{"id":7220,"date":"2026-07-02T23:21:28","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T03:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/?p=7220"},"modified":"2026-07-02T23:21:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T03:21:29","slug":"lovettsville-historical-society-summer-seminar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lovettsvillehistoricalsociety.org\/index.php\/lovettsville-historical-society-summer-seminar\/","title":{"rendered":"Lovettsville Historical Society\u00a0Summer\u00a0Seminar:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Impacts of the American Revolution in Loudoun and Beyond<\/em><\/strong><\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Sunday, July 12, 2026 at 2:00 p.m.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

St. James UCC Church, 10 East Broad Way, Lovettsville VA<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

The Lovettsville Historical Society will again be offering a summer seminar program on Sunday July 12th at 2:00 p.m. at St. James United Church of Christ at 10 East Broad Street, Lovettsville.  This year\u2014our 50th<\/sup> anniversary as an historical society and the 250th<\/sup> of the American Revolution and our Declaration of Independence, our board has chosen to zero in on the American Revolution a second time, focusing this year on the varied impacts <\/em>of the Revolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As with our previous seminars, we’ll use a moderator to introduce the topic, a panel to grapple with it, and end with a chance for our audience to tackle the questions raised as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our panelists this year will be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Travis Shaw<\/strong>, the Director of Education at the Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area and a Revolutionary War re-enactor;\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Alicia Cohen<\/strong>\u00a0of the Loudoun Black History Committee, who has been zeroing in on loyalists during the year; \u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Bill Wilkin<\/strong>, a retired Loudoun County Public Schools history educator who has offered a series of lectures on the military history of the American Revolution this year;\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Tracy Gillespie<\/strong>, a\u00a0longtime\u00a0history educator with NOVA Parks who\u2019s been examining the role of women in Virginia and locally during the Revolution; <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Mike Zapf<\/strong>, Lovettsville Historical Society Secretary who has been playing with Germans and the American Revolution;\u00a0and <\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ed Spannaus<\/strong>, our Lovettsville Historical Society Vice President and longtime researcher of everything Lovettsville. \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    The moderator for the seminar will be:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Rich Gillespie<\/strong>, veteran history educator from Loudoun Valley High School and the Historian Emeritus of the Virginia Piedmont Heritage Area. \u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      All serve on the Loudoun VA250 Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      Our seminar programs are two hours long and include a break in the middle for light refreshments and it makes for a social and intellectually engaging Sunday afternoon.  Please put this on your calendar!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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