The table below is a listing of presentation topics at the Williamsburg Torch Club for the upcoming 2026/2027 season. We will continue adding presentations as we finalize the speakers. We also have earlier seasons listed below. Click on the speaker’s name for more about the speaker and the presentation.
| Speaker | Topic | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Pat Shutterly | What is Money Laundering? And Why Should I Care? | September 15, 2026 |
| Robert Spitzer | Is the President’s War Powers a Fiction? | October 20, 2026 |
| John Delano | Triple-train Wreck on March 27, 1953: A Personal Account | November 17, 2026 |
| Bill Geary | Personality types: Introversion and Extroversion | December 15, 2026 |
The table below lists the 2025/2026 season presentation topics at the Williamsburg Torch Club.
| Speaker | Topic | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Mike Mason | Never a Tumbleweed: Living Life with Exuberance | September 16, 2025 |
| Dennis Litalien | The Great Decisions Foreign Policy Program | October 21, 2025 |
| David Tetrault | Life with the Circus | November 18, 2025 |
| Camilla Buchanan/ Deb Hill | Adventures Biking Around the World | December 16, 2025 |
| Dan Sherman | Hamilton: Man and Musical | January 20, 2026 |
| Lynn Bernard | A Cup of Joe by Any Other Name: The History of Coffee | February 17, 2026 |
| John Delano | Window Glass: The Rodney Dangerfield of Archaeological Artifacts | March 17, 2026 |
| Steve Berke | The Reign of Harry Byrd: Virginia Politics from 1925-1965 | April 21, 2026 |
| Denise Harrington | Harry Byrd: Why His Influence Still Matters in Virginia Politics Today | May 19, 2026 |
The table below lists the 2024/2025 season presentation topics at the Williamsburg Torch Club.
| Speaker | Topic | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Luccketti | The Search for Sir Walter Raleigh’s Lost Colony | September 17, 2024 |
| Robert Spitzer | 2024 Presidential Election | October 15, 2024 |
| Terry Meyers | The Bray School Story | November 19, 2024 |
| Bill Rhodes | A brief overview of Cicero’s “De Senectute” (On Aging) | December 17, 2024 |
| Susan Dippre | Getting to Know Our Pollinators | January 21, 2025 |
| Barnet “Barney” Feingold | The Philosophy and Structure of Love | February 18, 2025 |
| Walter Bayer | Federal Gov’t Oversight: Keeping an Eye on Uncle Sam | March 18, 2025 |
| John Delano | The Apollo 11 Landing on the Moon: Little-known Stories | April 15, 2025 |
| Denise Harrington | The Ancient History of Women in Spirituality | May 20, 2025 |
The table below lists the 2023/2024 season presentation topics at the Williamsburg Torch Club.
| Speaker | Topic | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Carol Bender | PTSD and the Veterans: Stories of the Emotional Cost of Valor” | September 19, 2023 |
| Camilla Buchanan | Medical Advice: Why Does it Change so Frequently? | October 17, 2023 |
| Bill Rhodes | How Air Traffic Control Works | November 28, 2023 |
| Peter Mellette | Creative Writing as a Professional Outlet | December 19, 2023 |
| Robert J. Spitzer | Politics of Gun Control | January 16, 2024 |
| Meghan Tschannen-Moran | Trust in Schools: Research | February 20, 2024 |
| Mae Kuykendall | How Leaders Come and Go: The Role of Improvisation and the Limitations of Formal Rules | March 19, 2024 |
| John Delano | NASA’s Search for Life Beyond the Earth | April 16, 2024 |
| Randy Casey-Rutland | What is a HOA and How Do They Work? | May 21, 2024 |
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