Loudoun has a rich history, dating back more than 250 years. Situated along the Potomac River in Northern Virginia, Loudoun has witnessed pivotal American history. With sites such as historic Morven Park, home to governors of both Maryland and Virginia; Dodona Manor, the only home George C. Marshall ever owned; and Ball’s Bluff Battlefield, site of a pivotal Civil War engagement, Loudoun’s heritage sites offer visitors stirring chapters of our American story. But Loudoun’s historic attractions are only part of Loudoun’s past. John Mosby, Jackie Kennedy, George C. Marshall and F. Scott Fitzgerald are a few of the well-known people who lived in and visited our historic place. Today, visitors can explore heritage areas and civil war battlefields, luxurious horse farms that bred Derby and Belmont winners, old-fashioned country stores and the last cable-operated ferry on the East Coast. And Loudoun is surrounded by history, too, lying at the heart of The Journey Through Hallowed Ground National Heritage Area, a 175-mile corridor between Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, and Jefferson’s Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia.
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Loudoun has a rich history, dating back more than 250 years. Situated along the Potomac River in Northern Virginia, Loudoun has witnessed pivotal American history. With sites such as historic Morven Park, home to governors of both Maryland and Virginia; Dodona Manor, the only home George C. Marshall ever owned; and Ball’s Bluff Battlefield, site of a pivotal Civil War engagement, Loudoun’s heritage sites offer visitors stirring chapters of our American story. But Loudoun’s historic attractions are only part of Loudoun’s past. John Mosby, Jackie Kennedy, George C. Marshall and F. Scott Fitzgerald are a few of the well-known people who lived in and visited our historic place. Today, visitors can explore heritage areas and civil war battlefields, luxurious horse farms that bred Derby and Belmont winners, old-fashioned country stores and the last cable-operated ferry…
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