By MICHAEL ZITZ The Free Lance-Star, Fredericksburg, VA July 18, 2010 12:35 am Tree rings might seem to be exciting only to termites. But last night, they had Germanna Colonies descendents atwitter over the prospect that their ancestors may have had dealings with Daniel Boone and Thomas Jefferson and that Salubria may have influenced the […]
Preserving History at Salubria: More than bricks and mortar
By: By Zann Nelson, Culpeper Star-Exponent Published: October 20, 2011 It was more than bricks and mortar; there was something mystical about Saturday’s event at Salubria. Saturday, Oct. 15, Salubria, built by John Thompson, was the location of the quintessential “community working together” as preservation tradesmen, homeowners, and preservationists gathered at the house constructed in […]
Member of German Parliament Visits Germanna
Moving visit for German official BY CLINT SCHEMMER, Fredericksburg Free Lance-Star, 2011 An Old World lawmaker says he’s intrigued by bits of the past he saw in the New World during a visit to Orange County this weekend. Volkmar Klein, a member of the German parliament, explored the area that emigrants from his district settled […]
Germanna’s Good Stewardship of Salubria is the top story in the Culpeper Star-Exponent
By: Steven Butler Published: Sunday, October 16, 2011, page 1, top story Culpeper Star-Exponent The Germanna Foundation in conjunction with several sponsors hosted a historic masonry restoration symposium Saturday at Salubria Manor. The symposium focused on the most suitable restoration techniques to repair damage to the historic masonry of Salubria, which was built in the […]
Germanna Foundation’s Annual Weekend Mixes Virginia Wine With A Little History
By HEIDI BAUMSTARK VIRGINIA WINE GAZETTE 2011 “The past is not the property of historians; it is a public possession. It sustains the whole society, which always needs the identity that only the past can give,” notes Dr. Walter Havighurst. And learning about one’s past—and the sense of identity that it brings—is one of the […]
Germanna Community College Celebrates 40th Anniversary
From the Culpeper Star Exponent: BY DAVID SAM | GERMANNA COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESIDENT Published: May 30, 2009 Nearly 300 years ago, Gov. Alexander Spotswood built Fort Germanna on land along the Rapidan River. It was a bold move that may have seemed premature at the time. But German settlers arrived to carve something out of […]
Congressional Exhibit Featuring Germanna Families Headed to Germany
The German-American Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC (the Germanna Foundation is a member) joined with the U.S. Capitol Historical Society to create a series of exhibits on the contributions of German-Americans to the history of the United States Congress. This 14-panel exhibit tells the story of two of the first three German Americans in the […]
5.9 Magnitude Earthquake Damages Germanna Foundation’s Salubria
Originally posted in August 2011 after the Virginia earthquake: Stevensburg, VA, August 23, 2011. At 1:51 p.m. Eastern, the largest earthquake to strike Virginia since 1897 damaged the most important colonial home in Culpeper County, Virginia. The earthquake’s epicenter was in nearby Mineral, Virginia, and was felt as far away as Georgia, New York, and Ohio. […]
Germany comes to the Piedmont…again
Ray Finefrock Culpeper Times Staff Writer Thursday, April 18, 2013 – Front Page It was in April, 299 years ago, that 42 German men, women and children came to Virginia from villages near Siegen in what is today the North Rhine Westphalia region of the country. The settlers were housed by Lt. Gov. Alexander Spotswood, […]
After 300 Years, Germanna Still Attracts Entrepreneurs to Virginia
By Kerry Sipe, Orange County Review Wednesday, April 24, 2013 Germans came to Virginia centuries ago looking for opportunity, and they’re still coming. Representatives of six German businesses and local and regional economic development officials gathered on the grounds of the historic Germanna Settlement April 15 to learn from each other and to explore development […]
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