LEESBURG, VA — A group of kids zipped across the turf, chasing a soccer ball with wild energy while parents looked on, some snapping photos, others chatting with the new academy’s founders. It was a lively kickoff—literally—for KidsUnited Leesburg, which officially opened its doors with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Friday, January 23. The new indoor […]
Leesburg, VA (February 9, 2026) — A new exhibit now on display at the Thomas Balch Library tells a story that has been carefully built, protected, and passed down for generations in Loudoun County’s Black community. Titled “A Century of Black History Commemorations: The Black Community and the BHC – Making of Memory in Loudoun County,” the exhibit is on view in the Mercer Room through the end of March. The exhibit traces the work of the Black History Committee (BHC) of the Friends of the Thomas Balch Library, founded in 2000. From the beginning, the committee aligned its mission with the values of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History—collecting, preserving, and sharing African American history as a core part of the American story, not a side note. Many of the committee’s founders were born and raised right here in Loudoun County. They took on
