What is the Free Monthly Lecture Series?
The Free Monthly Lecture Series is free and open to the public. It covers topics pertaining to the history of the Homestead, Vermont history, and early American history, and as diverse as gardening, clothing, food, war, artisan crafts, archaeology, homesteading, & museums. Each lecture is followed by Q&A. Each month there is a different guest lecturer, so check out the schedule below to see what’s coming up.
Unless otherwise noted, all lectures will be held in-person at the Museum and recorded by CCTV to be later published on the Ethan Allen Homestead YouTube channel as well as on public television.
THANK YOU TO OUR PROGRAM SPONSORS!
North Country Federal Credit Union
M&T Bank
AARP Vermont
Burlington Heritage Ford & Toyota
Recordings of this program are provided by:
CCTV/Town Meeting TV
If you have a suggestion for a potential speaker, please email ethanallenhomestead@gmail.com.
2025 Lecture Series Schedule
January 19, 2025 2-3pm
“Encountering Ndakinna: Recovering Abenaki History in Vermont and New Hampshire”
by Dr. Margaret M. Bruchac
*Remote-only
February 16, 2025 2-3pm
“The Tragedy of Thomas Paine”
by Richard Bell
*Remote only, click here to register
*this presentation will not be recorded
March 16, 2025 2-3pm
“Summit Preserve: UVM’s 1859 Purchase of the Summit of Mt. Mansfield”
by Robert Mello
April 27, 2025 2-3pm
“Vermont’s Ira Allen: A Hard Founding Father to Love”
by Kevin Graffagnino
May 25, 2025 2-3pm
“The Anti-Masonic period in Vermont 1825-1860”
by Rob Grandchamp
June 22, 2025 2-3pm
Topic: 18th-century Military Health and Hygiene
by Skye Makaris
July 20, 2025 2-3pm
Topic: John Hancock
by Will Randall
August 17, 2025 2-3pm
Topic: TBD
by TBD
September 28, 2025 2-3pm
Topic: Archaeology at the Ethan Allen Homestead
by Neils Rinehart
October 19, 2025 2-3pm
Topic: Loyalists in the American Revolutionary War
by Dr. Alexandra Garrett
November 17, 2pm
“How Vermont Became Iconic: From Backwater to Wonderland”
by Dr. Douglas Slaybaugh
Check our home page for Zoom links for remote-only programs near the date of the event.