{"id":6876,"date":"2025-08-29T19:57:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T23:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/?p=6876"},"modified":"2026-02-02T11:01:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T16:01:06","slug":"reluctant-witness-nicholas-cresswell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/reluctant-witness-nicholas-cresswell\/","title":{"rendered":"Reluctant Witness: Nicholas Cresswell"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script \n  src=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/sdk\/js?client-id=BAA7cI3C6qjhQRfRwqPYcNF_xy6NKETnSP06YHchoWiZBoEukfGaC-w_NlSET4_y5BxjOHFcXos_bsVsl4&#038;components=hosted-buttons&#038;enable-funding=venmo&#038;currency=USD\">\n<\/script>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">&#8220;An Englishman in Loudoun&#8221; Views the American Revolution<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"387\" data-id=\"6877\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_29-8-2025_19712_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_29-8-2025_19712_.jpeg 350w, https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_29-8-2025_19712_-271x300.jpeg 271w, https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_29-8-2025_19712_-136x150.jpeg 136w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"299\" height=\"390\" data-id=\"6878\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_29-8-2025_19734_.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_29-8-2025_19734_.jpeg 299w, https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_29-8-2025_19734_-230x300.jpeg 230w, https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Screenshot_29-8-2025_19734_-115x150.jpeg 115w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 299px) 100vw, 299px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">A living history program viewing Loudoun County in 1774-1777 through the eyes of a 24-year-old carousing Englishman caught here by the outbreak of revolution!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-background\" style=\"background-color:#ecf1f7\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Thursday Evening, October 16, 2025 &#8212; 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