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“Life on the Inner Frontier: The French and Indian War in Memory and Artifact in the Shenandoah Valley,” Next Lecture in Lovettsville Historical Society Series (3/11/2018)
Patrick Murphy, author of the award-winning book “The French & Indian War in the Shenandoah Valley: Life on the Inner Frontier 1752-1766,” is the next featured lecturer in the Lovettsville Historical Society…
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What the Heck IS This Thing #3
The Lovettsville Museum has quite a few farm and household implements from the 19th and early 20th centuries, which have been grouped together as a look-and-touch interactive display and guessing…
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VIDEO: “The Washington Family Homes of Jefferson County, West Virginia,” Next In the Lovettsville Historical Society Lecture Series (2-11-2018)
The Lovettsville Historical Society will open its 2018 lecture series on February 11, with a presentation by Walter Washington of Charles Town which will chronicle the migration of the Washington family…
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Lovettsville Historical Society Visits Threatened Aldie Landmark (2018)
by Rich Gillespie Sometimes organizations from opposite ends of the county put out a helping hand to each other. Such was the case on Saturday, January 20, 2018, when members…
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The Fascinating Story Behind Wilfred Emory Cutshaw’s Crumbling 1854 Book (2018)
by Mike Zapf, Researcher and Member of the Board of Directors, Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum I recently discovered an old book, among many that Tom Bullock, past president…
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Indexing the Lovettsville Museum’s Files (2018)
The Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum has a growing archive of documents, maps, and photos pertaining to the history of Lovettsville and the surrounding German Settlement. LHS Vice President and…
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What The Heck Is This Thing #2
The Lovettsville Museum has quite a few farm and household implements from the 19th and early 20th centuries, which have been grouped together as a look-and-touch interactive display and guessing…
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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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What the Heck Is This Thing #1
The Lovettsville Museum has quite a few farm and household implements from the 19th and early 20th centuries, which have been grouped together as a look-and-touch interactive display and guessing…
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1940 Lovettsville Airline Disaster Archive
Visit the Lovettsville Historical Society website’s 1940 Lovettsville Airline Disaster Archive to watch a documentary film, read the text from several 1940 newspapers, look at newspaper wire photos, and read the final…
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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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December 2017 Newsletter of the Lovettsville Historical Society
Click below to read the December 2017 Newsletter of the Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum, including: Brides of Lovettsville: Elaine Painter Weds Clifton Walker, 1959; Lovettsville Museum Featured in “Holidays In Loudoun…
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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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November 2017 Newsletter of the Lovettsville Historical Society
Click below to open the November 2017 Newsletter of the Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum, including: Video of Eugene Scheel Lecture On YouTube; Visit our Newly-Renovated Museum. https://us8.campaign-archive.com/?u=505152bd0e6e82e1cbc019d3c&id=ad4f485ef1
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Remembering John Hanson: The First President of the United States, Presented by Peter H. Michael, Next in the Lovettsville Historical Society’s 2017 Lecture Series (11/5/2017)
[Technical Note: the clicking sound during the first seven minutes of the video has been identified as a ballpoint pen]. On November 5, 1781 – just weeks after the…
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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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“Mapping the Short Hill” Next in the Lovettsville Historical Society’s 2017 Lecture Series (10/15/17)
Loudoun County’s pre-eminent map-maker and historian, Eugene Scheel, will discuss the making of his latest map on Sunday, October 15, 2017, as part of the Lovettsville Historical Society’s monthly Lecture…
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Lovettsville Union Cemetery Website Launched (2017)
Lovettsville Union Cemetery has launched a website which makes it easier for the public to obtain more information about this beautiful and historic cemetery, the final resting-place for more than 3,700…
