This website has been established as a place to archive and tell Dr. James Donnelly's story and is dedicated to the good people of Gevgelija, Macedonia who have commemorated him for all of these years.
My wife and I served in the Peace Corps in 2011 & 2012, assigned to Gevgelija, Macedonia. In the first few weeks of service, Ace Ristovski, Director of the Apollonia Foundation, invited me to accompany him to the town cemetery where he showed me a grave with a head stone in a prominent spot. He described that he had lived in Gevgelija all of his life and had always been curious about this grave and Dr. James F. Donnelly. I started research and a fascinating story unfolded. We invite you to explore this website for your understanding and enjoyment of this historic transatlantic chronicle. David VanDerWege Peace Corps Gevgelija Macedonia 2011 ~ 2012
The contents of this website have been created by David VanDerWege and the Apollonia Foundation and do not reflect any position of the U.S. Government or the Peace Corps.