2025 Lectures

Upcoming Lectures in 2025

Sunday October 12 2025 

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

Sunday November 9 –

260 years of Lovettsville’s New Jerusalem Lutheran Church 

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 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