The Friends of the Thomas Balch Library -- supporting @BalchLibrary in Leesburg dedicated to history & genealogy for Loudoun County and surrounding communities.
Loudoun County, VA
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President James Monroe, the fifth president of the United States, was laid to rest in Hollywood Cemetery in 1858. His tomb, locally known as "The Birdcage", was erected in 1859.
Learn more at hollywoodcemetery.org/visit/…
Photo: Bill Draper Photography
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July 4, 1826: Exactly 50 years after the Declaration of Independence was approved, #Virginian Thomas Jefferson (the 3rdPresident) died at Monticello & John Adams (the 2ndPresident) died at Peacefield (in Quincy, Massachusetts). history.com/this-day-in-hist…
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Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸 #OnThisDay in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by Congress.
Learn more: bit.ly/3QRtalf
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Celebrating #Juneteenth with our quick CBSNews history lesson! Share this video and help spread the *true* story of the emancipation of enslaved people after the Civil War.
Watch my whole @CBSNews appearance here: youtube.com/watch?v=W6unHgUZ…
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Happy to share the new art for our next film, Leonardo da Vinci, directed with @sarah_l_burns and David McMahon. Coming to PBS on 11/18 and 11/19.
New history being written .. lessons not learned from prior conflict .. human behavior ignoring protection of children.
..very difficult to watch ignorance of history as we ponder who will be the next George Marshall?
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"The Refugees" by Sir Herbert Read, written in 1914 during his service with the Green Howards in France:
Figures with bowed heads
They travel along the road:
Old women, incredibly old
and a hand-cart of chattels.
They do not weep:
their eyes are too raw for tears.
(1/3)
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Does anyone here have any new pics of places lit in blue and gold to stand alongside brave Ukraine?
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Thanks to the patron who donated this 3D puzzle of Hogwarts Castle on display at Chinn Park Library. Come see it in person.
DYK we also have puzzles for kids to play with at our libraries? They can even check them out for three weeks and enjoy them at home! #pwplibraries
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Happy Women’s History Month! Let’s celebrate by talking about hidden/forgotten/understudied women. What woman from history needs more recognition? #WomensHistoryMonth
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Can a picture be worth a thousand words? Join Laura Christiansen, Curator of Manuscripts and Archives at Rust Library on 2/23 at 1 p.m. for techniques and tools for locating and using archival photographs in your research.
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Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. We must never forget the horrors of that time, or the events that made them possible. The sheer scale of death, of men, women, and children murdered in horrendous fashion. We must stare into the truth without blinking.
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There is still time to register for the virtual Handwriting Analysis program with Beverly East on Thursday, January 20 at 2 p.m. Pre-registration is required. Please call 703-737-7195, email balchlib@leesburgva.gov, or register online: leesburgva.gov/departments/t…
ALT Flyer for Handwriting Analysis Program featuring Beverly East. There is still time to register for the virtual Handwriting Analysis program with Beverly East on Thursday, January 20 at 2 p.m. This event is co-sponsored by Bespoke Books and Archives and Thomas Balch Library.
Great history. Someone was really thinking ahead on this one. Or maybe if their systems failed for Y2K they could just navigate back to '99? 😉
At 0000 hours on 01 January 2000, USS Topeka (SSN-754) crossed the intersection of the equator and International Date Line, placing the submarine simultaneously in two years, decades, centuries, millenniums, seasons and hemispheres. #FunFactFriday #NewYearsEve
