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Press Release: Spring Mini-Course
What: Lovettsville Historical Society Spring 2023 Mini-Course—Where We Live: The German Settlement When: Monday nights May 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th (Memorial Day) from 6:30-9:30 p.m.. Where: Meeting at the…
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250th Anniversary of the Virginia Committee of Correspondence Commemorated in Leesburg
On March 11, about 40 people assembled at the Loudoun Museum to commemorate one of the most significant steps on our nation’s road to independence: Virginia’s establishment of its Committee…
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Fall 2022 Mini-Course — Where We Live: The German Settlement
Press release What: Lovettsville Historical Society Fall 2022 Mini-Course— Where We Live: The German Settlement When: Monday nights October 3, 10, 17, and 24 from 6:30-9:00 p.m.. Where: Meeting at…
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LHS Lecture Series: The Indian Mounds of Loudoun County and Northern Virginia Piedmont
Next in the Lovettsville Historical Society’s lecture series: “The Indian Mounds of Loudoun County and Northern Virginia Piedmont” Sunday, July 10, at 2:00 p.m. In-person at Lovettsville Town Council Chamber…
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LHS’s Lecture Series – Lafayette’s Farewell Tour – 6/26/2022
Next in the Lovettsville Historical Society’s lecture series: “Lafayette: Our Nation’s Adopted Son and His Farewell Tour of the America He Loved” Sunday, June 26, at 2:00 p.m. In-person at…
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Five More Revolutionary War Patriots Honored
Five more Revolutionary War Patriots were honored in an April 10 ceremony at the New Jerusalem Lutheran Church Cemetery in Lovettsville. The grave-marking event was sponsored by three local chapters…
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LHS Lecture Series to resume with “The Loudouners who Challenged Thomas Jefferson”
Presented by Nancy B. Spannaus Sunday, March 13, at 2:00 p.m. In-person at Lovettsville Town Council Chamber (behind the Museum) and Online via Zoom After almost two years of suspension…
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Video of July 24 Patriot Grave Marking at New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Lovettsville
You can watch a YouTube video of the complete grave-marking ceremony here.
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More Revolutionary War Patriots Identified in Lovettsville
We have located additional Lovettsville Revolutionary War Patriots, thanks to a database of burials compiled by the Virginia Society of the Sons of the American Revolution (VASSAR). This includes three…
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Postponed: April 19 “Loudoun County: Federalist Stronghold in Virginia”
It is well-known that Alexander Hamilton’s vision of America’s future as an industrialized nation was not broadly popular in Virginia, where the opposition was led by Thomas Jefferson. But…
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Sept. 22 — LHS Fundraiser and Membership Appreciation Event
Celebrating Lovettsville: Annual Lovettsville Historical Society Fundraiser & Membership Appreciation Event Sunday, Sept. 22, at 2:00 to 5:00 p.m. The Board of Directors of the Lovettsville Historical…
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August 11 — Daniel Morgan: American Rifleman
Daniel Morgan: American Rifleman – The Life and Military Career of one of General George Washington’s Most Effective Commanders of the Revolutionary War Presented by Randolph G. Flood Founder of the…
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July 14: Geniuses of the Frontier: James Rumsey and John Hall
Making Something out of Nothing: Geniuses of the Frontier — James Rumsey and John H. Hall Presented by Jim Surkamp Sunday, July 14, at 2:00 p.m. Within a forty-year span…
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June 9: Walter Fleming — Growing Up Lovettsville
Growing Up Lovettsville: When A Farm Boy Drove the School Bus An Illustrated Reminiscence with Walter M. Fleming Sunday, June 9, 2:00 p.m. Slideshow by Becky H. Fleming Rich Gillespie,…
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April 14 lecture: The National Road — the Road that Built a Nation.
