Foundation facilitated the clean-up efforts of another area non-profit group called StreamSweepers.  StreamSweepers is a youth job corps program focusing on river restoration.  Each summer about a dozen area young adults are trained and paid a stipend to go out on our area rivers to perform ecological assessments and […]

Filed Under: Conservation, In the News, Siegen Forest Trails

Germanna Archaeology Site in the News

July 30, 2015 By Germanna Foundation

Many of our 2015 reunion attendees had the opportunity to visit the Fort Germanna/ Enchanted Castle archaeological site during an open house with staff archaeologist Dr. Eric Larsen and special guest Dr. Bernard Means from Virginia Commonwealth University’s Virtual Curation Lab.  Orange County Review reporter Amber Galaviz covered the event.  Read her “Digging Germanna” article […]

Filed Under: Announcements, Events, Fort Germanna, In the News, Reunion

Groundbreaking at Ferry Farm

April 28, 2015 By Germanna Foundation

On April 25, 2015, Germanna Foundation Trustee Dr. Michael Frost was an honored groundbreaker for the George Washington Foundation’s first phase of construction for the Washington House at Ferry Farm, George Washington’s boyhood home overlooking Fredericksburg, Virginia.  (Michael is the second from the right in the photograph).  The Ferry Farm venture’s first phase will build […]

Filed Under: Germanna Blog, In the News, People

German ARD Video: 300 Jahre Siegerlander in Virginia

April 7, 2015 By Germanna Foundation

Marc Wheat - German ARD

German media attended last year’s reunion and conference and produced a video. You can watch it at this link. 300 Jahre Siegerländer in Virginia: Aktuelle Stunde vom 30.08.2014 Die ersten Deutschen, die in den USA siedelten, kamen aus dem Siegerland. 1714 holte der damalige Gouverneur von Virginia einige hundert Siegener und Wittgensteiner nach Amerika und […]

Filed Under: 300th Jubilee, Germanna Blog, Germany, In the News, Reunion

Fort Germanna – Enchanted Castle Site Nominated for Inclusion on World Monuments Fund 2016 Watch List

February 28, 2015 By Germanna Foundation

The Fort Germanna/Enchanted Castle archaeological site has been nominated for inclusion on the World Monuments Fund 2016 Watch List.  The Watch List, published every two years, calls international attention to cultural heritage sites around the globe that are at risk from the forces of nature or the impact of social, political, and economic change, and […]

Filed Under: Announcements, Fort Germanna, Germanna Blog, In the News

Orange supervisors approve Germanna museum proposal

December 4, 2014 By Germanna Foundation

(Free Lance-Star)The Germanna Memorial Foundation will be allowed to construct and operate a library and museum next to its present visitors’ center on State Route 3 in eastern Orange County. Following a public hearing Tuesday with no speakers, supervisors approved a special use permit for a 40-by-85 foot, two-story building. The proposed site is on […]

Filed Under: Germanna Blog, In the News

County planners endorse Germanna Foundation museum, library

October 18, 2014 By Germanna Foundation

The Orange County Planning Commission is supporting a plan to build a museum and library behind the Germanna Memorial Foundation’s existing visitors center on State Route 3. The commissioners voted 4–0 Thursday to recommend that the Board of Supervisors approve a special-use permit to allow the building on agriculturally zoned land. Commissioner Jason Capelle was […]

Filed Under: Germanna Blog, In the News

Germanna Foundation recognized for preservation of Salubria

September 29, 2014 By Germanna Foundation

Marc Wheat at Colonial Dames ceremony

(Culpeper Star-Exponent) The Germanna Foundation’s ongoing efforts to preserve the historic mansion Salubria in Culpeper County was recognized Saturday morning with the dedication of a bronze plaque atop a brick historic marker by the House of Burgesses Chapter of the Colonial Dames XVII Century. “(The) House of Burgesses Chapter honors the Germanna Foundation for the preservation […]

Filed Under: Germanna Blog, In the News, Salubria

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The rich tapestry of Germanna’s history encompasses Indigenous peoples, English colonists, German immigrants and their descendants, and African and African American communities. Historic Germanna invites individuals to explore the diverse stories of the past through its places, research, and shared narratives, fostering engagement and inspiring a deeper understanding of our collective heritage.

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Germanna sits on 170 pristine acres along the Rapidan River in Orange County. Visitors are invited to enjoy the Siegen Forest Trail System that includes four trails totally nearly 5 miles. Learn more

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LOCATION: 2062 Germanna Highway
Locust Grove, VA 22508-0279
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