Loudoun History
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American Revolution: Black Patriots and Black Loyalists
Alicia Cohen, speaking as a member of the Black History Committee of the Friends of Thomas Balch Library, and the LoudounVA250 Committee, presented two programs on Black Patriots and Black…
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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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“Wayne Week” – -Remembering Anthony Wayne’s March through Frederick and Loudoun
Since 2017, our local Sons of the American Revolution (SAR)chapters have held a “Wayne’s Crossing” event in early June at the Loudoun County Courthouse, to commemorate Anthony Wayne’s crossing of the Potomac and…
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250th Anniversary of the Virginia Committee of Correspondence Commemorated in Leesburg
On March 11, about 40 people assembled at the Loudoun Museum to commemorate one of the most significant steps on our nation’s road to independence: Virginia’s establishment of its Committee…
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Loudoun’s First Reading of the Declaration of Independence Celebrated
By Nancy Spannaus The first official reading of the Declaration of Independence in Loudoun County, which took place on the steps of the old County Courthouse on August 12, 1776,…