2025 Lectures

Upcoming Lectures in 2025

The 2025 lecture season is over. Find videos of past lectures from our season below.

All lectures are being held be in-person at the St. James United Church of Christ, 10 East Broad Way in Lovettsville. We are no longer live-streaming via Zoom. Questions: events@LovettsvilleHistoricalSociety.org.


Past Lectures in 2025

Sunday November 9 –

“260 years of Lovettsville’s New Jerusalem Lutheran Church”

Note: audio for this video does not start until 23 minutes in, due to technical difficulties.


Sunday October 12 2025 

“Virginia’s 1774 Summer of Discontent and the Coming of the Revolution,” with Jim Bish


Sunday September 14 2025 –

Dedication of three Civil War Trails Signs in Lovettsville, Richard Gillespie


Sunday August 17 2025

“The Lovettsville Historic District: An Overview, ” Maral Kalbian


Sunday July 13 2025

Seminar: “Lovettsville Recalled — Then and Now”

Our apologies, we were not able to capture audio and video for this panel discussion.


Sunday June 8 2025

“Tariffs, a Stolen Election, and Elitism: The Politics of Loudoun County in the 1820s, ” Sharon Virts


Sunday May 18 2025

“The Overlooked Legacy of Lafayette’s 1824-1825 Tour,” Nancy Spannaus


Sunday, April 13 2025 –

“An Insider’s View of the Lexington Alarm,” Richard Gillespie


Sunday, March 9 2025 –

“The Search for Mosby’s Cave,” Dennis Frye


Sunday, February 9 2025

“Cornwallis’s Sarpints: The Journey of British Prisoners of War through the Revolutionary Virginia Piedmont,” with Ian MacDougall