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Many of the lectures are at the Hitt Archaeology Center, which is part of the Fort Germanna Visitor Center campus at 2062 Germanna Highway (Route 3) in Locust Grove, VA. Turn into the entrance of the Germanna Community College’s Locust Grove campus and make the first right at the Fort Germanna Visitor Center sign. Parking is free. The Hitt Archaeology Center building is behind the visitor center.
Historic Salubria Manor is located at 19173 Salubria Lane (off Route 3/Germanna Highway) in Stevensburg, VA, about 15 minutes from the Fort Germanna Visitor Center.
Upcoming Events:
(More details will be added closers to the events)
Monday, August 1, 2022– The 300th anniversary of the first court session held at the first Spotsylvania County Courthouse. Watch for us on social media!
Saturday, August 6, 2022– Fort Germanna Public Access Day
Saturday and Sunday, August 20 and 21, 2022 – Historic Trades weekend
Saturday, September 24, 2022 – Fort Germanna Public Access Day
Friday, October 21 and Saturday October 22, 2022 – Salubria After Dark
Friday, November 11, 2022 – Veterans Day Luminary
Previous Events:
Friday, July 15 to Sunday, July 17, 2022 – Germanna Conference and Reunion
Thursday, July 14, 2022 – Fort Germanna Public Access Day
Saturday, June 25, 2022– Salubria Public Access Day
Saturday, June 4, 2022 – Volunteer Clean Up Day
Saturday, May 21, 2022– Salubria Public Access Day
Saturday, May 14, 2022 – Yoga at Salubria (rain date Sat. Jun 11)
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 – An Evening with Germanna presents a virtual lecture: The Aquia Freestone Industry including it’s use in Virginia
Saturday, April 30, 2022 – Salubria Public Access Day
Saturday, April 23, 2022 – Volunteer clean-up day at the archaeology site
Friday, April 8, 2022 – Blue Bell Walk/Cultural Resources Walk
Thursday, March 31, 2022 – An Evening with Germanna presents: Travel and Leisure in a Germanic Town: Visiting Moravian Bethlehem by Christopher Malone
Thursday, February 17, 2022 – An Evening with Germanna presents: African-Virginian Foodways: Sources and Study by Michael Twitty
Thursday, November 4, 2021 – An Evening with Germanna presents: Migrations of the American South: 18th Century to the Present WATCH VIDEO
Thursday, November 11, 2021 – Veterans Day Luminaries
Friday, October 22 and Saturday, October 23, 2021 – Salubria After Dark
Saturday, October 9, 2021 – Fall Germanna Gathering: A Germanna “mini-reunion” at Hebron Lutheran Church in Madison, VA.
Thursday, September 23, 2021 – Alexander Spotswood’s “Knights of the Golden Horseshoe” Expedition in 1716 and the Transformation of Virginia’s Piedmont WATCH VIDEO
Saturday, September 11, 2021 – Public Access Day at Fort Germanna
Saturday August 21 – Sunday August 22, 2021: Trades Weekend at the Fort Germanna Visitor Center. Live demonstrations including surveying, timber framing, foodway demonstrations, a blacksmith and more took place.
Saturday, July 31, 2021: Public Access Day at Fort Germanna; 10:00 am – 3:00 pm; Free tickets will be available for tours at 10am, 11am, noon, 1pm and 2pm.
Tuesday – Saturday, July 13-17, 2021: GERMANNA ANNUAL CONFERENCE ONLINE More Info and watch presentations
Friday, June 18, 2021: Public Access Day at Salubria House tours $10 a person, grounds are free to tour
Friday, July 2, 2021: Public Access Day at Fort Germanna
Tuesday, July 13, 2021 at 7:00 pm EDT: GERMANNA CONFERENCE ONLINE: Online Virtual Computer Tour of Salubria
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 at 7:00 pm EDT: GERMANNA CONFERENCE ONLINE: The Peopling of Germanna and Beyond
Saturday, October 3, 2020: 10:00 am-3:00 pm: Special Fort Germanna Archaeological Site Public Access Day.
Monday, November 11, 2019, 5:00-7:00 pm: Honoring Veterans: A Luminary Tribute (Free; luminaries are $10 each bought in advance) – Fort Germanna Visitor Center
Thursday, November 7, 2019, 7:00-8:30 pm: Vint Hill, the Cold War and the Fall of the Berlin Wall (Free Lecture) – Hitt Archaeology Center
Saturday, October 26, 2019, 7:00 pm: Salubria After Dark (professional storytelling at Salubria manor) – Salubria Manor
Friday, October 25, 2019, 7:00 pm and 8:30 pm: Salubria After Dark (professional storytelling at Salubria manor) – Salubria Manor
Tuesday, October 15, 2019, 7:00-8:30 pm: From Beneath the Seas and Towards the Future: Digital Archaeology of Virginia Shipwrecks (Free Lecture) – Hitt Archaeology Center
Thursday, September 19, 2019, 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm: Germanna: A Place in Time – Fort Germanna Visitor Center campus
Thursday, September 12, 2019, 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm: The German Regiment: Germanna and the 8th Virginia in the Revolution – Hitt Archaeology Center
Thursday, August 1, 2019, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm: Fort Germanna/Spotswood’s Enchanted Castle Archaeology Site Public Access Day – Fort Germanna Visitor Center
Thursday, July 18, 2019 to Sunday, July 21, 2019: Germanna Foundation Conference & Reunion – Various
Thursday, July 18, 2019, 10:30 am to 4:00 pm: Fort Germanna/Spotswood’s Enchanted Castle Archaeology Site Public Access Day – Fort Germanna Visitor Center
Friday, July 5, 2019, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm: Salubria Manor Public Access Day – Salubria Manor
Friday, June 21, 2019, 10:30 am to 2:30 pm: Salubria Manor Public Access Day – Salubria Manor
Thursday, May 9, 2019, 3:00 pm: Hitt Archaeology Center Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony – Hitt Archaeology Center
