Meeting Location: Bellbrook Presbyterian Church
72 W Franklin Street Bellbrook, OH 45305
[Note: All meetings take place at the Bellbrook Presbyterian Church unless otherwise specified below]
Meeting Dates/Times: 3rd Monday of every month at 7pm
(Except for October 2025 in which the lecture will be on the 3rd TUESDAY- see below)
Length of Meetings: 1 hour (generally 50 minute lecture and 10 minutes question/answer
Cost: Free to the public
2026-2027 Lecture series
September 21, 2026 “Three Decades in the Persian Gulf” by retired Vice Admiral James P. Wisecup
October 19, 2026. “Bellbrook and the Underground Railroad” by Michael Carter (Sinclair Community College)
November 16, 2025. “The English Roots of the American Revolution” by Dr. Christian Raffensperger (Wittenberg University)
December 2025. Holidays- No Lecture
January 18th, 2027. “The History of the Railroads in the Miami Valley” by retired general Paul R. Cooper
February 15, 2027. “Touring Ancient Ohio and its American Indian Earthworks” by John Hancock (University of Cincinnati, retired)
March 15, 2027. “The History of the Mound Laboratory” by Robert Bowmen (Dayton History)
April 19, 2027. “Bellbrook’s Forgotten Trolley” by Pete Wixted (local historian)
May 17th, 2027. “Historic Houses of Bellbrook” by Steve Berryhill (local historian)