What is the Monthly Lecture Series?
The 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
CCTV/Town Meeting TV
If you have a suggestion for a potential speaker, please email ethanallenhomestead@gmail.com.
2024 Lecture Series Schedule
January 21, 2pm
“Stories That Shaped Us: Tales Of Vermont’s Queen City”
by Thea Lewis, local author, historian, & founder of Queen City Ghostwalk
February 18, 2pm (remote only, Zoom)
“God Save Benedict Arnold”
by Jack Kelly, journalist & historian
March 17, 2pm (remote only, Zoom)
“Our Songs Remember”
by Joe Bruchac, author & citizen of the Nulhegan Band of the Coosuk Abenaki Nation
April 21, 2pm
“Masonry in Early Vermont”
by Rob Grandchamp, historian & Mason
May 19, 2pm
“Thomas Jefferson’s Virginia”
by Laura Macaluso, author & historian
June 16, 2pm
“When a Presidential Election Led to Civil War (and Three Times it Almost Did)”
by Doug Slaybaugh, Emeritus Professor of History, Saint Michael’s College
July 21, 2pm
“Substance Abuse and Abortion: Surviving Health Challenges in 19th Century Vermont”
by Gary Shattuck, local author, researcher, & historian
August 18, 2pm
“Vermont Milk Chocolate Co. Factory: Hopes, Setbacks & Perseverance” by Dr. Thomas Durant Visser, professor of history at the University of Vermont
September 15, 2pm
Topic: Political Polling
by Geoffrey Skelly, elections analyst
October 20, 2pm
“The Battle of Cedar Creek”
by Mike Soules, Civil War historian
November 17, 2pm
Topic: The Homestead as a Park: Environmental History & the Importance of Floodplains
by Lauren Chicote, Operations Manager, Winooski Valley Park District
Check our home page for Zoom links for remote-only programs near the date of the event.