Presented by Tiffany Ahalt, National Road Museum, Boonsboro, Maryland Sunday, April 14, at 2:00 p.m. On Sunday, April 14, Tiffany Ahalt, the Marketing & Development Director for the National…
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Tasting, Tales, and Tunes: Lovettsville Historical Society Night at Hiddencroft Vineyards (10/18/2018)
Only 30 tickets available. Purchase yours online today. Those of us who live in this region relish the unique history, culture, stories, music, foods, and beverages of our German-influenced region…
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Our 2nd Annual Fundraiser & Membership Appreciation Event (9/30/18)
SPECIAL EVENT The Board of Directors of the Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum cordially invites you to attend our 2nd Annual Fundraiser & Membership Appreciation Event Sunday, September 30, 2018,…
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Book Talk & Book Signing With Vicki Lemp Weavil, Mystery Author (7/29/2018)
Former Lovettsville Resident Finds Success As An Author. Ms. Weavil, under her penname Victoria Gilbert, will present a book talk about her Blue Ridge Library Mystery series on Sunday,…
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1836 Kitchen & Taproom Hosting Fundraiser for the Lovettsville Historical Society on Wed. May 2, 2018
On Wednesday, May 2, 2018, the 1836 Kitchen and Taproom will donate 10% of the proceeds from its sales, to benefit the Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum. 1836 Kitchen and…
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VIDEO: “Mapping the Short Hill With Eugene Scheel” (10/15/2017)
VIDEO: “Mapping the Short Hill With Eugene Scheel” (2017) is the recording of a lecture hosted by the Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum, October 15, 2017. Watch and hear the fascinating…
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LHS Free Lecture Series: The Ground Beneath Your Feet, The Fairfax Land Grants in Loudoun County (2/19/2017)
Next in the Lovettsville Historical Society Lecture Series: The Ground Beneath Your Feet: The Fairfax Land Grants in Loudoun County, Presented by Wynne Saffer, Sunday, February 19, at 2:00…
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“Living Legend of Lovettsville #1: Jimmy Spring” (12/11/2016)
WATCH THE JIMMY SPRING VIDEO DOCUMENTARY ONLINE at https://vimeo.com/195151504 . This documentary is the story of a Living Legend of Lovettsville, farmer Jimmy Spring, 95 years young. A “legend” is a…
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Legends of Lovettsville Lecture Series Launches (2016)
Legends of Lovettsville Series Launches on Sunday
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LHS Free Lecture Series: “The Great Lovettsville Plane Crash of 1940” (2016)
WATCH THE VIDEO “The Plane Crash by John P. Flannery” at https://vimeo.com/191335903 . See our archive of documents and photographs at 1940 Pennsylvania-Central Airlines Trip 19 Disaster Archive PRESS RELEASE: What: Lovettsville…
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Record-Breaking Lovettsville Museum Attendance During Oktoberfest (2016)
This year was the most successful Oktoberfest yet, both for the Town of Lovettsville and for the Lovettsville Museum. Our estimate is that we had around 600 people coming into…
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Girl Scout Troop 1434 Earns “Playing the Past” Badge at the Lovettsville Museum (2014)
Lovettsville Girl Scout Troop 1434 earned their “Playing the Past” badge by visiting the Lovettsville Historical Society on Sunday, November 23, 2014. The group of 5th graders learned about daily life…
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Lovettsville Memorial Day Ceremony Keynote Address: “The Origins of Decoration Day” by Edward Spannaus (2013)
Lovettsville Memorial Day Ceremony Keynote Address: “The Origins of Decoration Day” By Edward Spannaus Lovettsville Historical Society May 27, 2013 Twice a year, we gather here to honor our military…
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Lovettsville Civil War Trail Marker “Union Gateway to Virginia” Dedication Ceremony (2013)
“The Eyes of the Nation Were Upon Us” Background to Lovettsville’s second Civil War Trails Marker, “Union Gateway to Virginia” [Following is an expanded version of the remarks delivered by Edward…
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1774 George’s Mill Petition Shared At Lovettsville’s Artifact Day – Leesburg Today (2010)
By Margaret Morton, Leesburg Today, July 29, 2010. Imposing brick, stone or wood mills once were a common sight around Loudoun, a sign of its thriving agricultural economy. They were usually…
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Lovettsville Civil War Marker Dedication Ceremony – The Loudoun Rangers (2009)
Prepared Remarks of Edward Spannaus* At the outset of the Civil War, Lovettsville and the German Settlement (as the surrounding area was known), was in a strategic location, in a…
