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Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
September 2, 2021
Media Contact:
Leah Kosin, Assistant Public Information Officer
lkosin@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2781
New Exhibit Highlights Education in Loudoun County’s Past
Leesburg, VA (September 2, 2021) – A new exhibit from
Loudoun County Clerk of the Circuit Court Historic Records
and Deed Research Division, “Back to School: Education in
Loudoun’s Past,” is available for viewing at Thomas Balch
Library.
This exhibit features facsimiles of historic court records on
the early and primitive free education system that existed in
Loudoun County from 1789-1861. The exhibit explores
financing of public schools for the poor, private academies,
and Margaret Mercer’s school at Belmont.
This exhibit will be available to view during the month of September. Please note, after Labor
Day, library hours will be as follows:
• Monday and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
• Tuesday and Thursday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Wednesday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m.
• Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m.
The library will be closed for lunch from 12 to 1 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.
Please call 703-737-7195 or email balchlib@leesburgva.gov for more information.
For a more comprehensive history of Loudoun’s education system, please join the Historic
Records Division virtual program Back to School: Education in Loudoun’s Past at 6:30pm
September 9, 2021.
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