250th Anniversary Commemoration Of the Battle of LEXINGTON & CONCORD

Saturday, April 19, 2024 at 11:00am Champe Farm at Champe Ford Road - The John Champe monument, located off of Route 50 and Champe Ford Road west of Aldi Dispersed Militiamen will conduct organized and random musket fire. Guests include two reenactors in British “Red Coats” from His Majesty’s 65th Regiment of Foot. Narration will […]

The Unlikely War Hero

Rust Liibrary 380 Old Waterford Rd NW, Leesburg, VA, United States

Author and historian Marc Leepson recounts the remarkable story of Doug Hegdahl, the youngest and lowest-ranking American POW captured in North Vietnam and held at the Hanoi Hilton.   Marc Leepson is a journalist, historian, and author of ten books. He served in the U.S. Army from 1967-69, including a year in the Vietnam War, and […]