Invitation To German-American Day INVITATION TO GERMAN AMERICAN DAY WHEN: Tuesday, October 4, 2016 5 PM – 7 PM WHERE: Orleans Square, Savannah, GA German Beer, Wine, water and finger food will be provided Click HERE to RSVP Dress Code: Casual This year’s event will feature a speaker from Germany, Professor Christoph Meier-Siem, and a representative […]
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GSS Museum Holiday Schedule We wish you a Blessed Thanksgiving, A Merry Christmas, and A Happy New Year! Georgia Salzburger Museum, Ebenezer
Fall 2016 – November Newsletter Click here to view or download a pdf of the Fall 2016 – November Newsletter Greetings to all, I want to thank all of those who attended Heritage Day. Attendance was very large again this year continuing a large popularity trend for the past few […]
Winter Newsletter Click here to view or download a pdf of the Winter 2017 – January Newsletter Greetings to all, I hope this newsletter finds you in great health after the holidays (one small talent passed on by our ancestors is fantastic baking skills: pies, cakes/fruitcake, raisin breads, etc., plus sausage making […]
Spring-Summer 2017 Newsletter The Georgia Salzburger Society is honored to welcome Rev. Dr. Kirk Bridgers as our featured speaker for the Heritage Day Program on Labor Day, September 4, 2017. A graduate of Newberry College and the Southern Seminary, Rev. Bridgers is a direct descendant of Georgia Salzburgers, Matthias Seckinger and Casper Waldhauer. He is […]
Fall 2017 Newsletter THE PRESIDENT’S REPORT If you missed our 2017 Heritage Day Celebration you missed a Grand Event. VP Claudia Christensen and her crew did a fantastic job creating the Event. Only positive comments were given by those present. The hit of the activities was the demonstration by the Revolutionary War Reenactors. They had […]
Spring 2018 Newsletter March 12, 2018 marked the 284th anniversary (1734) of the landing of 37 Protestant families in Savannah, Georgia following their expulsion from Salzburg, Austria, by Prince-Archbishop Firmian. These Salzburgers, who finally settled 25 miles upstream in New Ebenezer, Georgia, are the progenitors of the oldest Austrian community on American soil. In anticipation […]
President’s Message Fall 2018
Super Museum Sunday 2019 Clothes on display Discussions and plans are in process for an exhibition of clothing from the GSS collections. Right now there are lots of things that are usually not out where the fabulous, intricate details or wonderful simplicity of historical era clothing can be seen daily. So Super Museum Sunday will […]
Fall Newletter 2018 Homemade lemonade, a Salzburger tradition, made with only lemons, sugar, and water and these are the men who made it. The Salzburger Heritage Day Festival on Labor Day was a wonderful event this year. There were so many activities for the young and old. The family tents were a great way to […]
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