Friends of TBL

The Friends of the Thomas Balch Library -- supporting @BalchLibrary in Leesburg dedicated to history & genealogy for Loudoun County and surrounding communities.

[Hollywood Cemetery @HollywoodCem]

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 https://t.co/rcDxWvqYEb

Photo: Bill Draper Photography

[VirginiaHistory @VirginiaHistory]

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). https://t.co/ZvATocWwbK

[Mount Vernon @MountVernon]

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸 #OnThisDay in 1776, the Declaration of Independence was adopted by Congress.⁣
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Learn more: https://t.co/mwAZbshQwU

[✴✵Frxnchgenerxl✵✴ @Frxnchgenerxl]

Independence!!!

[Loudoun Now @LoudounNow]

‘Corporal Henry’ Gets New Life at Leesburg VFW https://t.co/LpwtjVm838

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

The first Juneteenth:

[Henry Louis Gates Jr @HenryLouisGates]

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: https://t.co/8c1i0BIOEU

[Ken Burns @KenBurns]

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.

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

President Harry Truman proudly signing NATO treaty, 1949:

[Friends of TBL @FriendsofBalch]

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?

[VPI in World War One @VPIWW1]

"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)

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

At age thirty, Patsy Cline died tonight 1963 in air crash:

[Michael Beschloss @BeschlossDC]

Does anyone here have any new pics of places lit in blue and gold to stand alongside brave Ukraine?

[Prince William Public Library @PrinceWmLibrary]

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

[Rebecca Fachner @rebecca_fachner]

Happy Women’s History Month! Let’s celebrate by talking about hidden/forgotten/understudied women. What woman from history needs more recognition? #WomensHistoryMonth

[Friends of TBL @FriendsofBalch]

@BalchLibrary We like Wallace Bear 🐻 and we love our Thomas @BalchLibrary. #PresidentsDay

[Thomas Balch Library @BalchLibrary]

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.

[Dan Rather @DanRather]

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.

[Thomas Balch Library @BalchLibrary]

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 [email protected], or register online: https://t.co/PrglBcvExG