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The Story of Potterfield’s Meat Store, Now Home to the Lovettsville Museum (2017)
by Elaine Walker The building that today houses the Lovettsville Historical Society & Museum, was originally known as the Potterfield Meat Store. Owned and operated by Thomas Potterfield, who lived…
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“The Story of Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church” Next in the Lovettsville Historical Society’s Lecture Series (9/17/2017)
“The Story of Mt. Olivet United Methodist Church,” Lecture at St. James United Church of Christ, Lovettsville, VA, Sunday, September 17, 2017, 2:00 pm. Mount Olivet United Methodist Church is one…
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VIDEO: “Hope On the Hill: Harpers Ferry’s Storer College,” Next in the Lovettsville Historical Society’s Lecture Series (8/13/2017)
“Hope On the Hill: Harpers Ferry’s Storer College,” Presented by Guinevere Roper, Park Ranger, Harpers Ferry National Historic Park, Sunday, August 13, 2017 at 2:00 pm, St. James United Church…
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The Edwin Washington Project: Documenting Pre-Integration Schools of Loudoun County, Next in the Lovettsville Historical Society’s 2017 Lecture Series (7/9/2017)
Next in the Lovettsville Historical Society’s 2017 Lecture Series: The Edwin Washington Project, Documenting Pre-Integration Schools of Loudoun County, Presented by Larry Roeder, Principal Investigator, Sunday, July 9, 2017, 2:00…
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“Colonial Life in Maryland and Virginia,” Next in the Lovettsville Historical Society’s 2017 Free Lecture Series (6/11/2017)
COLONIAL LIFE IN MARYLAND AND VIRGINIA, Next in the Lovettsville Historical Society’s 2017 Free Lecture Series, Presented by Prof. Paul D. McDermott, Sunday, June 11, 2017, at 2:00 pm On…
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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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POSTPONED: “Mapping the Short Hill,” Lovettsville Historical Society’s Lecture Series (10/15/2017)
POSTPONED: “Mapping the Short Hill,” the lecture by historian and mapmaker Eugene Scheel, originally planned for May 21, is being postponed, because the memorial service for Clifton T. Walker —…
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“Myths About Lee’s Surrender,” Next in the Lovettsville Historical Society’s 2017 Lecture Series (4/23/2017)
Presented by Patrick Schroeder, Historian, Appomattox Court House National Historical Park, Sunday, April 23, at 2:00 pm, St. James United Church of Christ, 10 East Broad Way, Lovettsville, VA. The Lovettsville Historical…
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Lovettsville Historical Society Free Lecture Series: C.F. Wenner and C&O Canal Navigation at the Opening of the Civil War (3/12/2017)
C. F. Wenner and C&O Canal Navigation at the Opening of the Civil War, Presented by Tim Snyder, Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 2:00 pm, St. James United Church of…
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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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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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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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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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LHS Free Lecture Series, “The First Front: The Baltimore & Ohio Railway During the Civil War,” by Daniel Carroll Toomey (2017)
January 29, 2017 – “The First Front: The Baltimore & Ohio Railway During the Civil War,” by Daniel Carroll Toomey. On Sunday, January 29, the Lovettsville Historical Society will kick off its 2017…
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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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“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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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,…
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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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“West End, Lovettsville” 1915 Postcard Found By Dick Hickman (2016)
This “West End, Lovettsville” postcard, with a 1915 postmark, was found in a Harrisonburg, Va. antique shop by Dick Hickman, who grew up in the house on the right, and…
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LHS Free Lecture Series: “The One That Got Away: How Virginia Lost Mr. Jefferson’s County” (2016)
On Sunday, October 9, 2016, Doug Perks, Chief Historian of the Jefferson County Museum in Charles Town, will discuss the formation of the State of West Virginia during the Civil…
