Month: January 2025
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The improbable story of Private Samuel Timbers’ Grave Marker
Statement presented by Lee Stone at Mount Sinai Day of Remembrance Living in Loudoun County, Virginia, one is constantly surrounded by reminders, large and small, of the Civil War. Several years…
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Honoring Loudoun Historian Eugene Scheel
By Nancy Spannaus A standing-room-only crowd gathered at the Waterford Old School on January 4, to honor one of the Loudoun County’s most notable historians, mapmaker Eugene M. Scheel. The…
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America 250: The Importance of 1775
By Edward Spannaus Note: the following is an adaptation of an article written by the author for the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), Sgt. Lawrence Everhart Chapter, Frederick, Maryland. We think the topic will…
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Loudoun County 1775 Resolves in Support of Patrick Henry: “To Hazard All the Blessings of This Life”
By Edward Spannaus One of Royal Governor Dunmore’s moves in response to the Second Virginia Convention in March 1775, where Patrick Henry gave his dramatic speech in favor of preparing…
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Patrick Henry’s Famous Address Re-enacted
By Nancy Spannaus On March 23, 1775 – 27 days before fighting broke out between the British and the Americans at Lexington and Concord, Patrick Henry electrified the Second Virginia Convention in Richmond with his…