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Loudoun County - it's an American story dating
back 250 years. … And part of the 400-year history of Virginia
and its first settlement of Jamestown, home port of the New World.
Whether you call Loudoun County home or are
a newcomer to its story, we welcome you as we observe our 250th
anniversary.
Discover - Celebrate - Experience
Loudoun County is a story about a king's
prized land along the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Potomac River.
… And about the diverse people who chose it for its beauty,
opportunity, resources and proximity to key political and commercial
centers.
It's a story about their patriotism,
enlisting for the American Revolution, the Civil War… and
their participation all along the timeline
of a new nation.
It's a story about hometowns with grassroots
friendliness that were destinations for history book legends like
George Washington, James Monroe, John Mosby, Robert E. Lee, Westmoreland
Davis, George C. Marshall, and John and Jackie Kennedy.
Come "Discover - Celebrate - Experience"
with us. Throughout 2007 and 2008, Loudoun County, the county
seat of Leesburg, and other of its historic towns and communities
will re-live their stories through celebrations, historic re-enactments,
tours, lectures, musical performances, parades, teas and lots
of other sights and sounds. Please
see our Event
Calendar.
The official
countywide celebration happens Saturday, May 19th. Streets
surrounding the stately courthouse in historic downtown Leesburg
will offer live demonstrations of early American life, music to
dance to, exhibits of historic documents and photo opportunities
with a colonial infantryman, a court clerk of yesteryear or even
Virginia's Gov. Tim Kaine.
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