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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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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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LHS Free Lecture Series: “First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His – and the Nation’s–Prosperity” (2016)
On Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016, historian and professor Edward Lengel will present a little-known side of George Washington: his skills as a businessman and manager, and how he used these…
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Lovettsville Historical Society Explores Washington the Businessman – LoudounNow (2016)
George Washington’s entrepreneurial skills will be the focus of the Lovettsville Historical Society’s next lecture. University of Virginia History Professor Edward G. Lengel will present “First Entrepreneur: How George Washington…
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LHS Lecture Series: Prelude to the Revolution – The French-Indian War on the Maryland and Virginia Frontier (2016)
Presented by Tim Rowland, Sunday, August 14, 2016 at 2:00 pm, St. James UCC Church, Lovettsville, Virginia. New York Times bestselling author Tim Rowland discussed Prelude to the Revolution: The French and…
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A Note on “The German Settlement” in the French-Indian War (2016)
At our August, 2016 lecture on the French-Indian War, the question was raised as to who from the German Settlement (as the area surrounding present-day Lovettsville was once known) participated…
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Lovettsville Historical Society Elects New Leadership (2016)
At our Annual Meeting on July 31, 2016 the members of the Lovettsville Historical Society elected the new Board of Directors for 2016-17. Following the Annual Meeting, the new Board…
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LHS Lecture Series: The Forgotten Story of Petersville, Maryland (2016)
Presented by Jody Brumage, Sunday, July 17, 2016 Petersville, Maryland — which lies just north of Brunswick — is one of the oldest and yet most overlooked communities in the…
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LHS Free Lecture Series: “Freedom Lodge and the Birth of Freemasonry in Lovettsville” (2016)
The birth of Freemasonry in Lovettsville took place 150 years ago – just months after the end of the Civil War – when the Grand Lodge, Ancient, Free, & Accepted…
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New Acquisitions at the Lovettsville Historical Society Museum (2016)
In addition to a number of original news photographs taken at the scene of the Aug. 31, 1940 airliner crash near Lovettsville, the Lovettsville Museum successfully bid on the copy…
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LHS Free Lecture Series: Lovettsville’s Oldest Church – St. James at 283 Years, From German Reformed to United Church of Christ (2016)
Lecture, Sunday, May 15, 2016 at 2:00 pm. The 283-year history of Lovettsville’s old German Reformed Church, now St. James United Church of Christ, will be the topic of the…
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New Lovettsville Museum Acquisitions: Items related to the 1940 Lovettsville Plane Crash (2016)
The Lovettsville Museum has recently acquired a number of original news photographs taken at the scene of the Aug. 31, 1940 airliner crash near Lovettsville. And as a result of…
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LHS Free Lecture Series: “George Washington Did NOT Build the C&0 Canal: The Story of Potomac River Navigation and the Rise and Demise of the C&O Canal” (2016)
April 6, 2016, LoudounNow. The next presentation in the Lovettsville Historical Society lecture series has a provocative title: “George Washington DID NOT Build the C&0 Canal: The Story of Potomac…
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Historian John Frye Speaks at Lovettsville Lecture Series – Purcellville Gazette (2016)
Historian John Frye will discuss the fascinating story of the C&O Canal and the history of transportation along the Potomac River. This is the third lecture in the Lovettsville Historical…
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LHS Free Lecture Series: “Look Out Below: The Surprising Geology of the Brunswick-Lovettsville Area” (2016)
Presented by Don Peterson Sunday, March 13, 2016 On Sunday, March 13, 2016, local naturalist and writer Don Peterson will discuss the geology of the Brunswick-Lovettsville area, as the second…
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“Gillespie Takes Listeners Back to 1865-1866,” Reprinted from The Brunswick Citizen (2016)
by John P. Flannery. Article originally published on February 18, 2016 by The Brunswick Citizen. Reprinted with permission. On Sunday, [Feb. 14, 2016], Richard Gillespie, [then] Executive Director of the Mosby Heritage Area…
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LHS Free Lecture Series: “1866: Change, Resistance, and Uncertainty in the Northern Virginia Piedmont” (2016)
