Monthly Lecture Series
The Monthly Lecture Series is free and open to the public. Most topics focus on the history of the Homestead, Vermont history, and early American history, but can be as diverse as gardening, clothing, food, war, artisan crafts, archaeology, homesteading, & museums. Each lecture is followed by a Q&A. Each month there is a different guest lecturer, so check out the schedule below to see what’s coming up. If you have a suggestion for a potential speaker, please email ethanallenhomestead@gmail.com.
Unless otherwise noted, all lectures are held in-person at the Museum and recorded by CCTV. Recordings are published on the Ethan Allen Homestead YouTube channel as well as on public television.
Recordings of this program are provided by:
CCTV/Town Meeting TV
2026 Lecture Schedule
January 18, 2026 2-3pm: “Thomas Paine at War: The Times That Tried Men’s Souls” by Jack Kelly, author & historian
Remote only.
Click here to register on Zoom.
February 15, 2026 2-3pm: “Can Vermonters be free without virtue?: A Look at the Vermont Bill of Rights” by Meg Mott, Professor of Politics Emerita at Marlboro College
Remote only.
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March 15, 2026 2-3pm: “A Tale of Two Trails: Following in the Footsteps of the Knox Expedition” by Benjamin Smith, author & historian
April 19, 2026 2-3pm: “Remember Martha Powell, and Be More Generous and Favourable to Her than Your Ancestors” by Angie Grove, Director of the Ethan Allen Homestead Museum
May 24, 2026 2-3pm: “William Marsh, Vermont Patriot and Loyalist” by Daniel Cole, local historian & President of Charlotte Historical Society
June 21, 2026 2-3pm: “Brotherly Love: Ethan and Levi Allens’ Tumultuous Relationship” by Glenn Fay, local historian & author
July 19, 2026 2-3pm: Thomas M. Achenbach Memorial Talk “Finding Newport: The Historical Mystery of Ethan Allen’s Black Driver” by Carol Harris-Shapiro, Associate Professor of Intellectual Heritage at Temple University
August 16, 2026 2-3pm: “When Fanny Met Ethan: Fanny Allen’s Sojourns in Westminster” by Jessie Haas, author & President of Westminster Historical Society
September 27, 2026 2-3pm: TBD
October 18, 2026 2-3pm: TBD
November 15, 2-3pm: “The American Revolution and the Fate of the World” by Richard Bell, Professor of History at the University of Maryland
Remote only.
Registration link available starting late October