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The last days of the old Brunswick bridge — and other stories of our ferries and bridges
Above: Photograph from The Times-Herald, Feb. 10, 1953, courtesy of Brunswick History Commission. Automobiles are crossing the old bridge, as a construction crane is used to lower the superstructure for the…
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October 13: “Germanna 101: Virginia’s First German Settlement”
“Germanna 101: Virginia’s First German Settlement” Presented by Ashley Abruzzo, Germanna Foundation Sunday, October 13, at 2:00 p.m. Almost two decades before German settlers began streaming into Virginia’s Loudoun Valley…
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“Tastings, Tales, & Tunes” at Hiddencroft Vineyards, October 17
Second Annual Tasting, Tales, and Tunes: Lovettsville Historical Society Night at Hiddencroft Vineyards Thursday Evening, October 17, 2019—7:00-9:30 p.m. Those of us who live in this region relish the unique…
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Sept. 8 — “The Shenandoah Valley’s German Heritage”
“The Shenandoah Valley’s German Heritage” Presented by Karen Good Cooper, President of the Shenandoah Germanic Heritage Museum Shenandoah County, Va. Sunday, September 8, at 2:00 p.m. When census takers asked…
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Video: Growing Up Lovettsville, with Walter Fleming
The full video of our June 9 presentation on the Life and Times of Walter Fleming, is now available on our YouTube channel. See it now! Our thanks to Ethan Smith…
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Finding Loudoun’s Historic Cemeteries
As part of a broader effort to identify and preserve Loudoun County historic cemeteries and burial grounds, a newly-developed, interactive Loudoun County cemeteries map was unveiled at the June 4…
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Ethan Smith wins LHS History Award at Lovettsville Elementary School
Above: Ethan Smith, Ed Spannaus, and Annie Smith. Ethan Smith, son of Annie and Buck Smith, won the Lovettsville Historical Award at the 5th Grade Awards Ceremony, held at Lovettsville…
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Our June 2019 newsletter is now available!
For our latest issue, read it here. In this issue: Lecture June 9: “A conversation with Walter Fleming” Upcoming LHS lectures and events Heritage Commission proposal presented to Supervisors 1938…
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County Heritage Commission proposal would recognize Lovettsville and North Loudoun role in Civil War
On June 4, the Loudoun County Heritage Commission will present to the County Board of Supervisors, its recommendations for new monuments and memorials on the Courthouse grounds. Among the…
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May 19: Eugene Scheel presents his new “American Indian Map of Loudoun County”
“American Indian Map of Loudoun County” to be presented by Eugene Scheel Sunday, May 19, at 2:00 p.m. Eugene Scheel has taught American Indian History to Loudoun County teachers for…
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May 11: Author Book Talk & Signing: 1777 – Danbury on Fire!
Presented by M. H. B. Hughes at the Lovettsville Museum Saturday, May 11, at 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. M.H.B. Hughes says that her new book 1777 – Danbury on…
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Capt. Luther W. Slater: A Life of Service
By Edward Spannaus Luther Slater is the only commissioned Union officer from the Civil War who is buried in Lovettsville. He was the highest-ranking elected officer in the Independent…
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April 7 — Book Talk on Alexander Hamilton by Lovettsville Author
Presented by Nancy Spannaus Lovettsville Museum Sunday, April 7, at 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. On Sunday April 7, Lovettsville author Nancy Spannaus will discuss and sign…
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March lecture: “’The Rebels is running over our Parents’: Recruiting Virginia Unionists into the Potomac Home Brigade”
Above: Travis Shaw Left: Potomac Home Brigade monument at Gettysburg Presented by Travis Shaw, Public Programs Coordinator at the Mosby Heritage Area Association Sunday, March 10, 2:00 p.m. …
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February 2019 Newsletter is now available
Our February newsletter has just been published — accompanying the Russell Baker story, is a fascinating school petition from the 1930s by parents from Morrisonville, plus photographs, and lots of…
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With a smile, remembering Russell Baker
By Edward Spannaus Jan. 24, 2019–It was with sadness that we learned of the January 21 death of acclaimed columnist and humorist Russell Baker – but at the…
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Lovettsville Museum Closed For Renovations Until 9/28/18
The Lovettsville Museum is closed for renovations through 9/27 so that we can paint, install LED lighting, and mount new displays, in time for the 2018 Lovettsville Oktoberfest on 9/28…
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“Rebecca and Thomas: A Civil War Spy Tale,” Next in the Lovettsville Historical Society’s Lecture Series (7/8/2018)
A Play in One Act, Written by Sharon Dixon, Sunday, July 8, 2018 at 2:00 p.m. In September 1864, Thomas Laws, a slave from Clarke County, Virginia, collaborated with…