The Sixth in a Series of Local Civil War Glimpses Presented by Richard Gillespie Sunday, February 14, 2016 Richard T. Gillespie, the Executive Director of the Mosby Heritage Area Association,…
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Historical Society Marks Four Decades of Telling Lovettsville’s Stories – LoudounNow (2016)
By Margaret Morton, LoudounNow, February 4, 2016. As the Lovettsville Historical Society opens its 2016 lecture series next Sunday, Feb. 14, it also is marking four decades of telling the stories…
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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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A Veterans Day Salute in Lovettsville – Purcellville Gazette (2015)
by Liz Tenney Jarvis, Purcellville Gazette November 13, 2015 On the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, Veterans are remembered and saluted for their service…
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LHS Free Lecture Series: “250 Years of New Jerusalem Lutheran Church and Its Place In the Lovettsville Community” – Loudoun Times Mirror (2015)
LOVETTSVILLE LIVING: Lovettsville Historical Society’s Lecture Series final presentation Blog entry by John McNeilly | Friday, Nov. 6, 2015 On Sunday, Nov. 8, the Lovettsville Historical Society will hold its…
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LHS Free Lecture Series: “Luther Potterfield and the Lovettsville Potterfields: A Divided Family” – Loudoun Times Mirror (2015)
By John McNeilly, Loudoun Times Mirror, September 18, 2015. LOVETTSVILLE LIVING: Lovettsville Historical Society announces new lecture. The Lovettsville Historical Society Lecture series will present “Luther Potterfield and the Lovettsville…
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LHS Free Lecture Series: “John Mobberly: Loudoun County Civil War Desperado” – Leesburg Today (2015)
by Margaret Morton, Leesburg Today, March 2, 2015. The Lovettsville Historical Society’s next lecture on local history refers to a historic figure with a less than savory reputation. The March 8,…
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LHS Free Lecture Series: 1865: “Great God! Take Care of Us Now!” with Rich Gillespie, the Fifth in a Series on the Civil War in the Mosby Heritage Area (2015)
“Great God! Take Care of Us Now!” with Rich Gillespie, The Fifth in a Series on the Civil War in the Mosby Heritage Area. SUNDAY, JANUARY 25, 2015 at 3 o’clock…
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Lovettsville Historical Society Kicks Off 2015 Lecture Series – Purcellville Gazette (2015)
On Sunday, Feb. 8, 2015, the Lovettsville Historical Society will kick off its 2015 Lecture Series with the fifth installment in a series of Sesquicentennial glimpses of the local experience before and…
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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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1860s Autograph Book Returns to Lovettsville, Will Be Opened at Museum on Saturday (2014)
Press Advisory: Where: Lovettsville Museum, 4 East Broad Way. When: 2:00 pm, Saturday, Nov. 8, 2014. An autograph book from the Civil War era, identified as belonging to Kate Souder…
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19th Century Book Returns To Lovettsville – Leesburg Today (2014)
by Margaret Morton, Leesburg Today, November 7, 2014. An autograph book from the Civil War era will come home to Lovettsville Saturday, November 7, 2014, where it will be welcomed…
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“Lovettsville: A Working Town, Or Bedroom Community?” by Edward Spannaus (2014)
Remarks delivered by Edward Spannaus at the Lovettsville Alumni Association Dinner, June 14, 2014, based on a memorandum prepared by Spannaus when he served on the Lovettsville Comprehensive Plan Advisory…
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Beloved Lovettsville Teacher Retires After Decades of Service – Purcellville Gazette (2014)
by Rachel Leon, Purcellville Gazette June 5, 2014 Lovettsville Elementary 5th grade teacher Edward Davis retires this month after 39 years of teaching, 21 of which were spent in Lovettsville.His…
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New Lovettsville Community Center Faces Opposition – Loudoun Times Mirror (2014)
By John McNeilly, Loudoun Times Mirror, April 7, 2014. The Phase I rendering of the proposed new community center in Lovettsville. Loudoun County and officials with the Town of Lovettsville are…
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LHS Free Lecture Series: “Save the Historic Stoutsenberger Farmstead” – Purcellville Gazette (2013)
The project to save the historical farmstead of Revolutionary War veteran John Stoutsenberger will be the subject of the next event in the Lovettsville Historical Society’s Lecture Series. It will…
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LHS Free Lecture Series: “From Loudoun to Bedford County, Pennsylvania” (2013)
Press Release: What: Lovettsville Historical Society Lecture: “From Loudoun to Bedford” When: Sunday, August 11, 2013, at 2:00 p.m. Where: St. James United Church of Christ, 10 East Broad Way,…
