Upcoming Lectures 2024
Sunday, May 19, 2024 –
“George Alfred Townsend and Gathland”
Presented by Jody Brumage
Sunday, June 9 – “My Old Carpetbagger”
Presented by Taylor Chamberlin
Sunday, July 14, 2024 –
“Seminar on the American Revolution and our approaching 250th anniversary of the Revolution and our independence”
with moderated seminar panel
Sunday, August 11, 2024 –
“The Tenants Revolt against the Feudal Land System: The Revolution Comes to Loudoun”
Presented by Anne Marie Chirieleison and Edward Spannaus
Sunday, Sept. 8, 2024 –
Virginia and Slavery: It’s More Complex Than You Think”
Presented by Nancy Spannaus
Sunday, October 13, 2024 –
“John Brown’s Raid: Harpers Ferry and the Coming of the Civil War,”
Presented by Jon-Erik M. Gilot and Kevin R. Pawlak
Sunday, November 10, 2024 –
Former Loudoun Times-Mirror and Washington Post photographer John McDonnell presents a journey through the 1970s and thereafter, using his unique collection of photographs.
As of January 2023, all lectures are again being held be in-person at the St. James United Church of Christ, 10 East Broad Way in Lovettsville. We are no longer live-streaming via Zoom. Questions: events@LovettsvilleHistoricalSociety.org.
Past Lectures 2024
Sunday, April 14, 2024 –
“The Catoctin Farmers’ Journals, Volume One, 1868-1920”, Eugene Scheel
Sunday, March 10, 2024 –
“For Britannia’s Glory and Wealth”, Glenn Williams
Sunday, February 11, 2024 –
“Incident at Griffin’s Wharf: The Boston Tea Party and After”, Tracy and Rich Gillespie