BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//gahmusa.org - ECPv6.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:gahmusa.org X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://gahmusa.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for gahmusa.org REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20250309T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20251102T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20260308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20261101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20270314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20271107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260611T190000 DTSTAMP:20260522T145842Z CREATED:20260522T145408Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260522T145842Z UID:33930-1781200800-1781204400@gahmusa.org SUMMARY:America250: Lecture on the Salzburger Immigrants with Dr. Hannes Richter DESCRIPTION:It’s a big anniversary year for the United States\, and we are delighted to bring a series of lectures to you that highlight Colonial and Revolutionary War era contributions by German-speaking immigrants to you. \nJoin us on Thursday\, June 11 at 6 pm for a free lecture with Dr. Hannes Richter on the Salzburger Emigrants\, a group of German-speaking Protestant refugees from the Catholic Archbishopric of Salzburg\, then a part of the Holy Roman Empire that immigrated to the Georgia Colony in 1734 to escape religious persecution. This group was expelled from their homeland by Count Leopold Anton von Firmian (1679–1744)\, Prince-Archbishop of Salzburg. On Oct. 31\, 1731\, he issued an Edict of Expulsion demanding from the Salzburg Protestants to recant their faith. Pastor Samuel Urlsperger\, the leader of the Society for Promotion of Christian Knowledge\, called upon King George II of Great Britain for help. The King offered them refuge in his Georgia colony\, which later became the town of Ebenezer. \nLed by Johann Martin Boltzius\, a Lutheran minister from Forst\, a town southeast of Berlin and a teacher at the  Francke Latin School in Halle\, and Israel Gronau\, they arrived in Savannah\, Ga. on March 12\, 1734\, and were welcomed by Governor James Oglethorpe. Discover the hardships they faced\, and their instrumental role in establishing the Lutheran Church in Georgia. \nPlease use the form below to sign up for this presentation\, which will be followed by a Q&A session. \nDr. Hannes Richter is a political scientist who specializes in strategic communications and public diplomacy. As the deputy director of the Austrian Press and Information Service in the United States\, he has been overseeing the production of multi-channel public diplomacy projects focusing on the Austrian-American relationship\, including exhibitions\, books\, and digital matter. He completed his undergraduate education at the University of Innsbruck\, Austria\, and earned an M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from the University of New Orleans\, as well as a Master’s in Political Management from The George Washington University. \n  \n  \n  \n\n\n \n \n Registration Form: Salzburger Lecture on June 11\n \n \n Name(Required)\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n Enter Email\n \n \n \n Confirm Email\n \n \n \n Additional GuestsPlease enter the names of additional guests here. URL:https://gahmusa.org/event/america250-lecture-on-the-salzburger-immigrants-with-dr-hannes-richter/ LOCATION:German-American Heritage Museum\, 719 6th Street NW\, Washington\, DC\, 20001\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://gahmusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Salzburger_Exulanten02.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="German-American Heritage Foundation":MAILTO:info@gahmusa.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260624T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260624T190000 DTSTAMP:20260609T184712Z CREATED:20260609T183108Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260609T184712Z UID:34031-1782324000-1782327600@gahmusa.org SUMMARY:Online Lecture: Historic Germanna\, Virginia's First German Settlement DESCRIPTION:Join us for a virtual lecture on Wednesday\, June 24\, 2026 at 6 pm ET with Historic Germanna’s executive director Jennifer Hurst-Wender to learn about the fascinating story of one of Virginia’s early settlements. \nVirginia is not only one of the original 13 colonies\, it’s also home to the very first permanent English settlement in the New World. After the founding of Jamestown in 1607\, the colony continued to expand\, eventually becoming the wealthiest and most populated\, and a move to make the town of Williamsburg the new capital in 1699. Much of the colony’s economic success derived from agriculture and especially tobacco production\, but mining also played a role in Virginia’s economy. Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood actively recruited experienced miners from the Holy Roman Empire to come to Virginia and establish a mining industry. Spotswood had been granted 86\,000 acres in Spotsylvania County\, and his German miners settled in two waves\, first in 1714 and again in 1717. The name “Germanna”\, which was selected by Spotswood\, was a reflection of the German immigrants who sailed across the Atlantic and the British Queen Anne who was in power at the time of the first settlement at Germanna. \nPlease use the form below to sign up for this excursion into Virginia’s colonial history\, the lives of these early immigrants from the Siegerland\, the Palatinate\, Baden and Württemberg along with their ongoing influence today. Many of these families intermarried for generations\, and produced a rich genealogical heritage. \nThis lecture is part of our special America250 program series. Please use the form below to sign up. \n  \n \n\n \n \n Virtual Germanna Lecture Registration\, June 24\, 2026 at 6 PM ET\n \n \n Name(Required)\n \n \n First\n \n \n \n \n Last\n \n \n \n Email(Required)\n \n Enter Email\n \n \n \n Confirm Email\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n  URL:https://gahmusa.org/event/online-lecture-historic-germanna-virginias-first-german-settlement/ LOCATION:Online\, Virtual via Zoom\, United States CATEGORIES:Lectures ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://gahmusa.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/images-24.jpeg ORGANIZER;CN="German-American Heritage Foundation":MAILTO:info@gahmusa.org END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR