{"id":7050,"date":"2026-02-09T20:20:37","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T01:20:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/?page_id=7050"},"modified":"2026-05-01T08:09:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T12:09:16","slug":"2026-lectures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/2026-lectures\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 Lectures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Lectures in 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday May 17<\/strong> &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A bridge across the Potomac river, from a point opposite Berlin&#8221; with H. Bruce Funk<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday July 12<\/strong> &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Annual Seminar on the American Revolution&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday June 14<\/strong> &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Public Reading of Thomas Paine&#8217;s\u00a0<em>Common Sense<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday August 9<\/strong> &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;First to Fight: Culpeper Minutemen and the Liberation of Virginia 1775-76&#8221; with Jim Bish<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday October 11<\/strong> &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Monocacy Aquaduct&#8221; with John Wolz<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>All lectures are being held in-person at 2pm at the St. James United Church of Christ,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/place\/St+James+United+Church-Christ\/@39.2735248,-77.6398321,17z\/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89b61e8ebff6506f:0x8a1600ac5eec6508!8m2!3d39.2735603!4d-77.6375686\">10 East Broad Way in Lovettsville<\/a><\/em>. We are no longer live-streaming via Zoom. Questions:<em>&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:events@LovettsvilleHistoricalSociety.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">events@LovettsvilleHistoricalSociety.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Past Lectures in 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday April 12<\/strong> &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Remember the Ladies: Women\u2019s Roles in the American Revolution&#8221; with Tracey Gillespie <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note: please excuse technical difficulties with the slides<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/chzy7xFmaLc?si=PUdXSnufq5BcUs-b\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday March 8<\/strong> &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The Heroes of Brandywine&#8221; with Travis Shaw<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Note: please excuse technical difficulties with the slides<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GF41vTz1gQU?si=MVoa22xhNPsuIVvN\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sunday February 8<\/strong> &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cGeorge Washington\u2019s Dream &#8211; The Potomac Company: Making the Potomac River Navigable&#8221; with Paul Kreingold<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/P6B4bCv1Hhc?si=IGIKEXhWrHwab_nK\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Upcoming Lectures in 2026 Sunday May 17 &#8211; &#8220;A bridge across the Potomac river, from a point opposite Berlin&#8221; with H. 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