History-Mystery
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A “History Mystery” revisited: Was Sgt. Lawrence Everhart ever “from” Lovettsville?
Seven years ago, in June 2018, we published one of our periodic “History Mysteries,” trying to unravel with legend of Revolutionary War hero Sgt. Lawrence Everhart. The “mystery” in this case, was that Sgt. Everhart…
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Charles W. Johnson: The Spy Who Walked a Crooked Line
By Edward Spannaus The Charles Johnson who featured in the fracas following a Republican event in Waterford in November 1888 was no stranger to conflict – be it of the…
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History Mystery: John Axline’s Revolutionary War Service
By Edward Spannaus For some years, I have been puzzled by the oft-repeated story of Lovettsville’s John Axline in the Revolutionary War: that he alternately served in Lt. Col. Posey’s…
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Our April 2019 Newsletter is now available!
Our April newsletter has just been published. Read it here.
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Lovettsville History Mystery: The 1868 Fire At New Jerusalem Church
by Edward Spannaus, Board Member, Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum 150 years ago, on October 19, 1868, the congregation of Lovettsville’s largest church, New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, laid the cornerstone…
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Civil War History Mystery: The Strange Case of the Disappearing Cavalry Captain, Fielding A. Patterson (2018)
by Edward Spannaus, Board Member, Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum The Loudoun Rangers, a Union scouting and cavalry unit, were initially recruited mostly from Lovettsville and Waterford in the summer…
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SOLVED: Lovettsville History-Mystery #4: Revolutionary War Hero Sgt. Lawrence Everhart (2018)
by Edward Spannaus, Researcher & Vice President, Lovettsville Historical Society. Sgt. Lawrence Everhart of Revolutionary War fame is claimed by both Lovettsville, Virginia, and by Middletown, in Frederick County, Maryland. …
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Lovettsville History-Mystery #3: Unidentified Civil War Soldier
Lovettsville History-Mystery #3: This antique photograph was found in a house in northern Loudoun County, Virginia. It appears to be a Union officer from the Civil War period. Can you…
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SOLVED: Lovettsville History-Mystery #2 (2016)
Lovettsville High School, Class of 1942 Group Photo Click on photo to download larger photo JPEG. First row (left to right): James “Jimmy” George, Edward Brooke, Vivian Viola McGaha (Lynn), Graham Spring,…