Friday, December 18th was an exciting day at the Germanna Foundation. With assistance from Dr. Elizabeth Moore, Virginia State Archaeologist, and Dr. Laura Galke, Chief Curator, both with the Virginia Department of Historic Resources (VDHR), artifacts uncovered during excavations at the Fort Germanna/Enchanted Castle site from the 1970s and 1980s arrived at the Hitt Archaeology […]
Ft. Germanna Visitor Center Now Open
The Germanna Foundation is excited to re-open to the public our Fort Germanna Visitor Center museum and genealogy library. Salubria, however, remains closed. Our new hours of operation are Monday through Friday, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. We are closed on Saturday and Sunday. In order to protect all staff, volunteers and guests to the […]
Spotswood Window
In this video, Executive Director Tim Sutphin discusses the history of the Spotswood Stained Glass Window that has been in the Fort Germanna Visitor Center in Locust Grove, Virginia, for over ten years. The Germanna Foundation is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to exploring the Colonial Virginia frontier via the historic 1714 Fort Germanna and […]
The Chalice of Oberfischbach & Germanna
At the Germanna First Colony 300th anniversary celebration, Marc Wheat told those assembled at the Fort Germanna Visitor Center that perhaps the most meaningful object that our members had touched on the Germany trip with the Foundation was the Oberfischbach chalice. It was a chalice used in that parish to administer communion by Rev. Henrich […]
Germanna Museum Artifact: John Spotswood
Alexander Spotwood’s oldest son, John, died at the age of 34 and was buried in New Post, Virginia, just southeast of Fredericksburg. His burial site was found by accident in 1931 by Massaponnax Gravel Company workers via a steam shovel. The cast iron marker with John Spotswood’s name is now on display at the […]
Germanna Museum Artifact: Spotswood Window
The Alexander Spotswood stainglass window has been on permanent loan from Preservation Virginia (formally the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities) since 2006 and is in the Brawdus Martin Fort Germanna Visitor Center. The window was originally in the old Magazine at Colonial Williamsburg. See below photo from page 44 in the book, Williamsburg […]
