local history

Purcellville Library Celebrates Its 85th Birthday Saturday, October 7

PURCELLVILLE, VA — Purcellville Library will celebrate its 85th birthday Saturday, Oct. 7, from 9:30…

Gospel Concert Celebrates the Preservation of Willisville

Loudoun’s First African American Village to be Added to the National Register of Historic Places…

The Aldie Horticultural Society Celebrates Centennial

Written by Victoria Peace | Photos by Gracie Withers On May 16, the Aldie Horticultural…

More Space for the Middleburg Museum

Written by Heidi Baumstark | Photos by Michael Butcher For centuries, museums have played an…

Local History: Robert F. O’Neill’s “Small but Important Riots”

Written by Heidi Baumstark Everyone knows that horses take center stage in Virginia’s Hunt Country. …

Remembering Jim Poston, Middleburg’s Photographer

Written by Heidi Baumstark They say a picture paints a thousand words.  If so, then…

The Women of the Waterford News

Written by Heidi Baumstark Rebellion is not typically what comes to mind when describing Quakers.…

Wakefield School Celebrates 50 Years

Written by Kaitlin Hill / Photos courtesy of Wakefield School  “It has been a labor of…

Thoughts On Film with Tom Davenport

Written by Will Thompson / Photos by Callie Broaddus The streets of Middleburg hovered between…

Two Men Take a Stand By Taking a Seat: The Desegregation of Middleburg

Written by Heidi Baumstark  Taking a stand sometimes means taking a seat. That’s what two…