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HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL PR 2015-10-01 Balch Lecture Cancelled Town of Leesburg News Release For Immediate Release Media Contact: Betsy Fields, Research & Communications Manager bfields@leesburgva.gov  703-771-2734 “Sailors in the Holy Land” Lecture and Book Signing at Thomas Balch Library Cancelled Due to Forecast Inclement Weather Leesburg, VA (October 1, 2015) – The Thomas Balch Library’s lecture and book signing by Andrew C. A. Jampoler, author of Sailors in the Holy Land: The 1848 American Expedition to the Dead Sea and the Search for Sodom and Gomorrah, originally scheduled for Sunday, October 4, 2015, has been cancelled, due to the forecast of heavy rain. A new date for the event will be announced once rescheduled. About the Thomas Balch Library: Thomas Balch Library is a history and genealogy library owned and operated by the Town of Leesburg. A designated Underground Railroad research site, the Library’s collections focus on Loudoun County, regional and Virginia history, genealogy, military history with special emphasis on the American Civil War, and ethnic history. For more information, visit www.leesburgva.gov/ThomasBalchLibrary. # # #