{"id":444,"date":"2016-12-11T01:00:22","date_gmt":"2016-12-11T01:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/?p=444"},"modified":"2017-10-17T16:36:55","modified_gmt":"2017-10-17T16:36:55","slug":"living-legend-of-lovettsville-1-jimmy-spring-12112016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/living-legend-of-lovettsville-1-jimmy-spring-12112016\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Living Legend of Lovettsville #1: Jimmy Spring&#8221; (12\/11\/2016)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><span style=\"color: #92ba18; text-decoration: underline;\">WATCH THE JIMMY SPRING VIDEO DOCUMENTARY ONLINE at\u00a0https:\/\/vimeo.com\/195151504<\/span><\/em><\/span> .<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>This documentary is the story of a Living Legend of Lovettsville, farmer Jimmy Spring, 95 years young. \u00a0A &#8220;legend&#8221; is a narrative, a story, like the stories that long time Lovettsville farmer, James \u201cJimmy\u201d Spring likes to tell. \u00a0This story is, however, about Jimmy\u00a0himself. \u00a0His life follows an arc in history from horse drawn plows to observing a man on the moon. \u00a0It&#8217;s a story about Jimmy but about it&#8217;s about farming in America and the value and character of a man tested by the depression and lean years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/195151504\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/195151504\">The Living Legend &#8211; Farmer &#8220;Jimmy&#8221; Spring by John P. Flannery<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user55157919\">John P. Flannery<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><em><strong>Click below\u00a0to watch the 9-minute Jimmy Spring family slideshow on YouTube.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<em>(Slideshow created by the Lovettsville Historical Society, with special thanks to the\u00a0Spring and Whipple families for supplying the photos).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/BCfjK6b25CQ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Jimmy-Spring-5-Photo-Poster-20x30-copy.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/Jimmy-Spring-5-Photo-Poster-20x30-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1212 size-medium\" 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300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Click to download.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1241\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-12-08-Brunswick-Citizen-article-Jimmy-Spring-8x10.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-12-08-Brunswick-Citizen-article-Jimmy-Spring-8x10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1241 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-12-08-Brunswick-Citizen-article-Jimmy-Spring-8x10-300x240.jpg\" alt=\"2016-12-08-brunswick-citizen-article-jimmy-spring-8x10\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-12-08-Brunswick-Citizen-article-Jimmy-Spring-8x10-300x240.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-12-08-Brunswick-Citizen-article-Jimmy-Spring-8x10-768x614.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/2016-12-08-Brunswick-Citizen-article-Jimmy-Spring-8x10-1024x819.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Click to download.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<strong><em>PRESS RELEASE:<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><em>Lovettsville Historical Society Launches A New Series:<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><strong><em>LIVING LEGENDS OF LOVETTSVILLE\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><em>Featuring Jimmy Spring<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Sunday, December 11, at 3:00 pm,<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, Lovettsville, VA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>On Sunday, December 11, the Lovettsville Historical Society will launch a new, occasional series of events, called the \u201cLiving Legends of Lovettsville.\u201d\u00a0 Each event will feature stories and reminiscences of one of Lovettsville\u2019s leading senior citizens.The first event, on December 11, will feature Mr. James \u201cJimmy\u201d Spring, a long-time farmer in the Lovettsville area, who says the times he lived in, \u201cwent from horse-and-buggy to Man on the Moon.\u201d\u00a0 Now 95 years old, Mr. Spring has a lifetime of experiences, including actively farming in Lovettsville and surrounding communities.\u00a0 He has been a member of the Lovettsville\u00a0 Farmers Club for many decades, and is a long-time member of New Jerusalem Lutheran Church.<\/p>\n<p>The event will feature videotaped interviews of Mr. Spring and others, and it is possible that some friends and long-time acquaintances will relate stories about Mr. Spring\u2019s life &#8212; which will illuminate not only Mr. Spring\u2019s life, but the way things used to be in Lovettsville. \u00a0Mr. Spring himself has been known to tell a story or two.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone interested in learning what life was like in the \u201cold days\u201d around here, will not want to miss this event.<\/p>\n<p>It will be held at 3:00 p.m. at New Jerusalem Lutheran Church, 12942 Lutheran Church Rd., Lovettsville.<\/p>\n<p>All are welcome. Admission is free, but donations are welcome to defray expenses of the program.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WATCH THE JIMMY SPRING VIDEO DOCUMENTARY ONLINE at\u00a0https:\/\/vimeo.com\/195151504 . 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