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LHS Free Lecture Series: “From Loudoun to Glory: The Role of African-Americans from Loudoun County in the Civil War” – Purcellville Gazette (2013)
Purcellville Gazette June 9, 2013 The unknown story of the approximately 250 African-American soldiers from Loudoun County who served in the Union Army during the Civil War has been discovered…
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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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Ghosts of the Union’s Black Soldiers Rise From Loudoun County’s Past – Washington Post (2013)
By Michael E. Ruane, The Washington Post, March 2, 2013. Kevin Dulany Grigsby, author of “From Loudoun to Glory: The Role of African Americans from Loudoun County in the Civil…
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Lovettsville Historic District Listed on National Register of Historic Places – Leesburg Today (2012)
By Margaret Morton, Leesburg Today, August 24, 2012. Lovettsville has become the latest western Loudoun municipality to win state and national designation for its historic assets. The National Park Service…
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LHS Free Lecture Series: “The Potomac Frontier: Loudoun County In 1862” – Loudoun Times Mirror (2012)
Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, by Stephen Johnson, Special to the Loudoun Times-Mirror. Rich Gillespie, director of education for the Mosby Heritage Area Association, will speak on “The Potomac Frontier: Loudoun…
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Sgt. Rob Jones to be honored on Veterans Day in Lovettsville (2011)
The Town of Lovettsville and the Veterans Association of the Lovettsville Historical Society invite the public to honor our Veterans at the Lovettsville Town Center Square on Friday, 11…
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LHS Free Lecture Series: “The Way It Was: Reminiscences of Old Lovettsville” – Blue Ridge Leader (2011)
Blue Ridge Leader September 28, 2011 Lifelong Lovettsville resident Glenn Grove will discuss life in Old Lovettsville, especially the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, as the next event in the Lovettsville…
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Lovettsville, A German Settlement – on LoudounHistory.org
Lovettsville, A German Settlement http://www.loudounhistory.org/history/lovettsville.htm Lovettsville, Virginia, is located in northern Loudoun County, just about two miles south of the Potomac River, which is the state line between Virginia and…
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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…
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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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1940 Air Crash Took A Toll Not Soon Forgotten – The Daily Progress (2009)
by David Maurer The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, VA March 1, 2009 The skies above Charlottesville were cloudy, and rain was expected before nightfall on Aug. 31, 1940. That Saturday morning Mrs.…
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“The Lovettsville Butcher Shop Complex As I Knew It,” by Glenn L. Grove (1991)
by Glenn L. Grove The museum housed in the old butcher shop is a great asset to the town of Lovettsville. However most of the buildings are gone and probably…
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VIDEO: Lovettsville Episodes of “Loudoun Scrapbook” (circa 1990)
Jump in our Wayback Machine to the days of VHS videotapes, and watch two back-to-back Lovettsville Episodes of the public access television program Loudoun Scrapbook on YouTube. Guests interviewed and…
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The Meaning Behind the Lovettsville Community Quilt (1990)
Did you know that Lovettsville’s downtown district is listed on the National Register of Historic Places? And that Lovettsville is the only town or village in Loudoun County with a…
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Newcomers Strain Little Lovettsville – Washington Post (1989)
By Cornelius F. Foote Jr., Washington Post, November 25, 1989. Nancy Orndorff, 54, describes herself as a die-hard resident of Loudoun County. But more than that, she is sold on…
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The Origins of Lovettsville’s Oktoberfest, by Jean S. Mohler (1976)
“It was felt by the Lovettsville Bicentennial Committee, when planning an activity for the fall of 1976, that since Lovettsville was settled by Germans in the 1730s, it would enrich…
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The Lovettsville Midtown Fire of 1923, by Yetive Weatherly (1976)
[Excerpted from the book “Lovettsville, The German Settlement” by Yetive Weatherly, published in 1976] In 1923, Robert Grubb’s general store, located in midtown Lovettsville on the corner of Broadway and…
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