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Virginia Town Changes Its Name to ‘Capitalsville’ to Celebrate DC’s Stanley Cup Run (2018)
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Lovettsville Historical Society’s Spannaus Appointed to Loudoun County Heritage Commission (2018)
On May 17, 2018, the Loudoun County (Virginia) Board of Supervisors confirmed the nomination of Edward Spannaus to serve on the Loudoun County Heritage Commission as an at-large member. Spannaus,…
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Upcoming Lovettsville Historical Society Lectures (2018)
Upcoming Lectures: All Lovettsville Historical Society lectures are held at 2:00 on Sunday afternoons, at St. James United Church of Christ in Lovettsville, VA. They are free and open to…
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Support the Lovettsville Museum; Purchase a Membership (2018)
Have you renewed your Lovettsville Historical Society membership for 2018? Join or renew today, and your 2018 membership will be valid from January 1 to December 31. Please support the activities…
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January 2018 Newsletter of the Lovettsville Historical Society
Click to read the January 2018 Newsletter of the Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum, including: Shane and Fay Branchcomb Donate to Museum Expansion Fund. Museum Wins Award in “Light Up Lovettsville” Contest. History…
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Shane and Fay Branchcomb Donate to Lovettsville Museum Expansion Fund (2017)
Lovettsville residents Shane and Fay Branchcomb (shown here with Fred George on the left), made a substantial donation to the Lovettsville Historical Society’s Museum Expansion Fund on December 23. We thank them very…
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Lovettsville Museum Wins Award in “Light Up Lovettsville” Contest (2017)
On December 20, 2017, at the “Light Up Lovettsville” awards ceremony at Lovettsville Town Hall, Mayor Bobby Zoldos and Councilwoman Kimberly Allar handed out the awards for Lovettsville homes and…
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Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum is now on Twitter (2017)
Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum is now on Twitter! Please follow @LovMuseum on Twitter, and help us build our Followers. New feature articles on Lovettsville History will be tweeted monthly,…
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The Lovettsville Historical Society To Hold 2017 Annual Membership Meeting (12/3/2017)
The Lovettsville Historical Society will hold its 2017 Annual Membership Meeting at 2:00 on Sunday, December 3, at the Lovettsville Museum, 4 East Pennsylvania Avenue in Lovettsville. The meeting is…
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Lovettsville Union Cemetery Directory Now Online (2017)
As an aid to anyone doing genealogical research on people who lived in the Lovettsville area, the full burial directory for Lovettsville Union Cemetery is now available online at http://lovettsvilleunioncemetery.org/index.htm
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Book Signing Event: “The Independent Loudoun Virginia Rangers, The Roster of Virginia’s Only Union Cavalry Unit” (2/25/2017)
A book-signing event at the Lovettsville Museum on Sat. Feb. 25, 2017 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm, will feature the authors of the new book “The Independent Loudoun Virginia Rangers: The…
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Lovettsville Historical Society Launches Museum Expansion Fund With Two Major Donations (2017)
You may have seen the story in the Brunswick Citizen issue of February 2, 2017. Entitled “Making History,” the story reported about the fundraising drive launched by the Lovettsville Historical Society to ensure…
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Lovettsville Museum Kicks Off Expansion Fund (2016)
The Board of Directors of the Lovettsville Historical Society is pleased to announce the creation of a “Museum Expansion Fund.” Donations to this fund will be used exclusively either for improving…
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Lovettsville History-Mystery #1 (2016)
LOVETTSVILLE HISTORY-MYSTERY #1: Can you help the Lovettsville Museum by telling us anything you might know about the “Willow Bend Inn,” J.F. McCormick, proprietor? According to the cover on this matchbook purchased…
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Recollections of Allan W. Brown Regarding the 1940 Lovettsville Air Disaster (2015)
Dear Mr. Flannery, I am a Brunswick Citizen reader and a former Lovettsvillian married to a Braunsweigerin. We are now retired and in our 80s and for better or worse…
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Death of Senator from Minnesota Still Shrouded in Mystery (2009)
By Albert Eisele | 09/03/09 LOVETTSVILLE, VA. — Paul Wellstone wasn’t the first U.S. senator from Minnesota to die in a plane crash. That dubious distinction belongs to Ernest P.…
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Tragedy On the Airways – The Washington DC Sunday Star (1940)
THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D.C, GRAVURE SECTION SEPTEMBER 8, 1940 “TRAGEDY ON THE AIRWAYS” Jumbled wreckage of crashed airliner as night falls on gruesome scene where 25 persons met death near…