New brochure highlights Loudoun Civil War sites, markers, offers contest for a stay in a place Robert E. Lee’s called home, for at least one night This year marks the second year in the Sesquicentennial of the American Civil War. It touched many lives and communities, especially here in Virginia. Loudoun was a community that saw numerous conflicts, passing of armies north and south,...
The Virginia Wine Country Half Marathon will be held on June 2. After all, we are DC’s Wine Country! The race is a great way to experience our wine country, on foot! Plus, at the end, there’s a wine festival and later that night a music and wine festival too. Its a TON of fun. For the second year in a row, the event is...
Check out some of the images we’ve created of Loudoun in Instagram. What is Instagram? An app that is for taking pictures, adding filters to make them look retro, and then for sharing them with sites like Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, and Facebook. Its also a simple social network that allows you to connect with other users, “like” their photos and comment. I’ve been taking...
On Saturday, February 18, 2012, Purcellville will host the Loudoun Grown Expo. This event brings Loudoun’s farms, wineries, and producers together and offers visitors a chance to meet winemakers, farmers, and other personalities involved in Loudoun’s booming rural business community. Visitors will be able to meet the people behind these businesses and learn about community supported agriculture (CSA’s) programs, bakeries, wine from Loudoun’s wineries,...
The holiday season is here (where did spring, summer, and fall go anyway?) and to add to your merriment, we here at the Loudoun headquarters of the North Pole want to make your holiday a little brighters. So starting tomorrow, December 1st, we’ll be giving away a prize a day for 12 days! We’ll be giving away prizes like overnight stays, restaurant gift certificates,...