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Oakdale School House :: Lincoln, VA

SynaVista — Fri, 15 May 2009 13:02:19 +0000

The oldest school building in Loudoun County, the Oakdale School House is a charming symbol of Lincoln’s history. Built by the Quakers of Goose Creek in 1815, the schoolroom has been furnished and equipped with everything from school benches to slates to the books that were used in the year 1818. Most of the children who attended Oakdale were not Quakers, and several were the children of slaves and other African American children, making Oakdale one of the first integrated schools in Virginia.

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Downtown Leesburg :: Leesburg VA

SynaVista — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 19:02:36 +0000

One of Virginia’s most vibrant and attractive communities, Leesburg was founded in 1758. Originally called George Town after the reigning monarch of Great Britain, the name was changed to Leesburg in honor Virginia’s influential Lee family. Currently the seat of government for Loudoun County, Leesburg’s Historic District is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Smithsonian Naturalist Center :: Leesburg, VA

SynaVista — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:58:51 +0000

The Naturalist Center in Loudoun County, Virginia, invites visitors to use its 36,000 object hands-on collection of natural history objects, books, and scientific equipment. Identify natural objects and curiosities, draw work on school projects, or just browse.

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Village of Waterford :: Waterford VA

SynaVista — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:55:55 +0000

Founded in 1733 by a Quaker from Pennsylvania, Waterford lies around Catoctin Creek and contains many buildings built before 1840. The village is listed as both a Virginia and a National Historic Landmark.

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Mountain Gap School :: Loudoun County VA

SynaVista — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 18:42:59 +0000

Constructed in 1886, Mountain Gap School was Loudoun County’s last operational one-room school when it closed in 1953. It survives as the sole remnant of the small village of Mountain Gap, and was originally painted white.

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Downtown Middleburg :: Middleburg VA

SynaVista — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 17:20:10 +0000

Established in 1787 by Revolutionary War Lieutenant Colonel and Virginia statesman, Levin Powell, Middleburg a staging point for weary travelers along the Ashby Gap Road. After the turn of the century, Middleburg began welcoming a new wave of visitors that descended on the town for foxhunting and steeplechasing, earning the town a reputation as the “Nation’s Horse and Hunt Capital”.

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Ball’s Bluff Battlefield Regional Park :: Leesburg VA

SynaVista — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:34:02 +0000

The Ball’s Bluff preserves the site of the Battle of Ball’s Bluff, Loudoun County’s largest Civil War engagement. The battle was a result of a faulty report and bad judgement. The park has hiking trails and interpretive signs to explore the area and its history. At the center of the park lies the Ball’s Bluff National Cemetery.

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Aldie Mill Historic Park :: Aldie, VA

SynaVista — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:30:35 +0000

Named after owner Charles Mercer’s Scottish ancestral home Aldie Castle, Aldie Mill survives as one of the best outfitted early mills in Virginia. The mill was built in 1807 by Mercer’s partner William Cooke. The Virginia Outdoors Foundation acquired landmark in 1981 for restoration as an operational example of an early 19th-century wheat and corn mill.

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Winmill Carriage Museum :: Leesburg VA

SynaVista — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:19:58 +0000

Take a trip into the past by visiting the Winmill Carriage Collection at Morven Park. You will see a wide variety of antique vehicles used between the mid 1800′s and the early 1900′s. See how suburbanites commuted to the city in Dennett and Stanhope Gigs. These vehicles were donated by the late Voila Townsend Winmill of Warrenton, Virginia in 1967 and include many of the 120 carriages she collected over a period of forty years.

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National Air and Space Museum – Udvar Hazy Center :: Chantilly, VA

SynaVista — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 16:15:02 +0000

The Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center near Washington Dulles International Airport is the companion facility to the Museum on the National Mall. The museum provides enough space for the Smithsonian to display the thousands of aviation and space artifacts that cannot be exhibited on the National Mall. The two sites together showcase the largest collection of aviation and space artifacts in the world.

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