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Board Declares November 15, 2011, as America Recycles Day in Loudoun County
Share with Addthis The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors has proclaimed Tuesday, November 15, 2011, as America Recycles Day in Loudoun County and encourages Loudoun residents and businesses to pledge to recycle more at home and at work. Loudoun County continues to improve its recycling rate each year.  In 2010, the county increased its recycling [...]

Green Business Challenge Winners Announced in Loudoun
Share with Addthis The results are in for the second annual Loudoun County Green Business Challenge. The top winners are: Raytheon – Large Business Award Southland Industries – Medium-Size Business Award Express Lube & Car Wash – Small Business Award Catoctin Creek Distilling Company – Innovation Award The winners and participating businesses were honored at [...]

NASA Engineer Talks with Loudoun Teachers About “Curiosity”
Kobie Boykins, one of the chief engineers of NASA’s Mars rovers, spoke to Loudoun County teachers during an October 18th, lecture at George Washington University’s Loudoun Campus. Boykins’ appearance was part of a two-day seminar for 140 Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) middle school teachers sponsored by the JASON Project. Lectures presented during the seminar [...]

LCPS On-Time Graduation Rate Hits 95.3 Percent
Share with Addthis Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) had the fifth-highest on-time graduation rate in Virginia (95.3 percent) in 2011. Statewide on-time graduation rates were released on Tuesday, October 11th, by the Virginia Department of Education (VDOE). The 2011 on-time graduation rate chronicles the percentage of students who were first-time ninth-graders during the 2007-2008 school [...]

School Board Honors Governor’s School Program Students
Share with Addthis The Loudoun County School Board recognized the 37 Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) students who accepted invitations to attend the 2011 Summer Governor’s School at its September 27th meeting. This is an intensive four-week educational experience for gifted students that takes place during July on college and university campuses throughout Virginia. The [...]

Belmont Station Named National Blue Ribbon School
Share with Addthis Excellence is not an accident. That’s exemplified by the eight-year journey Belmont Station Elementary took to being named a National Blue Ribbon School by the U.S. Department of Education. Only 11 Virginia schools received this honor for 2011. TheBlue Ribbon Schools Programhonors public and private K-12 schools that are either academically superior [...]

Round Hill Elementary Gets Surprise Volunteer Straight From Afghanistan
Share with Addthis Friday, September 23rd, was “Apple Day” in Kathy Childs’ first grade class at Round Hill Elementary. Parent volunteers helped students weigh apples, rate the taste of various apple products and paint apple pictures. One of the volunteers came from Afghanistan… Kent Fisher is a foreign service officer with the State Department who [...]

Virginia Apple Harvest Looks Good This Year
The weather in 2011 has been hard on many of Virginia’s agricultural crops, but the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (VDACS) says the outlook for the 2011 apple crop is very good. In early September, staff from VDACS’ Office of Sales and Market Development contacted growers representing the state’s major apple-growing areas and [...]

Sanders Corner Elementary School Observes 10th Anniversary of 9/11
Share with Addthis After almost two weeks of continuous rain, the skies brightened just long enough for Sanders Corner Elementary School students to gather in front of the school on the morning of Friday, September 9th, to observe the 10thanniversary of September 11, 2001. Students wore red-white-and-blue necklaces and patriotic outfits in tribute to the [...]

Loudoun Academy of Science Alumna Asai Wins $100,000 Research Grant
Share with Addthis Scholarship Winner Elizabeth Asai, a 2009 graduate of the Loudoun Academy of Science (AOS) and Loudoun County High School, is already making her mark in the fields of engineering and medicine. Asai, who is beginning her junior year at Yale, and two classmates in the university’s Morse College have received a $100,000 [...]

Oakdale School House :: Lincoln, VA
The oldest school building in Loudoun County, the Oakdale School House is a charming symbol of Lincoln’s history. Built by the Quakers of Goose Creek in 1815, the schoolroom has been furnished and equipped with everything from school benches to slates to the books that were used in the year 1818. Most of the children [...]

Arcola Slave Quarters
Slavery likely began in Loudoun in the early 1720’s. Slaves lived in poor quarters, and many of the structures that housed slaves had fallen into disrepair before the end of the 19th century. Today, the Arcola slave quarters is one of the few remaining reminders of Loudoun’s African American antebellum history. The building is thought to [...]

Village of Waterford
Founded in 1733 by a Quaker from Pennsylvania, Waterford lies around Catoctin Creek and contains many buildings built before 1840. Today, visitors to Waterford, Virginia, experience many of the same views as residents in the [...]

Historic White’s Ferry
In operation since 1786, White’s Ferry is the last working ferry on the Potomac River. A widely used means of crossing the river (and a shortcut) between Maryland and Virginia since its inception. Today, commuters use the ferry daily, where 24 vehicles can be transported at a time. Located off Rt. 15, just north of [...]

Thomas Balch Library
Thomas Balch Library is a history and genealogy library owned and operated by the Town of Leesburg.  Collections focus on Loudoun County, regional and Virginia history, genealogy, military history with special emphasis on the American Civil War, and ethnic history. It is designated as an Underground Railroad research site. The library was established and dedicated May [...]

Oatlands Plantation
A stately mansion, beautiful rolling farmland, exquisite gardens, a repository of more than 200 years of American history and culture – all of these can be found at Oatlands Historic House and Gardens near Leesburg, Virginia. Established in the early 19th century by George Carter, Oatlands was a thriving wheat plantation and base for numerous business [...]

Mt. Zion Old School Baptist Church
Mt Zion Church is a crossroads of history, where visitors can roam pre-American Indian trails, a thoroughfare of early American commerce and transportation, a landmark of the American Civil War and appreciate an exellent example of a rural antebellum church. The Mount Zion Old School Baptist Church is located near Aldie and Gilbert’s Corner on Route [...]

Mosby Heritage Area
The Mosby Heritage Area is located about one hour west of Washington, D.C., bound by the Bull Run Mountains to the east, the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west, the Potomac River to the north and the Rappahannock River to the south. The area is named for the famed Confederate Cavalry officer John S. Mosby whose [...]

Lovettsville Historical Society Museum
The museum preserves and promotes the history and heritage of the Town of Lovettsville and its surrounding area. We offer a number of displays of historical items and provide information regarding Lovettsville’s past and present families, homes, buildings, business, and organizations. http://www.lovettsvilleva.gov/ Looking for a Bed & Breakfast in Lovettsville Va?. Visit beautiful Lovettsville Virginia Bed & Breakfast, [...]

Loudoun Museum
When was the last time you visited a museum that made history fun? And really interesting? And had a special place for kids? That’s what the Loudoun Museum is all about. Loudoun is growing and changing so fast (we’re one of the fastest-growing counties in the United States!) that it’s easy to lose sight of its [...]